The Western Plains Community Union Alliance, consisting of local workers, their unions and supporters, claims 12 Corrective Services jobs will be cut from Dubbo.

Alliance spokesperson Kylie McKelvie told yesterday's public forum job cuts would mean high-risk offenders would no longer be supervised and monitored after business hours and during weekends.

"The CCMG currently monitors extreme high-risk offenders on parole orders and good behaviour bonds such as murderers, sex offenders, offenders with links to outlaw motorcycle gangs, offenders subject to electronic monitoring, offenders on home detention orders as well as intensive corrections orders," she said.

She said the officers travelled extensively throughout Dubbo and western NSW to perform unannounced home visits during and out of business hours, conducted urine drug tests and alcohol breath testing to ensure offenders complied with the conditions of their orders.

"With the abolition of this specialist unit, how are you going to guarantee the safety of Dubbo, Wellington and its regions?" Ms McKelvie asked the panel of NSW ministers at yesterday's forum.

Premier Barry O'Farrell addressed the question and said while he was not able to provide a specific answer there and then, he would seek an answer for Ms McKelvie.

"No decision being made by (Attorney General) Greg Smith or the Corrective Services Commissioner, is in any way designed to or is effectively going to reduce safety," he said.

"What we are doing is to ensure that technology is better used. That is something that was introduced by the former government.

"We found a problem a couple of months ago in relation to that technology and we're seeking to address that. But I will get you a specific answer, because nothing that we are doing should be raising concerns for people in areas like this."