NSW Police Association acting president Pat Gooley said magistrates who refused to uphold new protocol allowing police to wear their appointments in court should reconsider following the fatal shooting outside the state's police headquarters on Friday.

Mr Gooley said several magistrates had refused to allow officers to wear guns in court, including ones at Grafton Local Court and Parkes District Court.

"Our concern is some magistrates aren't allowing police to bring their guns into court," Mr Gooley said. "The protocol was put in place because of the terror threat to police. We call on every member of the judiciary to abide by its spirit and allow officers to wear their guns in court and court precincts for the protection of the entire community."

Under the protocol, introduced in August, police were permitted to wear their appointments when attending court to give evidence and, in the District and Local courts, to brief prosecutors.

"We thought we had a regulation – any unarmed police officer is clearly a soft target," he said.

A NSW Justice spokeswoman said there would be a continued review of security arrangements at all courthouses across the state.

Mr Gooley said the NSW Police Commissioner and his deputies were meeting with the association on Tuesday to discuss medium- and long-term plans to better protect police following the fatal shooting of police accountant Curtis Cheng, 58.

Mr Cheng, a 17-year-old veteran of NSW Police, died after he was shot at close range by 15-year-old Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar.

"We have been in constant contact with Commissioner and his deputies and they have increased their risk assessment process [and] we are confident that they have met the short term challenges," he said.

"We will be meeting with the commissioner tomorrow to reinforce and establish medium- and long-term protocols for the safety of our members."

The association also called for a speedy rollout of active shooter training and better quality vests for frontline police.