Community Policing
“Knowing you’ve helped people and their families through an ordeal is rewarding and makes it all worthwhile.”
Leanne Close, Deputy Chief Police Officer, ACT Policing
As a member of Community Policing, you can make a positive difference to the lives of people in your local community. This is the AFP’s community policing arm, which means you are often the first point of contact when a local crime is committed. After five months live-in training in Canberra, new members begin work as general duties officers. In this role, you may:
- investigate thefts, burglaries and traffic accidents
- patrol the neighbourhood
- carry out search warrants
- search for missing persons
- keep the peace at public events and demonstrations
- attend fires, floods and other emergency situations
- mediate disputes
- give evidence in court.
Career options include specialising in areas such as crime prevention, search and rescue, special operations, drugs, sexual assault, fraud, rural patrol, crash investigation or emergency/disaster management.
You could also go on to take part in international capacity building, monitoring and peacekeeping missions, spend time working at Jervis Bay, Christmas Island, Cocos Island or Norfolk Island, or you could become a Federal Agent working on national and international operations.