Cumberland PAC now covers a smaller geographical area which will enhance the level of service for local residents and businesses by enabling officers to manage their workload, crime trends and community needs more effectively.
Deputy Commissioner Metropolitan Field Operations Mal Lanyon said the new boundaries – covering the neighbouring PACS of Cumberland, Parramatta, Ryde and The Hills – would more equally distribute work in those areas and allow police to optimise and more effectively manage resources.
The boundaries were altered with consideration to improving customer service through faster and more efficient response to the respective communities.
“The delivery of policing services for the safety of the community is always at the top of mind, and when we identify ways we can improve our customer service, that change is soon implemented,” Deputy Commissioner Lanyon said.
“We’ve carefully considered the geography and realigned the boundaries to better reflect the needs of the communities in these areas in line with current population, workload and crime trends.
“It’s important to have local police dealing with and managing local problems, as the better our officers are connected with – and know and understand – their communities, the better they able to work with and serve those communities.”
