Victoria Police Centre 311 Spencer Street Docklands37°48′51″S144°57′05″E / 37.81417°S 144.95139°E / -37.81417; 144.95139
Sworn officers
15,842 (June 2023)[3]
Minister responsible
Anthony Carbines, Minister for Police[4]
Agency executive
Shane Patton[5], Chief Commissioner
Units
List
Air Wing
Arson & Explosives Squad
The Botany Branch
Crime Scene Officers
Central Property Management Unit
Criminal Investigation Unit
Critical Incident Response Team
The Criminal Proceeds Squad
Divisional Intelligence Unit
Divisional Licensing Unit
Detectives
Dog Squad
Drug Task Force
Forensic Services Department
Family Violence Investigation Unit
General Duties
Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol Solo
Homicide Squad
Licensing Services Branch
Media Unit
Mounted Branch
Prosecutions
Operations Response Unit
Organised Motor Vehicle Theft Squad
Physical training unit
Proactive Media Unit
Professional Standards Command
Public Order Response Team
Regional Response Unit
Regions and Transit Safety Unit
Search and Rescue Squad
Sexual Offences & Child Abuse Investigation Team
Vehicle Impound Unit
Special Operations Group
Psychology Unit
Sex Industry Coordination Unit
State Liquor Unit
State Surveillance Unit
Water Police
Regions
Western, Eastern, North West Metro, Southern Metro[6]
Facilities
Stations
333 (2019), 185 police residences, 96 other facilities
Website
police.vic.gov.au
vicpolicenews.com.au
Victoria Police is the primary law enforcement agency of the Australian state of Victoria. It was formed in 1853 and currently operates under the Victoria Police Act 2013.[7][8][9]
As of June 2023[update], Victoria Police has 21,326 staff, comprising 15,842 police officers, 1,412 Protective Services Officers, 346 Police Custody Officers and 216 Police Recruits in training, 2 reservists and 3,507 Victorian Public Service (VPS) employees across 333 police stations.[3] Victoria Police's budget for 2023-2024 is A$4.13 billion.[2]
Between 31 July 2018 and 18 July 2019, Victoria Police recorded 514,398 offences, an increase of 1.5% from the previous year.[10] Victoria Police also responded to 897,016 emergency calls, a reduction of 0.3% from previous year.[7]
^Victoria Police (October 2023). Victoria Police Annual Report 2022–23 (PDF) (Report). p. 9. ISSN 2202-9680. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ ab"Our operating environment". Victoria Police. 31 August 2023. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
^ abVictoria Police 2023, p. 9.
^"Victorian Government Directory". Victorian Government. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
^Cite error: The named reference Orgchart2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Victoria Police Boundaries". Victoria Police. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
^ ab"Annual Report 2021-2022" (PDF). Victoria Police. 30 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
^"About Victoria Police". Victoria Police. 16 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^"Victoria Police Act 2013" (PDF). Legislation Victoria. Government of Victoria. 20 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
^"Annual Report 2018–2019" (PDF). Victoria Police. 3 October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
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