Thirty-six frontline police officers have been ripped out of Wyndham police stations to work on taskforces, according to the Police Association. The numbers have been revealed as residents across Wyndham campaign for a greater police presence, calling for additional officer numbers to bring the municipality up to the state’s average in the wake of increased incidents of aggravated burglary. Police Association secretary Ron Iddles said police members being taken off the frontline to work on taskforces was “making a bad situation even worse”. “Even with all members available for first-response duty, Wyndham has the worst police-to-population ratio in Victoria with 49 response officers per 100,000 people,” Mr Iddles said. “This pales compared to the state average of 102 for every 100,000 people.” Mr Iddles said removing members from the frontline impacted on service delivery to the public and was placing great stress on “already over-burdened members whose health and wellbeing is being put more at risk”. Government should ensure right number of police officers are allocated to each area especially Wyndham where ratio of response officer to public is really low, that area has been target of carjacking and home invasions.