AFTER a long and distinguished career which has seen him climb to the senior ranks of NSW Police, Western Region Commander, Assistant Commissioner Geoff McKechnie will officially call it a day in September.
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A new commander was appointed on Wednesday, with Central Coast Superintendent Brett Greentree - a uniformed police officer and detective who spent some time working in the New England - set to step into the role.
In announcing his retirement, Assistant Commissioner McKechnie calls time on a 33-year career, mostly in Western NSW, and says goodbye to 10 years as Western Region Commander, a region which encompasses Oxley and New England police districts, Dubbo and Broken Hill.
While he said he made the decision with a heavy heart, the Dubbo local is also excited for the future and his pending retirement.
"I will miss policing; there's no doubt about that, probably more the people than the actual work," he told The Leader.
"For us it is about the people - in the organisation and in the communities we look after."
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In retirement, he said he plans to hitch the caravan, and hit the open road.
"I'm going to try to look after the cattle I've got a bit better," he said.
"I'm going to try ride my motorcycle a bit more and I'm going to get my caravan on the road at some point with my wife - we've got our first grandchild due in August.
"So I have some really fantastic things to look forward to."
And of his more than three decades of service: "In that time I've seen and done a lot and I wouldn't change a thing," he said.
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