Bob Atkinson | |
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Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service | |
In office November 2000 – October 2012 | |
Preceded by | Jim O'Sullivan |
Succeeded by | Ian Stewart |
Royal Commissioner for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse | |
In office 13 January 2013 – 15 December 2017 | |
Nominated by | Julia Gillard |
Appointed by | Quentin Bryce |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | Charles Sturt University |
Profession | Police officer |
Robert Atkinson, AO, APM is an Australian police officer who served as the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service from 2000 until his retirement in 2012. In 2013, Atkinson was appointed as one of the six Royal Commissioners to the Australian Government Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.[1]