The Probationary Constable was sworn-in on Friday 13 December, and started working in the region the following Monday, 16 December.

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Their appointment is through the inaugural Professional Mobility Program, which allows police officers from other jurisdictions within Australia and New Zealand to train and work in NSW.

Commissioner Karen Webb said the seven male and two female graduates represented a significant milestone for the force.

“Each officer’s past service brings diverse experience, skills and knowledge that will prove invaluable to not only the officers they serve alongside but also the people of NSW.”

The officers range in age from 21-years to over 40-years-old.

They completed a twelve-week course consisting of theory, fitness, driving, and defence and tactical training, and will serve as Probationary Constables during a minimum six months’ on-the-job training.

After that, they will retain their substantive rank of Constable or Senior Constable.

Port Stephens-Hunter is the most northern coastal command to be assigned a graduate.

The other eight have been deployed to Sutherland, Ryde, Parramatta, the South Coast (2), the Central West, Newcastle and Lake Macquarie.

Police and Counter-terrorism Minister Yasmin Catley said the scheme, along with paid study and the recent historic pay agreement, has led to an increase in applications to join the force, and a more diverse range of recruits.

“Becoming a police officer in NSW is the most attractive it has been in decades.”