A new training facility at the Goulburn Police Academy is set to provide world-class training to police for scenarios involving active armed offenders.
NSW Police Commissioner Michael Fuller and Deputy Commissioner Corporate Services, Malcolm Lanyon officially opened the $8 million facility last week.
Commissioner Fuller said the new training facility would be used to provide police with the specialised skills and techniques to manage dangerous and highly volatile active armed offender incidents.
“This state-of-the-art structure enhances the NSW Police Force capability to respond to active armed offender incidents and other high-risk events,” Commissioner Fuller said.
“The purpose-built facility is designed with both internal and external training areas to allow scenario and reality-based training for all types of situations,” he said.
“Police will receive specialist training to deal with armed offenders in a number of different scenarios, ranging from domestic violence to counter terrorism incidents.”
Commissioner Fuller said the new training venue featured relocatable walls; a steel, observation gantry with CCTV that could be used in operational safety assessments; and outdoor capabilities to allow police to practice rapid vehicle response strategies.
He said active armed offender training was adopted in NSW in 2015 and was based on the Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT), used by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI).
Deputy Commissioner Lanyon said Australia’s active armed offender training was in line with the world’s best practice but modified to National standards.
