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Hi-tech firearms and defensive tactics police training facility opens at Dubbo

Oct 28 2024 Updated October 28, 2024

David Dixon

2 min read

At the official opening of the new hi-tech police training facility in Dubbo: (from left) Assistant Commissioner Central West Region Brett Greentree; Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton; State Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders; and National Party Candidate for Parkes Jamie Chaffey. Photo: Supplied.

A new hi-tech police training facility in Dubbo is designed to boost the capability of officers across regional NSW.

The purpose-built $41 million Regional Education Training Centre (RETC) is the first of its kind in the state, housing all training facilities on the one site – firearms, defensive tactics, and active armed-offender training – to deliver mandatory, fundamental, specialist and l...