Superintendent Schilt grew up in Maroubra and went to Sydney University where he graduated with a degree in Nursing.

But soon after completing his degree Schilt was accepted into the police academy in 1996 to follow his other passion of policing.

“Once I attested from the Police Academy I did work as a nurse and a police officer,” he said.

“I really enjoyed both careers and I have a huge amount of respect for nurses, but eventually I had to choose and policing won out.”

Schilt worked at a number of city locations including Waverley, Marrickville, Kings Cross and Botany Bay, where he was promoted to the rank of Inspector. 

“In 2012, I moved to the Counter Terrorism Command and undertook various reliever commander positions throughout the State and in In 2016 I was promoted to the rank of Superintendent in Cootamundra LAC,” he said.

“I am extremely thankful for the opportunity to move my family to a region with such a strong sense of community. I have been constantly impressed by the level of involvement of volunteers and people with a genuine interest in the towns that they live in.

“I am married with four children aged 12, 10, 9 and 7. Since moving to Young, the children have settled well into their school lives and my wife and I are enjoying being part of the community.” 

Superintendent Schilt said he is looking forward to being an active police officer and having involvement at all of our 16 stations within the area.

“I want to provide support to our local officers and I have a good understanding of the challenges that they face,” he said.

“I am the president of the NSW Police Boxing Club and was a former Australian University Boxing Champion so I feel that will give me the opportunity to get to meet local people through my interests in sport and from there I’d like to spend time on the development of our youth.

“I am hoping to enhance our strong partnerships with the general public and local service providers to develop a resilient community that can deal with crime, social and emergency incidents. I know this can only be achieved with the support and active involvement of everyone.” 

Detective Inspector Scott Wilkinson is a veteran of the police having joined in 1982, leaving his home at Broken Hill. 

The Detective Inspector has had a distinguished career in blue and has extensive experience in both city and country posts.

“My first posting was General Duties at Newtown, followed by Gulgong,” he said. “I was in the Highway Patrol at Dubbo, then transferred back to Penrith, where I entered Plain clothes in 1989. I performed CI duty at Penrith, St Marys, Riverstone and Major Crime Squads, before returning to uniform and transferring to Dareton.

“I was promoted to Sergeant at Wagga Wagga in 2005 where I worked in General Duties and the Target Action Group.  In 2010 I transferred to Griffith Detectives as the Investigations Manager.  I was promoted to Detective Inspector at Cootamundra in January of this year.  I have extensive experience in homicide, drug and child abuse investigations.  

“The highlight of my career has been the promotion to Detective Inspector. The opportunity of being able to remain involved in criminal investigations whilst achieving promotion is what attracted me to this position.” 

Detective Inspector Scott Wilkinson is married and is looking forward to settling into the area.

“My wife is employed by the area health service and will be continuing her work from the hospital at Cootamundra, where we are purchasing a house,” he said. 

“I believe that effective policing relies on having a strong healthy relationship between local police and their communities, our ability to deal with crime and social issues as they develop rests heavily on this, without strong support from the community it is extremely difficult for police to function effectively.

“From what I have seen of the Staff at Cootamundra LAC, it is clear that this is a common view and I have been impressed by the commitment to their communities as police officers and the obvious pride they take in being members of those same communities.”