List of Commissioners of New South Wales Police

New South Wales Police Force
agency information Motto Culpam Poena Premit Comes Punishment Follows Close On Guilt Agency overview Formed 1862 Employees 18,500 Legal personality Governmental: Government agency Jurisdictional structure Operations jurisdiction* State of New South Wales, Australia General nature Law enforcement Local civilian police Operational structure Headquarters Parramatta, New South Wales Officers 15,500 Minister responsible Mike Gallacher MP, New South Wales Ministry for Police Agency executive Andrew Scipione APM, Commissioner Units 11 Counter Terrorist and Disaster Victim Identification Unit Crime Stoppers Unit Highway Patrol Missing Persons Unit Mounted Police Unit Marine Area Command Professional Standards Command Public Order and Riot Squad State Crime Command State Protection Group Traffic Services Facilities Stations 500+ Website http://www.police.nsw.gov.au Footnotes * Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.

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 New South Wales's Police Force. The post is currently held by Andrew Scipione, who replaced Ken Moroney on 31 August 2007. 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 21 Commissioners since 1851.

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 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 This act was repealed with the passage of the Police Regulation Act of 1862, which amalgamated the various police forces in the colony into one force responsible to the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 the 1 January 1851 and on 8 January 1926 the title was changed to be "Commissioner", although the official title would legally remain as "Inspector-General" until the passage of the Police Regulation (Amendment) Act 1935.

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