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policing and security
This page considers policing and society in Australia.
It covers -
police forces
As indicated at the beginning of this note, Federation
saw what became the Australian states retain substantial
powers and responsibilities. Those responsibilities were
reflected in the retention of their own police forces,
which in the larger states have more personnel than the
national police force - the AFP - which has a narrow role
and emerged slowly over the past hundred years.
Much policing is undertaken by the state and Northern
Territory police forces. (As an administrative convenience
policing in the Australian Capital Territory is provided
by the AFP, under An Arrangement between the Minister
for Justice and Customs of the Commonwealth and the Australian
Capital Territory for the Provision of Police Services
to the Australian Capital Territory of 2006.)
Police forces are -
- Australian
Federal Police (AFP)
-
New South Wales Police (NSWP)
- Northern
Territory Police (NTP)
- Queensland
Police (QP)
- South
Australia Police (SAP)
- Tasmania
Police (TP)
- Victoria
Police (VP)
- Western
Australia Police (WAP)
The salient legislation for those forces is -
- Australian
Federal Police Act (Cth) | here
-
Police Act 1990 (NSW) | here
- Northern
Territory Police (NT) | here
- Police
Powers & Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld) |
here
-
Police Act 1998 (SA) | here
-
Police Service Act 2003 (Tas) | here
- Police
Regulations Act 1958 (Vic) | here
-
Police Act 1892 (WA) | here
anti-corruption and integrity agencies
Specialist anticorruption bodies include -
- Commonwealth
- Australian Crime Commission (ACC)
- NSW
- Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC)
- Qld
- Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC)
- WA
- Crime & Corruption Commission (CCC)
Corresponding
legislation includes -
- Commonwealth
- Australian Crime Commission Act 2003 (Cth)
| here
- NSW
- Independent Commission Against Corruption Act
1988 (NSW) | here
Other
bodies include -
- Australian
Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI)
under the Law Enforcement Integrity Commissioner
Act 2006 (Cth) | here
-
NSW Crime Commission (NSWCC)
under the New South Wales Crime Commission Act 1985
(NSW) | here
- NSW
Police Integrity Commission (NSWPIC)
under the
- Queensland
Integrity Commissioner (QIC)
under the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 (Qld)
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- SA
Police Complaints Authority (SAPCA)
under the Police (Complaints and Disciplinary Proceedings)
Act 1985 (SA)
- Victoria
Office of Police Integrity (OPI)
under the Police Integrity Act 2008 (Vic)
Studies
include 'Ombudsman, Corruption Commission or Police
Integrity Authority? Choices for Institutional Capacity
in Australia’s Integrity Systems' (PDF)
by A. J. Brown & Brian Head.
national security and border control
Border control is provided by the Australian Defence Forces
(eg the Royal Australian Navy) and specialist agencies
such as the
- Australian
Customs Services (ACS)
operating under the Customs Act 1902 (Cth)
- Australian
Quarantine & Inspection Service (AQIS)
operating under the Quarantine Act 1908 (Cth)
- Department
of Immigration & Citizenship (DIAC)
under the Migration Act 1958 (Cth)
- Australia
Post (AP)
operating under the Australian Postal Corporation
Act 1989 (Cth)
Counter-espionage
and intelligence services are provided by a range of agencies,
discussed here.
private security
This site features a more detailed note on private
security (including discussion of nightwatchmen, private
investigation, crowd control and other commercial services)
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