BY JEM ANSHAW
The NSW Police Force offers a range of career opportunities that were on display at the Recruitment Roadshow in Muswellbrook on the weekend, and there were plenty of curious community members who attended to learn more about them.
Prospective police officers were able to learn more about the application and training process as well as speaking with members of the marine, K9, forensic and highway patrol crews among others.
One more familiar face that was happy to stop and have a chat was Senior Constable Katelyn Hall, Muswellbrook’s youth and crime prevention officer.
“Prior to police I did youth work, I went through uni and did my bachelor of criminal justice, I always knew that I wanted to end up being a police officer and I was always drawn back to working with youth, I find it quite interesting and being able to be a positive role in someone’s life,” she shared.
In her role of youth officer Sr C Hall will work with youth who come to the attention of officers at the Hunter Valley Local Area Command, to provide them with information and education that will hopefully help them rethink their choices that have landed them on the police radar and help get them back on track.
Sr C Hall is from Branxton and was happy to make the move to Muswellbrook with her husband to remain a country cop when she was appointed here seven years ago, which is something the NSW Police Force is promoting with the ‘be a cop in your home town campaign’.
“I quite like it here because of the country vibe, they know each other, they want to have a chat. It’s good to actually be involved in the community that you’re in and it just gives you a whole different perspective of how to deal with situations,” she said.
“It’s a really good career path, you get to find out a lot about yourself, but you also get to get given lots of skills whether it be speaking to people that you see and trying to recruit or people that don’t particularly want to see you because they are having a bad day.”
