The search for the accused murderer, on the run since 2005, was escalated in early December last year when police were shot at near the small town of Nowendoc.

But from Friday, the command post will be moved 60 kilometres south to Gloucester, where police in a scaled-back investigative operation will be based at a Rural Fire Service station.

That means the police presence in Nowendoc will return to normal.

Strike Force Durkin would be able to be scaled up quickly if circumstances changed, NSW Police said in a statement.

A $250,000 reward remains in place for information that leads to the arrest of Naden, a former abattoir worker.

He has been eluding authorities since 2005, when he fled his grandparents' home in west Dubbo days after 24-year-old mother-of-two Kristy Scholes, was found strangled in his bedroom.

Naden is also suspected of involvement in the disappearance a few months earlier of his cousin, Lateesha Nolan, and the rape of a 15-year-old schoolgirl.

Naden is described as being 177cm tall with a medium build, brown eyes and has short/cropped dark hair, and is clean shaven with a moustache.

Police say Naden is armed and warn people not to approach him under any circumstances.