Posted on June 2, 2010 by by valerirojas

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Simon Overland has urged members of the Indian community to consider a career with Victoria Police.

“On Tuesday, Mr Overland joined four police officers of Indian background, in addressing members of the Indian media about Victoria Police’s desire to attract a more diverse range of police recruits.”

Victoria Police figures from January this year showed that 9 per cent of potential police recruits were born in India, three per cent in Pakistan and 2.4 per cent in Sri Lanka.  Sixty per cent listed Australia as their country of birth.

In addition, of the 11,904 police officers working for Victoria Police in January, 730 or just 6.1 per cent were born overseas. This includes 34 officers born on the Indian sub-continent (India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka).

For full report visit media release

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