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Region Index – Select Region

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The State of New South Wales was divided into five operational policing regions 
Greater Metropolitan, Inner Metropolitan, Northern, Southern and Western regions until around 2006 when restructure increased this to six regions.
Listed below are the 5 Region Commands, under each Command is the Local Area Commands (LAC), on the ‘left’ of each LAC is a link to every police station within that LAC which was valid up until around 2006.

Southern

Greater Metropolitan

Inner Metropolitan

Northern

Western

Each region is headed by a Commander who has undergone a rigorous selection procedure. Reporting to the five Regional Commanders are 80 Local Area Commanders that have been specially selected for the type of environment that they will be managing.

Greater Metropolitan

Inner Metropolitan

Northern

Southern

Assistant Commissioner Bob Waites

Assistant Commissioner Dick Adams

A/C Region Commander Supt. Allan Thompson

Assistant Commissioner Terry Collins

Western

To view the profile of each Assistant Commissioner
click on name below photograph.

Assistant Commissioner Morris West

All regions have very diverse communities to serve, with many specialised policing needs and each covers some very different environments, from metropolitan Sydney to rural, wilderness and isolated ‘outback’ areas.

This new management structure came into effect on 1st July, 2002 and was part of former Commissioner Ryan’s overhaul of the NSW Police Force.

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