List of Commissioners of New South Wales Police

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 Mick Fuller, who replaced Andrew Scipione on 31 March 2017.[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 22 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provided for the appointment by the Governor of New South Wales of an Inspector-General of Police.[2] This act was repealed with the passage of the Police Regulation Act of 1862, which amalgamated the various police forces in the colony into one force responsible to the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 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.[4]

List of Inspectors-General and Commissioners
FromToNamePostnominalsNotes
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 31 March 2017 Andrew Scipione AO, APM [15]
31 March 2017 Present Mick Fuller APM [16]

References
  1. AAP (26 June 2007). "Scipione to be new Commissioner". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. "Colonial Police Act 1850 No 38a" (PDF). 1850 New South Wales Acts As Made Legislation. Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  3. "The Police Regulation Act of 1862 No 6a" (PDF). 1862 New South Wales Acts As Made Legislation. Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  4. "Police Regulation (Amendment) Act 1935 No 13" (PDF). 1935 New South Wales Acts As Made Legislation. Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  5. Bach, J. "Spain, William (1803–1876)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  6. King, Hazel. "Mayne, William Colburn (1808–1902)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  7. King, Hazel. "McLerie, John (1809–1874)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  8. "Mr Edmund Walcott FOSBERY (1834–1919)". Former Members. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  9. "LATE MR. THOMAS GARVIN, I.S.O." The Sydney Morning Herald. NSW: National Library of Australia. 8 February 1922. p. 14. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  10. King, Hazel. "Day, Ernest Charles (1857–1915)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  11. Last 'Inspector-General' and first 'Commissioner' from 9 January 1926.
  12. Cain, Frank. "MacKay, William John (1885–1948)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  13. Wotherspoon, Garry C. "Delaney, Colin John (1897–1969)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  14. Acting Commissioner of Police.
  15. Gerathy, Sarah; Blumer, Clare (2 February 2017). "New NSW police chief to be appointed in just two months". ABC News. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  16. Ralston, Nick (30 March 2017). "Mick Fuller selected as the next NSW Police Commissioner". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Ltd. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
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