Tasmania Police
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Badge of the Tasmania Police
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Flag of the Tasmania Police
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1 January 1899 |
| Employees | 1,650 |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction* | State of Tasmania, Australia |
| Size | 66,822 km2 (25,800 sq mi) |
| Population | 503,292 (as at 30 June 2010) |
| Constituting instrument | Police Service Act 2003 |
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| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | 47 Liverpool Street Hobart TAS 7000 42°52′48″S 147°19′40″E / 42.8800°S 147.3278°ECoordinates: 42°52′48″S 147°19′40″E / 42.8800°S 147.3278°E |
| Sworn members | 1,260 |
| Minister responsible | Rene Hidding, MP, Minister for Police and Emergency Management |
| Agency executive | Darren Hine, APM, Commissioner |
| Support Commands | Executive Support, Operations Support, Human Resources, Professional Standards, Special Response and Counter-Terrorism Unit |
| Districts | Southern, Northern, Western |
| Facilities | |
| Stations | 73 |
| Website | |
| www.police.tas.gov.au | |
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* Divisional agency: Division of the country, over which the agency has usual operational jurisdiction. Note: Data for organisation as at June 2011. |
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Tasmania Police is the police force of the Australian state of Tasmania. Established in 1899, the force has more than 1,200 officers policing Tasmania's population of about half a million people.
Tasmania Police is part of the Tasmanian government's Department of Police and Emergency Management, which also consists of the State Emergency Service, Forensic Science Service Tasmania and the Tasmania Fire Service.
The Commissioner of Police also serves as the secretary of the Department of Police and Emergency Management, and the State Emergency Management Controller.
Tasmania Police comprises five support commands which support the geographical districts:
The force is divided into three geographical district commands: Southern, Northern and Western. Each district is divided into several geographical divisions, and is administered by a Commander.
There are 73 police stations across the state.
The Tasmania Police Academy is located in the suburb of Rokeby on Hobart's Eastern Shore.
Local training of police officers in Tasmania began in 1958 at Sackville Street in Hobart. In 1960, Commissioner Delderfield suggested the establishment of a police training college on Hobart's eastern shore, and the idea was discussed until Commissioner Phil Fletcher managed to get the proposal approved by cabinet on 16 December 1969. Several sites were considered until Rokeby was selected.
The main road into the Tasmania Police Academy, Phil Fletcher Drive, was named in his honour.
The Academy was officially opened on 6 March 1976 by the Premier of Tasmania, Bill Neilson. Tasmania Police had the first purpose-built Police Academy in Australia.
The Tasmania Police Academy offers training for Tasmania Police recruits, currently serving Tasmania Police officers, and is offered as a community resource to various local community groups.
Prior to the formation of a unified police force, Tasmania (then called Van Diemen's Land) was policed from 1803 under the administration of Lieutenant Governor David Collins by a small number of superintendents and overseers, and from 1804 by a civilian body known as the "Night Watch", brought by Collins from Port Phillip Bay. The Night Watch was disbanded in 1806 due to ineffectiveness and was replaced by British military patrols. A municipal police force was established at Port Dalrymple (Launceston) on 19 November 1804, with Thomas Massey as Chief Constable.
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