About the NSW Police Force
The New South Wales Police Force is the primary law enforcement agency of New South Wales. It is divided into eighty Local Area Commands (LAC) and consists of over five hundred local police stations, covering an area of 801, 601 square kilometres whilst serving the state's population of 7 million people.
We aim to protect the community by:
- preventing, detecting and investigating crime
- maintaining social order
- monitoring and promoting road safety
- performing and coordinating emergency and rescue operations
Our other major services include:
- traffic control
- communications
- intelligence analysis
- anti-terrorist negotiation
Our history:
We aim to protect the community by:
- preventing, detecting and investigating crime
- maintaining social order
- monitoring and promoting road safety
- performing and coordinating emergency and rescue operations
Our other major services include:
- traffic control
- communications
- intelligence analysis
- anti-terrorist negotiation
Our history:
- In August 1789, Governor Arthur Phillip established the first civilian Police Force in Australia.
- the NSW Police Force was established by the Police Regulation Act 1862, which was replaced by the Police Regulation Act 1899.
- in June 1897, the NSW Police Force (operations) and the NSW Police Department (policy and administrative support) were amalgamated and formalised by the Police Act 1990 No. 47, which, as amended, is the legislation governing the organisation