Ep. 237 Jemma Powell NSW Police Officer - General Duties

Jemma Powell served 13 years with the NSW Police Force (2010–2024), graduating from the NSW Police Academy in Goulburn. Her first posting was to Central Hunter LAC, Maitland as a general duties constable. She then served at Central North LAC, Bourke and Central West LAC, Orange.

Jemma responded to a wide range of complex frontline incidents—critical medicals, fatal incidents, missing-persons searches, serious crashes, search warrants and violent matters—developing resilience, sound operational judgment and decisive leadership under pressure. She was promoted to Senior Constable in 2016, served as Youth Liaison Officer in Bourke, and began relieving in a supervisory sergeant role in 2021.

In June 2014 she took a year’s leave without pay to volunteer at a rural orphanage in Vietnam, caring for severely disabled and abandoned children—an experience she describes as both formative and profoundly meaningful. Jemma’s service record reflects extensive frontline operational experience, youth and community-focused work, and a commitment to welfare-led policing.