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NSW Police

New South Wales Police Force
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New South Wales Police Force crest
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New South Wales Police Force Flag
Motto Culpam Poena Premit Comes
Punishment follows closely on guilt
Agency overview
Formed 1862
Employees 20,329
Volunteers 495
Annual budget A$3.4 billion (2014/15)
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction* State of New South Wales, Australia
Size 809,444 sq km
Population 7,410,700
Legal jurisdiction State of New South Wales
Governing body Government of New South Wales
General nature
Operational structure
Headquarters Parramatta, New South Wales
Officers 16,467
Unsworn members 3,862
Minister responsible Troy Grant, Minister for Justice and Police
Agency executive Andrew Scipione, APM, Commissioner
Units
Facilities
Stations 426+
Airbases 1
Police Boats 52
Helicopters 5
Aeroplanes 2
Horses 38
Notables
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Website
www.police.nsw.gov.au
Footnotes
* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction.
Notables
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The New South Wales Police Force (NSW Police Force; previously the New South Wales Police Service and New South Wales Police) is the primary law enforcement agency of the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is a servant of the Crown, independent of Government, although a minister of the Crown has administration. Divided into seventy six local area commands (LAC), the NSW Police Force consists of more than 500 local police stations and covers an area of 801,600 square kilometres in a state of some seven million people.

Under the Police Regulation Act, 1862 (NSW), the organisation of the NSW Police Force was formally established in 1862 with the unification of all existing independent police units in the state. The authority and responsibility of the entire police force was given to the inspector general of police.

The 1990s were a turbulent period in NSW police history. The Royal Commission into the New South Wales Police Service was held between 1995 and 1997. The Royal Commission uncovered hundreds of instances of bribery, money laundering, drug trafficking, and falsifying of evidence by police. The police commissioner, Tony Lauer, resigned as the level of corruption in the service became clear and his own position untenable. Peter James Ryan was recruited from the UK. Wide-ranging reforms occurred as a result of the recommendations of the Royal Commission, including the establishment of a permanent Police Integrity Commission.

The current commissioner of the NSW Police Force is Andrew Scipione, who replaced Ken Moroney, on 31 August 2007, with Deputy Commissioner Dave Hudson, Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas, and deputy commissioner Catherine Burn. The minister for justice and police, Troy Grant, is responsible to the NSW parliament for the police portfolio. Grant is a former NSW police officer who served 22 years before entering politics.


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