The Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force (known from 1851 to 1926 as the Inspector-General of the New South Wales Police Force) is the head of

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Police Force The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and th ...

. The post is currently held by

Karen Webb Karen Leanne Webb, () is an Australian police officer, who replaced Mick Fuller as the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force in February 2022. Webb is the first woman appointed to this office. Early life and career Webb was born ...

, who replaced

Mick Fuller Michael John Fuller, is a retired police officer who served as the 22nd Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force. He replaced Andrew Scipione on 31 March 2017, when Scipione retired. In July 2021, Fuller announced that he would be leavi ...

on 1 February 2022. The rank is usually referred to as the New South Wales Police Commissioner or simply just "Commissioner". The New South Wales Police Force has had 23 Commissioners since 1851.

History

The role was established under the ''Act for the Regulation of the Police Force in New South Wales 1850'' (known as the 'Colonial Police Act 1850'), which provided for the appointment by the Governor of New South Wales of an Inspector-General of Police. This act was repealed with the passage of the ''Police Regulation Act of 1862'', which amalgamated the various police forces in the colony into one force responsible to the Inspector-General in Sydney. The first Inspector-General of Police was appointed on 1 January 1851. The title was changed to be "Commissioner" on 8 January 1926, although the official title would legally remain as "Inspector-General" until the passage of the ''Police Regulation (Amendment) Act 1935''.

List of inspectors-general and commissioners

References

External links

Commissioner – NSW Police Online
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