List of Commissioners of New South Wales Police
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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.[1] 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.
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Act 1850'), which provided for the appointment by the Governor of an Inspector-General of Police.[2] This act was repealed with the passage of the Police Regulation Act of 1862, which amalgamated the various police forces in the colony into one force responsible to the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.[3]
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.[4]
List of Inspectors-General and Commissioners
| From | To | Name | Postnominals | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January 1851 | 31 December 1851 | William Spain | [5] | |
| 1 January 1852 | 17 September 1856 | Captain William Mayne | [6] | |
| 28 October 1856 | 6 October 1874 | Captain John McLerie | [7] | |
| 7 October 1874 | 30 June 1904 | Edmund Walcott Fosbery | CMG | [8] |
| 1 July 1904 | 31 December 1910 | Thomas Garvin | ISO | [9] |
| 1 January 1911 | 9 January 1915 | Ernest Charles Day | [10] | |
| 1 February 1915 | 20 March 1930 | James Mitchell | CBE | [11] |
| 21 March 1930 | 23 March 1935 | Walter Henry Childs | MVO | |
| 24 March 1935 | 22 January 1948 | William John MacKay | [12] | |
| 18 February 1948 | 13 October 1952 | James Frederick Scott | ||
| 14 October 1952 | 27 February 1962 | Colin Delaney | CVO, CBE, QPM | [13] |
| 28 February 1962 | 14 November 1972 | Norman Allan | CMG, MVO, QPM | |
| 15 November 1972 | 31 December 1976 | Frederick Hanson | CBE, QPM | |
| 1 January 1977 | 5 June 1979 | Mervyn Wood | LVO, MBE, QPM | |
| 17 October 1979 | 29 December 1981 | Jim Lees | QPM | |
| 30 December 1981 | 7 August 1984 | Cecil Abbott | AO, QPM | |
| 7 August 1984 | 12 March 1991 | John Avery | AO, APM | |
| 13 March 1991 | 19 February 1996 | Tony Lauer | APM | |
| 20 February 1996 | 29 August 1996 | Neil Owen Taylor | APM | [14] |
| 30 August 1996 | 17 April 2002 | Peter Ryan | QPM | |
| 18 April 2002 | 31 August 2007 | Ken Moroney | AO, APM | |
| 31 August 2007 | Present | Andrew Scipione | APM |
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