NSW: Scipione backs reforms to rostering, but not second jobs

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2007
NSW: Scipione backs reforms to rostering, but not second jobs

NSW Police Commissioner ANDREW SCIPIONE says the force will look into making its rostering
system more flexible .. and won't stop police taking second jobs.

A report released by NSW Auditor-General PETER ACHTERSTRAAT today says the current
block-rostering system is inefficient .. hinders investigations and should be overhauled.

The report's found the controversial 12-hour block rostering system is affecting the
performance of the state's 14-thousand frontline officers.

Though popular with general duties police .. their commanders have long opposed the
rosters as encouraging part-time policing.

Some officers have been the subject of complaints about moonlighting in second jobs.

Mr SCIPIONE says the report's found there's nothing inherently wrong with 12-hour rosters
.. but what's needed is a truly flexible system.







The commissioner says he's not going to stop officers getting second jobs .. as long
as it doesn't impact on their policing role.

He says the reality is that they have mortgages to pay and families to raise.

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