The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the national and principal federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government with the unique role of investigating crime and protecting the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia. The AFP is an independent agency of the Attorney-General's Department and is responsible to the Attorney-General and accountable to the Parliament of Australia. As of October 2019 the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police is Reece Kershaw,formerly the Northern Territory Police Commissioner.
The Northern Territory Police Force is the police body that has legal jurisdiction over the Northern Territory of Australia. This police service has 1,607 police members made up of 83 senior sergeants,228 sergeants,912 constables,220 auxiliaries,and 64 Aboriginal Community Police Officers. The rest of the positions are members of commissioned rank and inoperative positions. It also has a civilian staff working across the NT Police,Fire and Emergency Services.
Michael Joseph Keelty is a retired Australian Police Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police from 2001 to 2009. He was also the inaugural chairperson of the Australian Crime Commission,now known as the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
ACT Policing is the portfolio of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) responsible for providing policing services to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The Australian Capital Territory Police was an independent police force responsible for policing the ACT until 19 October 1979,when it was merged with the Commonwealth Police to form the AFP.
The Australian Protective Service (APS) was an Australian Commonwealth law enforcement agency which existed between October 1984 and June 2004. The APS was created by the separation of the Uniformed Protective Service component of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) into a new agency based upon recommendations contained in the Stewart Royal Commission of Inquiry into Drug Trafficking. It was initially responsible for protecting personnel and property of the Australian government;foreign diplomatic missions in both Australia and overseas,Internationally Protected Persons (IPPs);and the provision of custodial services at immigration detention centres. The APS provided a uniformed protection presence at most sensitive government establishments through either a permanent guarding presence or mobile patrol and alarm response function.
Colin Stanley Winchester was an assistant commissioner in the Australian Federal Police (AFP). Winchester commanded ACT Police,the community policing component of the AFP responsible for the Australian Capital Territory. In 1989 he was assassinated by an unknown perpetrator.
Audrey Ann Fagan was an Australian police officer,who,between 2005 and 2007,held the rank of Assistant Commissioner and served as the chief police officer of Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Policing,which includes community policing responsibilities for Canberra and other parts of the ACT. She was awarded the Australian Police Medal in 2004 and died in office,having committed suicide by hanging while on vacation.
The New South Wales Crime Commission is a statutory corporation of the Government of New South Wales. It is constituted by the Crime Commission Act 2012,the object of which is to reduce the incidence of organised crime and other serious crime in the state of New South Wales,Australia.
Michael Anthony Phelan,a senior Australian law enforcement officer,is the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology since November 2017.
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.
The Australian Federal Police Association (AFPA) is a registered Industrial Organisation under the Fair Work Act 2009 operating as a Branch of the Police Federation of Australia. The AFPA has sole autonomous political and industrial coverage for all employees within the Australian Federal Police which includes sworn Federal Agents;Police Officers;Protective Service Officers;and non-sworn support staff deployed nationally and overseas. The Australian Federal Police Association also provides industrial coverage for the Australian Crime Commission and the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity.
Danielle Anne Woodward APM OAM OLY is an Australian slalom canoeist who competed from the mid-1980s to the early 2000s. Competing in three Summer Olympics,she won a silver medal in the K1 event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
David John Owens APM is the former Deputy Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force in Australia and was appointed to the position in August 2011 having performed the role of Deputy Commissioner since December 2007.
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. In June 2024,Colvin was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Australian Red Cross,an organisation with a rich history of making a significantly positive impact on people’s lives.
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 Department of Home Affairs is the Australian Government interior ministry with responsibilities for national security,protective services,emergency management,border control,immigration,refugees,citizenship,transport security and multicultural affairs. The Home Affairs portfolio reports to the Minister for Home Affairs,currently held by Tony Burke,and was led by the Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs,Mike Pezzullo,until his sacking in November 2023 for breaching the code of conduct.
Four suspects were arrested without charge by Australian Federal Police on 29 July 2017 in Sydney on suspicion of an Islamic State inspired plot to plant a bomb on an Etihad Airways flight departing Sydney on 15 July 2017.
Shane Andrew Patton is an Australian police officer and as of June 2020,the Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police.
Michael Outram is an Australian law enforcement officer and the current Commissioner of the Australian Border Force. He has served as a law enforcement officer for over 30 years and previously served with the Australian Federal Police.
