Australian Federal Police | |
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Abbreviation | AFP |
Agency overview | |
Formed | 1979 |
Preceding agencies |
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Employees | 7,077 (2022–2023)[1] |
Volunteers | Small numbers for non-operations related activity. |
Annual budget | A$1.73 billion (2022–2023)[1] |
Legal personality | Police force |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Federal agency | Australia |
Operations jurisdiction | Australia |
Governing body | Government of Australia |
Constituting instrument | |
General nature | |
Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Edmund Barton Building, Canberra |
Minister responsible | |
Agency executive |
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Functions | 11
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Offices | 9
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Website | |
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The Australian Federal Police, while a federal agency, provides policing to dependent Australian (on and offshore) Commonwealth Territories. |
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the national and principal federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government with the unique role of investigating crime and protecting the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia. The AFP is an independent agency of the Attorney-General's Department and is responsible to the Attorney-General and accountable to the Parliament of Australia.[2] As of October 2019[update] the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police is Reece Kershaw, formerly the Northern Territory Police Commissioner.[3][4]
The AFP has a focus on preventing, investigating and disrupting transnational, serious, complex and organised crime including terrorism and violent extremism, cybercrime, child exploitation, drug smuggling, and human trafficking. The AFP is also responsible for delivering community policing in the Australian Capital Territory through ACT Policing and to other dependent territories, providing protective security in major airports and close protection for dignitaries including the prime minister of Australia and foreign diplomatic missions, delivering law enforcement training for Asia-Pacific partner agencies, acting as Australia's international law enforcement and policing representative, and contributing to United Nations peacekeeping around the world. The AFP is also a member of the National Intelligence Community and works closely with the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, the Australian Border Force, and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission.
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