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The Western Australian police is amongst the most technologically capable police forces in the world, [38] and have set a number of policing technology precedents in recent years, leveraging technology for dispatching, information and incident management, communications, investigations, and enforcement.
The Western Australian Police Commissioner is the head of the Western Australia Police Force. The rank of Commissioner was formalised in 1887; prior to then the rank of Superintendent was more commonly used. [1] [2]
Thomas Herman Andersen [a] MVO (1894–1975) was Commissioner of Police for the state of Western Australia from 1951 to 1958. [1]Thomas Andersen was born on 21 May 1894 [2] in Beaconsfield, Western Australia, [3] [4] the son of Anton Wilhelm (William) Andersen (a farmer, [5]: 261 and baker, [6] [7] originally from Denmark [1]) and Elizabeth Rachel née Lewis.
Pages in category "Commissioners of Western Australia Police" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Royal Commission Into Whether There Has Been Corrupt or Criminal Conduct By Any Western Australian Police Officer, commonly known as the Kennedy Royal Commission, was a Royal Commission established in 2002 by the state government of Western Australia to determine whether any officer of the Western Australia Police had engaged in corrupt or criminal conduct.
John Nicol Drummond (1816–1906) was an early settler in Western Australia. He became the colony's first 'Inspector of Native Police', and helped to explore the Champion Bay district before becoming one of the district's pioneer pastoralists.
Capital punishment in Western Australia was formally removed from the statutes of the state with the passage of the Acts Amendment (Abolition of Capital Punishment) Act 1984. Premier Brian Burke later called this his "proudest achievement". [1] Western Australia was the second last state in which capital punishment was legal.
As 70% of all gold mined in Australia is produced from Western Australia, gold mining is an important industry in the state and it is a requirement for anybody to work in the industry to obtain a GSDU clearance certificate. In 2017, 210 tonnes of gold were mined in Western Australia, worth A$11.2 billion to the state economy. [20] [21] [22] [23]