Victoria Police has moved to reduce the reception counter hours at dozens of stations across the state as it redirects staff to the frontline amid 'significant' officer vacancies.
Dozens of police stations across Victoria will have reduced reception counter hours, as the force grapples with a"significant number" of officer vacancies.Victoria Police has moved to reduce the reception counter hours at dozens of stations across the state as it redirects staff to the frontline amid"significant" officer vacancies.
Some sites which are currently described as being a 24-hour station will be reclassified to"all hour response reception eight hours a day". "The vast majority of impacted stations will retain reception counter coverage for either 16 or 8 hours per day, while most impacted stations are within 10km of the nearest 24-hour reception counter," police said.
Victoria Police had 317 fewer full-time equivalent officers on July 1 compared to June 18 last year. Picture: Scott Barbour/Getty Images
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