"Before I became a PCO, I was a field contract manager at Telstra."
"I was working in retail."
"I worked for myself in the building industry."
'I'd been working in the hospitality industry."
"I've always wanted to be a part of Victoria Police in some sort of way."
"The training here at the Police Academy goes for eight weeks in total, but two weeks of those you're on deployment at your station."
"You learn law, you learn tactical, you learn to speak, and you learn comradeship with your squad mates."
"We also learn different defense techniques which is for our own safety and community safety as well."
"The instructors at the Academy are second to none."
"They made us feel like we belonged here."
"If you're considering a career as a PCO, my best advice is to go for it."
"There's no harm in trying. Come here, this is what the Academy is for. They will teach you what you need to know for your role."
"Within our squad, we've got a very big diversity of people."
"I'm looking forward to being in the community, hands on, and doing what I've now been trained for."
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