Victoria Police

This article is about the agency in the state of Victoria, Australia. For the agency in Canada, see Victoria Police Department.

Victoria Police
Badge of the Victoria Police
Badge of the Victoria Police
Flag of the Victoria Police
Flag of the Victoria Police
MottoUphold the Right
"Tenez le Droit" until November 1986
Agency overview
Formed8 January, 1853
Employees21,326 (June 2023)[1]
Annual budgetA$4.13 billion (2023–24)[2]
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction Victoria, Australia
Victoria Police jurisdiction
Size237,659 square kilometres
Population6,689,377
Legal jurisdictionAs per operations jurisdiction
Governing bodyGovernment of Victoria
Constituting instrument
General nature
Operational structure
Overseen byIndependent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission
HeadquartersVictoria Police Centre[3]
311 Spencer Street
Docklands37°48′51″S 144°57′05″E / 37.81417°S 144.95139°E / -37.81417; 144.95139
Sworn officers15,842 (June 2023)[4]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
Units
List
  • Air Wing
  • Armed Crime Squad
  • Arson & Explosives Squad
  • Bomb Response Unit
  • Central Property Management Unit
  • Crime Scene Services
  • Criminal Investigation Unit
  • Criminal Proceeds Squad
  • Critical Incident Response Team
  • Divisional Intelligence Unit
  • Divisional Licensing Unit
  • Dog Squad
  • Family Violence Investigation Unit
  • General Duties
  • Heavy Vehicle Unit
  • Highway Patrol
  • Homicide Squad
  • Licensing Services Branch
  • Major Collision Investigation Unit
  • Major Drug Squad
  • Media Unit
  • Missing Persons Squad
  • Mounted Branch
  • Prosecutions Court Branch
  • Organised Motor Vehicle Theft Squad
  • Public Order Response Team
  • Regional Response Unit
  • Regions and Transit Safety Unit
  • Search and Rescue Squad
  • Sexual Offences & Child Abuse Investigation Team
  • Sex Industry Coordination Unit
  • Special Operations Group
  • State Highway Patrol Solo Unit
  • State Liquor Unit
  • State Surveillance Unit
  • Vehicle Impound Unit
  • Water Police
RegionsWestern, Eastern, North West Metro, Southern Metro[7]
Facilities
Stations333 (2019), 185 police residences, 96 other facilities
Website
police.vic.gov.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.[8][9][10]

As of June 2023, 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.[4] 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.[11] Victoria Police also responded to 897,016 emergency calls, a reduction of 0.3% from previous year.[8]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Our operating environment". Victoria Police. 31 August 2023. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ "New era as Victoria Police Centre opens doors". Victoria Police (Press release). 25 June 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b Victoria Police 2023, p. 9.
  5. ^ "Victorian Government Directory". Victorian Government. Archived from the original on 1 April 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Orgchart2020 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Victoria Police Boundaries". Victoria Police. Archived from the original on 16 February 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Annual Report 2021-2022" (PDF). Victoria Police. 30 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  9. ^ "About Victoria Police". Victoria Police. 16 October 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Annual Report 2018–2019" (PDF). Victoria Police. 3 October 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2020.