predecessor successor birth_place office birth_date order term_start birthname article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
simon overland graham ashton korumburra , victoria , australia chief commissioner of victoria police 17 february 1956 21st 14 november 2011 kenneth douglas lay ken lay -lrb- police officer -rrb-
 31 january 2015 ken lay police officer monash university
ken lay -lrb- police officer -rrb-

kenneth douglas `` ken '' lay , apm -lrb- born 17 february 1956 in korumburra , victoria -rrb- is a former australian police officer and chief commissioner of victoria police from 2011 to 2015 .
lay was raised in the town of korumburra in victoria 's south gippsland region .
he joined victoria police in 1974 , serving in melbourne at prahran before being stationed in regional victoria including as an inspector in his home town .
in 2003 , lay was appointed chief of staff to chief commissioner christine nixon , then promoted to assistant commissioner for north-west victoria in 2005 , assistant commissioner -lrb- traffic and transit safety -rrb- in 2008 .
in 2009 , he became deputy commissioner -lrb- road policing -rrb- -- victoria 's top `` traffic cop '' .
in october 2009 , lay was photographed by a speed camera driving 10 km/h over the speed limit through the town of tooborac .
he kept the speeding offence under wraps due to concern about undermining a christmas road toll campaign , but admitted his error to chief commissioner simon overland .
lay announced the speeding offence publicly in january 2010 .
when overland resigned as chief commissioner in june 2011 , lay was made acting chief commissioner .
on 14 november 2011 , premier ted baillieu and police minister peter ryan announced that lay had been formally appointed as victoria police 's chief commissioner .
on 29 december 2014 , lay announced he was resigning as chief commissioner due to his wife 's illness .
his resignation formally took effect on 31 january 2015 , however he took leave between the announcement and his formal resignation .
deputy chief commissioner tim cartwright is acting in the role until a new commissioner is appointed .
