Tamworth community farewells decorated police officer

NSW Police Inspector Michael Moy retires after 44 years of service. Video by Gareth Gardner

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00:00It's been an honour to be able to work with the police in New South Wales and do what I can for New South Wales in this time.

00:14I've had a very fortunate career. I've been in Sydney and I've been in country areas.

00:19The last 30 years or more I've been in the Geoxie Command and the different names that it's been.

00:24I've had a wonderful time and I've met and worked with such a great range of people

00:29and I've been very, very fortunate.

00:35We see obviously some fairly tragic circumstances but we also see the best in people coming out

00:41and they're the ones you'll remember where everyone's worked together in times of trauma or tragedy

00:47and everyone's backing each other up. They're backing the community and they're supporting the police as well.