The guest speaker for tonight was Inspector Kim Traynor of the NSW Police. Kym explained that from about 2015, the NSW Police have engaged in a retraining in their tactics when confronted by an Active Armed Offender. This has followed on from other international changes.
Suitable venues where selected in various parts of the state and it transpired that the Yanco Agricultural Institute was exactly the facility that they needed for the SW of NSW. With accommodation for up to 20 onsite, a modern lecture room and various buildings such as the old FT student dormitories, they have bee able to provide facilities that would be similar to dealing with and armed offender in a school building or a house, office block.
Students from the SW Local Area Commands have spent 3 days at YAI and a day at the Narrandera Pistol Club for their training.
Other courses run include dealing with Domestic Violence and then ongoing training for the new 3 Police districts that have just been formed.
There will be modified courses that are only 3 days and they expect to put through about 550 students in the next 15 months. This will also include an increase of 2 days of weapon training per year to 4 days.
Members of the club asked many interesting questions and Kym was thanked by our almost a visitor Tony Roddy