Project Walwaay (meaning 'young man') has been running in the district for the past 12 months.

"We're still seeing a 60 to 70 per cent reduction of charges being laid on Indigenous youth at risk of entering the criminal justice system," Supt. McKenna said.

"We've got five of our kids work - the goal is keeping them out of jail by getting them educated to a point where they can find jobs.

"When we first started this, there's no secret that we were chasing these kids around. Some of them, the way they interacted, even with myself, I could see we needed to do something.

"Now, the same kids that would run away from me are now running up to me, and it doesn't get better than that."

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Supt. McKenna said the success of the project comes down to care, 'seeing that bit of gold in them and lending them a hand.'

"These kids aren't growing up in that privileged environment; that doesn't mean they don't deserve the same care, love and mutual respect," he said.

"We're not here to judge what they're doing, we're looking at why they're doing it."

Supt. McKenna was joined by the Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott and Member for Dubbo Dugald Saunders on Tuesday to celebrate of the projects one-year anniversary.

Mr Elliott said 12 months ago, when he was visiting for the launch of the project, he remembered seeing the anticipation and excitement of the police and knew it would be successful.

"I was thinking we would be celebrating a 30 to 35 per cent decrease, but I didn't expect it to be this high so quickly, that success has meant that this is worth pursuing," Mr Elliot said.

"Police are walking alongside these kids, not standing in front of them dictating, and my ambition is to see all of these kids joining the police force.

"Last week the academy had 107 cadets graduate as officers, 11 of them came from indigenous communities. We've had a record number of indigenous people join the force and I want to see that continue."

Community member Tony Fuller said 'the proof is in the pudding' when it comes to determining the success of the project.

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"Pete is actually getting out there and doing the work himself, young people are now getting into jobs, who would have thought?" Mr Fuller said.

"Two of the young guys have recently gotten jobs, ones working at PCYC and another has secured a position at Maccas.

"Interaction with the police is also a lot better. As an Aboriginal man myself, and as part of the Aboriginal community, it is good to see this positivity being shown in the media."

Mr Fuller said Mr McKenna has earned the respect of these kids and has ultimately changed the dynamic of the relationship between these youth and police.

"He's invested in it, he's approachable, he's taken it upon himself to step outside of the box. Cops are in this box where they've gotta lock people up, that's their job, but he's doing something different," Mr Fuller said.

"He's the leader, he's taken ownership and has very much so garnered respect.

"He told me a story recently, he went to watch touch football with the crew, they made semi-finals, the two people yapping to the referees was him and Ian Burns, two cops, he said he's now got young guys waving to him in the street. Before they'd give him the bird, or say a few choice words, which you know, young people are good at doing that."

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Mr Fuller said he hopes the project continues receiving the support and funding as it 'needs to be invested in and can't be short term' for these positive results to continue.

Supt. McKenna said they police engage in activities with these kids, like football and boxing, they feed them and assist in providing them with education.

"Kids who were prolifically involved in offences are now not offending at all, we're seeing the difference now.

"Of course we have our ups and downs but, if they stumble, we're there, and we're helping them through it. We're getting kids into rehab because of drug addiction, we're a cajole for education, health- all those things, and it's working out.

"Drugs, I see it when people give up, it's an easy thing to go through, but kids themselves are now working with us, putting their hands up and saying 'we need help'."

Supt. McKenna said while he is in Dubbo, the program will be in Dubbo.

Mr Elliot said he was told a story about a couple of constables, who in their own time spent a week caring for kids.

"I think that goes to show they are taking ownership of the program, and that makes me very, very proud," he said.

"I don't want to jinx myself, and I don't want to set any unrealistic expectations, but I can't see why the stats can't continue to grow, but these results are very high very early on so I don't want to make any unrealistic promises."