Australian Federal Police

Australian Federal Police
Abbreviation	AFP
Agency Overview
Preceding agencies	Commonwealth Police Australian Capital Territory Police Australian Protective Service Federal Bureau of Narcotics
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	Governmental agency
Jurisdictional Structure
Federal agency	Australia
Governing body	Government of Australia
Constituting instrument	Australian Federal Police Act 1979
General nature	Civilian police Federal law enforcement
Operational Structure
Headquarters	Edmund Barton Building, Canberra
Minister responsible	Mark Dreyfus, Attorney-General of Australia
Agency executive	Reece Kershaw, Commissioner
Functions	11 Counter Terrorism Protection Operations Organised Crime and Cyber Crime Operations International Operations Border Investigations Technology and Innovation Specialist Operations Support Capability Australian Institute of Police Management ACT Policing
Offices	9 Adelaide Office Brisbane Office Darwin Office Hobart Office Melbourne Office Perth Office Sydney Office Cairns Office Winchester Centre, ACT
Website
www.afp.gov.au
Footnotes
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 [en] 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]

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the national and principal federal [en] 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]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Corporate Plan 2022–23" (PDF). Australian Federal Police. 2022.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Agency, Digital Transformation. "Australian Federal Police | directory.gov.au". directory.gov.au. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
3. ↑ James, Felicity (24 July 2019). "Australia's new police commissioner: Who is Reece Kershaw?". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
4. ↑ "Reece Kershaw to be sworn in as AFP Commissioner" (Press release). Australian Federal Police. 2 October 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2020.