23 Facts About Victoria Police

Victoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of the Australian state of Victoria.

Snodgrass Committee was established in early 1852 to "identify the policing needs of the colony", and, following the committee's report in September 1852, the Victoria Police was formally established on 8 January 1853 from an existing colonial police force of 875 men.

In 1853, Victoria Police was the first police organisation in Australia who merged all its police entities into one organisation under Victoria Police Chief Commissioner William Mitchell.

In October 1917, Victoria Police appointed Madge Connor as a 'police agent'—while not a full sworn officer, Connor was the first woman to be made a member of a police service in Victoria, and was one of four women to be sworn in as officers in 1924, after she led a successful campaign for equal pay and status within the force.

On 31 October 1923, members of the Victoria Police Force refused duty and went on strike over the introduction of a new supervisory system.

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Victoria Police are the only Australian Police Service to ever go on strike.

Victoria Police has written a book about his experiences entitled Filthy Rat.

On 25 May 2015, Deputy Commissioner Graham Ashton of the Australian Federal Victoria Police was announced as the new chief commissioner—he took up the role in July 2015.

Victoria Police started an internal investigation into the matter, notified IBAC and appointed former chief commissioner Neil Comrie to conduct an investigation into the causes.

Between 1853 and 1877, when the first Victoria Police officers emerged, the uniforms resembled the military style of the day.

In 1877 and until 1947, Victoria Police's uniform resembled British Metropolitan Police's uniform.

In November 1986, Victoria Police announced the transition of the motto from "Tenez le droit" to "Uphold the right".

Victoria Police has 12 legislated ranks from Constable through to Chief Commissioner with two of the twelve ranks now obsolete.

In 2002, Victoria Police created the classification of Leading Senior Constable and in December 2011 created the classification of First Constable for confirmed constables both with its own insignia.

Victoria Police was the only Chief Inspector to wear the current style and colour uniform.

Victoria Police has the following departments and commands that service the whole of Victoria:.

Recognition of the bravery and good conduct of Victoria Police employees is shown through the awarding of honours and decorations.

Victoria Police started a roll-out of a new uniform design in June 2013 for sworn members, protective service officers, reservists and recruits.

The new uniform was the first time in over thirty years Victoria Police had significantly changed their uniform, which at the time of replacement could be worn in over eighty different combinations.

On 19 December 2019, Victoria Police announced the purchase of 300 Daniel Defense DDM4V7S semi-automatic rifles.

Over 700 Victoria Police officers are to be trained in the use of the rifles to be able to respond to critical incidents.

In 2021, Victoria Police announced a new Divisional van to join the fleet, the Ford Ranger .

Victoria Police will be required to undertake compulsory training twice a year at the facility.