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Edition 1204, December 11, 2008 - Department of Defence

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FOLLOWING a review <strong>of</strong> Army<br />

Reserve <strong>of</strong>ficer training, changes<br />

have been introduced to streamline<br />

the course.<br />

It will now take 18 months on average<br />

for a person <strong>of</strong>f the street to be<br />

trained as a Reserve <strong>of</strong>ficer capable <strong>of</strong><br />

commanding a platoon <strong>of</strong> 30 soldiers<br />

on operations.<br />

In-service candidates can apply for<br />

recognition <strong>of</strong> prior learning and they<br />

may be granted exemption from one<br />

or both <strong>of</strong> the initial training blocks,<br />

which will shorten the course even<br />

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On parade: LCpl Tarli Gillam, B Coy, 1MP Bn, is addressed by Air-Cdre Dennis Green. Photo by Bill Cunneen<br />

Police on debut<br />

support <strong>of</strong> military operations at home and abroad.<br />

Commandant DPTC Lt-Col Peter Fisher said DPTC<br />

provided quality service-police training for all three<br />

services, using state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art facilities that were the<br />

envy <strong>of</strong> other training organisations, with appropriate<br />

resources and modern training methods.<br />

“In marking the completion <strong>of</strong> this course with a<br />

graduation ceremony, I hope to give the trainees a sense<br />

<strong>of</strong> achievement and pride in their transition from either<br />

civilian or other military trades into service police men<br />

and women,” he said.<br />

Director-General Air Force Special Projects Air-<br />

Cdre Dennis Green, who reviewed the parade, said this<br />

graduation was about the future <strong>of</strong> ADF policing.<br />

“This class is the first step towards the rejuvenation<br />

<strong>of</strong> the ADF service-police community that is being<br />

formed to meet the challenges the ADF faces today and<br />

into the future,” Air-Cdre Green said.<br />

“I am confident that you have accepted the challenges<br />

that lie ahead <strong>of</strong> you in taking the ADF service<br />

police community to newer and higher levels.<br />

“I am also confident that the commandant and staff<br />

<strong>of</strong> the ADF Police Training Centre have equipped you<br />

physically and academically to meet those challenges.”<br />

Graduating service policewoman and Army reservist<br />

LCpl Toni McBride, who is posted to C Coy, 1 MP Bn<br />

in Sydney, said she had enjoyed the course immensely.<br />

“This course has given me the opportunity to work<br />

alongside my full-time colleagues, which I found<br />

extremely rewarding,” she said.<br />

“I am now looking forward to policing the garrisons<br />

and investigating minor crime.”<br />

DPTC is the focal point for service-police training<br />

in Australia and provides those who may be thinking<br />

about pursuing a career in policing with the prospects <strong>of</strong><br />

serving on operations at home and overseas.<br />

Each year, about 500 trainees gain basic or advanced<br />

service-policing qualifications at DPTC that will enable<br />

them to develop the skills they require for employment<br />

as service police across the ADF.

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