Australian Federal Police
The Australian Federal Police ( AFP ) is the Australian federal police force. It was created in 1979 by merging the Australian Capital Territory Police Force and the Commonwealth Police .
The Australian police force is divided into two levels: the state police and the Australian Federal Police.
The Australian Federal Police operates across the country and is responsible for enforcing federal law. These include corporate law , measures against drug trafficking , money laundering , human trafficking , computer crime , organized crime , forced prostitution , serious fraud and the fight against terrorism . The AFP is temporarily used for peacekeeping and police tasks abroad, for example in East Timor , Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands .
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The head of the Australian Federal Police has the rank of commissioner :
- 1979-1982: Sir Colin Woods
- 1983–1988: Major General Ronald Gray
- 1988-1994: Peter McAulay
- 1994-2001: Mick Palmer
- 2001-2009: Mick Keelty
- 2009-2014: Tony Negus
- since 2014: Andrew Colvin
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Australian Federal Police Act 1979 . Australian Government ComLaw website. Retrieved July 14, 2012.