Fit Together program builds trust between Wollongong police and Aboriginal community

Ashleigh Tullis
Updated October 14 2019 - 7:31pm, first published 11:26am
Working together: Acting Assistant Commissioner Chris Craner stripped bark off wood with a PCYC participant to help build a canoe. He launched a new police program that aims to build relationships with Aboriginal teens. Picture: Ashleigh Tullis
Working together: Acting Assistant Commissioner Chris Craner stripped bark off wood with a PCYC participant to help build a canoe. He launched a new police program that aims to build relationships with Aboriginal teens. Picture: Ashleigh Tullis

Building an Aboriginal bark canoe from scratch is not usually in a Wollongong police officer's job description but on Monday many did just that.

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Ashleigh Tullis

Ashleigh Tullis

Court reporter

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