Northern Territory Police Force

Northern Territory Police Force
Northern Territory Police Force
	Badge of the Northern Territory Police
	Flag of the Northern Territory Police
Abbreviation	NT Police
Motto	To Serve and Protect
Agency overview
Formed	1911
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Northern Territory, Australia
	Northern Territory Police jurisdiction
Size	1,420,970 square kilometres (548,640 sq mi)
Population	250,398 (Estimated 2022)
Legal jurisdiction	As per operations jurisdiction
Governing body	Government of Northern Territory
General nature	Civilian police;
Operational structure
Overseen by	Independent Commissioner Against Corruption
Headquarters	Peter McAulay Centre, Berrimah; Darwin, NT; 12°27′40″S 130°50′22″E / 12.4612°S 130.8394°E
Sworn officers	1,607 (June 2022)
Minister responsible	Lia Finocchiaro, Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services;
Agency executive	Michael Murphy, Commissioner;
Units	List Drug and Alcohol Policy Unit; Domestic and Personal Violence Protection Unit; Indigenous Development Unit; Juvenile Pre-Court Diversion Scheme; Road Safety; Air Wing; Counter Terrorism Security Coordination Unit; Criminal History and Warrants Unit; Firearms Policy and Records Unit; Joint Emergency Services Communications Centre; Marine and Fisheries Enforcement Unit; Territory Response Group;
Service areas	3 Darwin Metropolitan ; Regional Operations ; Crime and Specialist Services;
Facilities
Stations	70 police stations and shopfronts
Website
	pfes.nt.gov.au/police

The Northern Territory Police Force is the police body that has legal jurisdiction over the Northern Territory of Australia. This police service has 1,607 police members (2021-22 financial year) made up of 83 senior sergeants, 228 sergeants, 912 constables, 220 auxiliaries, and 64 Aboriginal Community Police Officers. The rest of the positions are members of commissioned rank and inoperative positions (2021-22 financial year). It also has a civilian staff working across the NT Police, Fire and Emergency Services.

Police in the Northern Territory are part of a tri-service: the Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services with the Commissioner of Police as the CEO of the tri-service.