Claims Goulburn police academy recruits unprepared to use firearms

By Noel Towell
Updated November 29 2014 - 11:24am, first published 11:18am
Teachers at the Police Academy say recruits are being left dangerously unprepared for crime-fighting duties. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Teachers at the Police Academy say recruits are being left dangerously unprepared for crime-fighting duties. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Lives are being put at risk on NSW streets because of a dumbing-down of teaching programs at the state's Police Academy, according to insiders at the training college.