VICTORIAS NEXT POLICE COMMISSIONER SHANE PATTON
* Shane Patton, 58, will take charge of Victoria Police, 42 years after joining it.
He is married with two children.
HIS PROGRESSION
* 1978: Becomes a police cadet
* 1985: Assigned to St Kilda's Criminal Investigation Branch as a Detective Senior Constable, later promoted to Sergeant as St Kilda Road Station
* 1995: Assigned to Prahran Criminal Investigation Branch as a Detective Sergeant
* 2001: Senior Sergeant Officer in Charge at Prahran Police Station
* 2006: Promoted to Traffic Camera Division Superintendent
* 2009: Elected as superintendent commanding municipalities of Casey, Cardinia, Dandenong
* 2011: Becomes Chief of Staff at the Office of the Chief Commissioner
* 2012: Elected as the State Emergencies and Security Command Assistant Commissioner
* 2015: Deputy Commissioner of Victoria Police
* 2020: Announced as Victoria's new Commissioner for a five-year term.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
* Oversaw the creation of a Counter Terrorism Command and a unit monitoring radicalised persons of interest after being promoted to Specialist Operations Deputy Commissioner.
* State Police Commander in charge of counter-terrorism operations in Victoria, such as the intercepted plot to carry a suicide attack in Federation Square and the attempted hijacking of a Malaysian Airlines flight
* Established teams including a drone unit, a gang crime squad and to tackle illicit firearms
* Appointed Acting Chief Commissioner on six separate occasions from 2016 to 2019, tour sapa từ hà nội which included the response to a November 2018 attack in Melbourne that killed one person
* State Emergency Response Coordinator during the Hazelwood Mine Fires
* Led the Traffic Camera Division that oversaw the introduction of point-to-point speed detection systems in Victoria
* Recipient of the National Police Service Medal, National Medal 2nd Clasp, and the Victoria Police Service Medal for 35 years' service.
* Awarded the Australian Police Medal in 2014
* Shane Patton, 58, will take charge of Victoria Police, 42 years after joining it.
He is married with two children.
HIS PROGRESSION
* 1978: Becomes a police cadet
* 1985: Assigned to St Kilda's Criminal Investigation Branch as a Detective Senior Constable, later promoted to Sergeant as St Kilda Road Station
* 1995: Assigned to Prahran Criminal Investigation Branch as a Detective Sergeant
* 2001: Senior Sergeant Officer in Charge at Prahran Police Station
* 2006: Promoted to Traffic Camera Division Superintendent
* 2009: Elected as superintendent commanding municipalities of Casey, Cardinia, Dandenong
* 2011: Becomes Chief of Staff at the Office of the Chief Commissioner
* 2012: Elected as the State Emergencies and Security Command Assistant Commissioner
* 2015: Deputy Commissioner of Victoria Police
* 2020: Announced as Victoria's new Commissioner for a five-year term.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
* Oversaw the creation of a Counter Terrorism Command and a unit monitoring radicalised persons of interest after being promoted to Specialist Operations Deputy Commissioner.
* State Police Commander in charge of counter-terrorism operations in Victoria, such as the intercepted plot to carry a suicide attack in Federation Square and the attempted hijacking of a Malaysian Airlines flight
* Established teams including a drone unit, a gang crime squad and to tackle illicit firearms
* Appointed Acting Chief Commissioner on six separate occasions from 2016 to 2019, tour sapa từ hà nội which included the response to a November 2018 attack in Melbourne that killed one person
* State Emergency Response Coordinator during the Hazelwood Mine Fires
* Led the Traffic Camera Division that oversaw the introduction of point-to-point speed detection systems in Victoria
* Recipient of the National Police Service Medal, National Medal 2nd Clasp, and the Victoria Police Service Medal for 35 years' service.
* Awarded the Australian Police Medal in 2014
