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Goldfields Police Service Area Acting inspector Paul Huggett said the police allocations announced for the state this morning were exciting.
Goldfields will receive 14 new officers, the most of the services areas in the Bendigo division.
"We were very excited to receive the allocation," Acting Inspector Huggett said. "I have been here 12 years and it's the first time we have received those sorts of (new allocation) numbers in 12 years at Maryborough.
"It just helps (people) feel more confident in police and safer in their community.
"It will really bolster our uniform section and provide more of a visible presence and feet on the ground in the community and provide a service."
Acting Inspector Huggett said the 14 officers will be divided between Maryborough, Castlemaine, Wedderburn and Inglewood.
"Maryborough and Castlemaine each have 27 and (the allocation) brings them up to 33," he said.
"At Inglewood and Wedderburn, they have two officers each and will be brought up to three. For small 16-hour stations like those it enhances the capability of their work."
Family violence, road trauma and youth engagement will be three areas the Goldfields area will continue to focus on with their extra officers.
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Victoria Police's Bendigo division will receive 51 new officers in the latest announcement of new police resources.
The new resources will be spread between the Bendigo (two new officers), Macedon Ranges (nine), Goldfields (14) and Campaspe (12) police service areas and the division's shared resources (14).
The 14 shared resources officers will spread between, divisional highway patrol (one), divisional criminal investigation units (five), divisional sexual offences and child abuse teams (four), divisional crime scene services (two), divisional intelligence units (two).
Across the state, an additional 788 police and 25 Protective Services Officers (which includes the Bendigo division's allocation) will be deployed over the 12 months from May.
More than 350 of the new officers will be stationed at regional centres such as Geelong, Warrnambool, Horsham, Goulburn Valley, Morwell and Bairnsdale.
Deputy Commissioner Rick Nugent said it was the biggest injection of regional officers in Victoria Police's history.
"This is in addition to hundreds of frontline officers and dedicated family violence, crime investigation, highway patrol, and sexual offences and child abuse specialists already rolled out over the past two years," he said.
"I know the challenges faced by our rural police, so these additional numbers will be a welcome relief.
"The influx of officers in regional areas will also assist us in enhancing our ability to provide immediate assistance when state disasters occur, such as bushfires or floods."
One hundred and seventeen police stations will shared in the extra resources.
To help tackle Victoria's road toll almost 60 highway patrol officers and road policing command positions will be distributed.
Deputy Commissioner Nugent said the additional numbers will assist officers in taking on key issues faced in rural areas such as family violence, drugs and road trauma.
He said it would mean more police will be on the beat than ever before.
"Our unwavering focus remains on tackling high harm offending which can often have traumatic and life-changing consequences for victims," Deputy Commissioner Nugent said.
"The extra resources will also give police more time to focus on reducing crime that causes wide-spread harm across the community, such as drugs related offences."
For the first time, 48 new positions have been allocated to the Regional Crime Teams, freeing up general duty resources by investigating complex networked offending within Victoria.
The new police allocations are part of Victoria Police's recruitment efforts that aim to deploy more than 3000 additional officers by April, 2022.
"This is about ensuring we have the most responsive, agile and well-equipped police force to drive down crime for a growing population," Minister for Police and Emergency Services Lisa Neville said.
"Victorians can expect to see even more police officers on the ground in their communities dealing with high harm crime, the ongoing threat of terrorism and the scourge of family violence."