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I am immensely proud to be leading a team of highly professional members who are deeply committed to the safety and protection of the Canberra community. Working in community policing offers endless opportunities and no two careers will be the same. We need people who are community focused, who want to make a difference to the lives of their fellow Canberrans and who are up for a challenge. We are a small jurisdiction that has always shown we can be innovative and creative.

Deputy Commissioner Neil Gaughan, ACT Chief Police Officer

ACT Policing

ACT Policing

The Work

As a General Duties police officer, you can make a positive difference to the lives of people in your community. You will join a team of dedicated and resourceful people responsible for protecting the ACT by responding to, investigating and preventing crime. 

Within ACT Policing there are options to specialise in areas including: 

  • Community safety 
  • Family violence 
  • Drugs and organised crime 
  • Sexual assault 
  • Fraud 
  • Rural patrol 
  • Road policing 
  • Intelligence 
  • Crash investigations 
  • Emergency/disaster management. 

What we do

  • Deliver a safe and secure environment through policing activities on behalf of the ACT Government 
  • Work with the community to address victim-based crime, threats to community safety, serious and organised crime, and road safety.
Find out more about ACT Policing careers

How to join

How to join

There are standard steps to joining ACT Policing.

  • Train as a police officer recruit 
  • Successfully complete six months’ probation 
  • Upon completion of your recruit course, you will start work in ACT Policing straight away as a General Duties officer. You will need to successfully complete an on-the-job workbook (usually completed over a 12-month period)

 

 

 

 

The most rewarding part of my career so far has been as a patrol team leader

– Sergeant Shona Davis, ACT Policing
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