Senior Constable Andrew Campbell and his partner Savannah Sissons were joined by students from Koorawatha Public School, Members for Cootamundra Steph Cooke, Hilltops Mayor Brian Ingram and fellow members of NSW Police to celebrate the refurbishment of the station on Monday morning.

Officer in Charge of Young, Inspector Jacob Reeves, said the refurbishment of the station was bringing some hope to the community.

"It's been on my to do list since I got here and I'm very fortunate through government, my senior officers and team around me to achieve this goal," he said.

"We would have had more people here but because of coronavirus restrictions we couldn't.

"Everywhere I've gone in town and spoken to people they were asking me if it's true, 'we heard a rumor the police station is going to open?'

"Once the scaffolding went up and work got underway it meant a lot, police are part of the community and we can see the hope they have with it coming back, they haven't been forgotten.

"I had one person tell me that hopefully with the police back it might kick the pub open and the post office, that a fully staffed station will be a catalyst and I'm glad we can be a part of that," he said.

Commander of the Monaro Police District, Superintendent Paul Condon, said it was great to see the station operating again.

"It shows the connections between police and the community," he said.

"It's about police and community working together to reduce crime and to feel safe.

"It was great to have the school up here and just proves that point, I know Andrew will be down at the school and talking to the parents making that connection.

"People in the community see police when things are at their worst, but its good to see it happening when it's not at its worst, on good terms.

"When these young kids become leaders in the future they'll remember that connection."

Hilltops Mayor Brian Ingram said it was fantastic to see the work and advocacy that had been done to bring the community to this moment.

"Sometimes the smaller communities can feel like they are left out," he said.

"It's important that they know they have the same security and accessibility to the police that we have in the bigger towns.

"They will have that now by having an officer stationed here.

"You can see that this morning by the welcome to country and performance by the school how much they appreciate this and the benefit to them in the long run."

Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke said it was fantastic to welcome Senior Constable Andrew Campbell and his partner to the region.

"I love celebrating the refurbishment of police stations in our smaller communities," she said.

"I don't get to see it very often, the last one was two years ago in Barellan, so this is fantastic to see.

"The Cootamundra electorate has 164 towns, villages and localities and it's important we see a strong policing presence across each and everyone of those communities, so we can all feel safe.

"This investment by the government to refurbish the station and residence means we can attract wonderful people to our community like yourselves and we can feel very proud of what we've achieved here."

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