Victoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of the Australian state of Victoria. It was formed in 1853 and currently operates under the Victoria Police Act 2013.
Christine Nixon is an Australian former police officer who was the chief commissioner of Victoria Police from 23 April 2001 to 27 February 2009,being the first female chief commissioner in any Australian state police force. After leaving Victoria Police,she was appointed as chair of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority in February 2009 until she stood down from the position in July 2010.
Kenneth Edward Moroney,is a former police officer who served as the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force from 2002 until 2007.
Murray Neil Comrie AO,APM,known as Neil Comrie,is a former Australian police officer. He was Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 1993 to 2001.
Andrew Phillip Scipione,is a former police officer who served as Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force,succeeding Ken Moroney on 31 August 2007. He retired from the New South Wales Police Force on 31 March 2017. He was farewelled with a guard of honour and was marched out by 100 of his fellow officers. His replacement as commissioner was Mick Fuller.
Simon James Overland is the former Chief Executive Officer at the City of Whittlesea and a former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police in Australia. He previously worked with the Australian Federal Police and then with Victoria Police focusing on Melbourne's gangland wars. On 2 March 2009 he was named by the Premier,John Brumby,as Victoria Police Chief Commissioner. He resigned from this position on 16 June 2011 after intense public pressure from critics who questioned his performance. In July 2011,he was appointed the chair of the Board of Management of the Tasmania University Union and was responsible for overseeing the direction of the student union.
Sir Kenneth Lloyd Jones is a British former police officer. He was a Deputy Commissioner of Victoria Police in Australia,former President of Association of Chief Police Officers for England,Wales and Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom and Senior Investigator of Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) of Hong Kong. Sir Ken Jones is a former President of Association of Chief Police Officers and presently defence &security advisor at the British Embassy in Washington DC. He was awarded the Queen's Police Medal in 2000 and was knighted for services to policing in 2009.
Tony William Negus is an Australian diplomat and retired police officer who was the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police (AFP),being sworn in on 7 September 2009 for a five-year term. He was the sixth Commissioner of the AFP and the second appointed from within the AFP. On 1 December 2014,he was appointed Australian High Commissioner to Canada,effective on 15 January 2015.
Kenneth Douglas Lay,is a former Australian police officer and Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 2011 to 2015. He was Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria from November 2017 to November 2021.
The Bravery Council of Australia Meeting 68 Honours List was announced by the Governor General of Australia,Major General Michael Jeffery,on 17 March 2008.
Naguib "Nick" Kaldas APM is a former Australian police officer and former deputy commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force. Though considered to be a possible future Commissioner,in March 2016 Kaldas announced his decision to leave the Police Force and currently works for the United Nations.
Roman Alexander Quaedvlieg is an Australian former public servant and police officer who was the Commissioner of the Australian Border Force (ABF) from 1 July 2015 until May 2017 when he was put on paid leave while an investigation took place. He was dismissed from the position in March 2018 after an investigation found that he had failed to comply with disclosure requirements regarding a relationship with a woman.
Andrew Colvin is an Australian police officer who was the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police from September 2014 to September 2019. On 5 January 2020,Colvin was appointed to lead the newly established National Bushfire Recovery Agency.
Graham Leonard Ashton is an Australian police officer who was the Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 2015 to 2020. He also served in the Australian Federal Police for a long period.
The Bravery Council of Australia Meeting 83 Honours List was announced by the Governor General of Australia,Sir Peter Cosgrove on 19 August 2015.
Andrew Crisp is a senior public servant and former police officer in Australia who has provided active service to United Nations,Victoria Police and Emergency Management Victoria. Crisp has served as the Emergency Management Commissioner for Victoria since 13 August 2018.
The Special Honours Lists for Australia are announced by the Sovereign and Governor-General at any time.
Grantley John Stevens is an Australian police officer and as of June 2015,the Commissioner of Police for South Australia Police.
The Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants - An inquiry into Victoria Police’s use of Nicola Gobbo as a human source,referred to in the press as Lawyer X Royal Commission,was a royal commission in Victoria,Australia set up to examine the actions of Nicola Gobbo and Victoria Police whilst Gobbo,also referred to as Informer 3838,Lawyer X (media),and EF (litigation),was working as a lawyer and acting as a registered informer. It was announced on 3 December 2018,in response to the High Court AB v CD;EF v CD judgement,and was established on 13 December 2018 under Hon Margaret McMurdo to examine the adequacy and effectiveness of the processes of Victoria Police for the recruitment,handling and management of human sources who are subject to legal obligations of confidentiality or privilege and the effect of using such sources on past cases.
