ACT Policing
Chief Police Officers

ACT Policing

Section Title: Chief Police Officers
Table Section Text: None

Rank	Name	Post-nominals	Term began	Term ended

Chief Officer of the ACT Police Force

Chief Officer	Harold Edward Jones	OBE	1927	1943

Chief Officer	Robert Reid	1943	1955

Commissioner	Edward 'Ted' Richards	MVO	1955	1966

Commissioner	Leonard 'Len' Powley	1966	1966

Commissioner	Roy Wilson	MVO, QPM	1966	1977

Commissioner	Reginald 'Reg' Kennedy	QPM	1977	1979

AFP Assistant Commissioner for the ACT

Assistant Commissioner	Alan Watt	1979	1982

Assistant Commissioner	Val McConaghy	1982	1987

Assistant Commissioner	Colin Winchester	APM	1987	1989

Assistant Commissioner	Brian Bates	APM	1989	1989

Chief Police Officer of ACT Policing

Assistant Commissioner	Brian Bates	APM	1989	1992

Assistant Commissioner	Peter Dawson	APM	1992	1995

Commissioner	Michael Palmer	AO, APM	1995	1999

Assistant Commissioner	William Stoll	APM	1999	2000

Deputy Commissioner	John Murray	APM	2000	2004

Deputy Commissioner	John Davies	APM, OAM	2004	2005

Assistant Commissioner	Audrey Fagan	APM	2005	2007

Assistant Commissioner	Michael Phelan	APM	2007	2010

Assistant Commissioner	Roman Quaedvlieg	APM	2010	2013

Assistant Commissioner	Rudi Lammers	APM	2013	2016

Assistant Commissioner	Justine Saunders	APM	2016	2018

Assistant Commissioner	Ray Johnson	APM	2018	Incumbent

Sentence(s)

The title 'Chief Officer' was first used by Harold Edward Jones, from 1927 to 1943.

final_sentence: The title 'Chief Officer' was first used by Harold Edward Jones, from 1927 to 1943.