Ken Moroney

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Ken Moroney AO APM is and has been the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police in Australia since 2002. The New South Wales Police Force is the largest Police Force in Australia and operates the worlds oldest continuous mounted police unit in the world.

Born in the inner-Sydney suburb of Glebe, Moroney moved with his family to the south-western suburb of Villawood as a child in the 1950s. He completed his schooling at Bankstown. He has undergraduate and post-graduate university qualifications. He joined the police in 1965: his first posting was at Liverpool. Moroney then served more than 14 years in country postings at Lismore and West Wyalong. Between 1987 and 1990 he was director of training at the New South South Wales Police Academy (now College)in Goulburn.

In 1990 he was appointed chief-of-staff to Police Commissioner John Avery and then Tony Lauer. In 1997 he was given the job of City East region commander. Five years later he was appointed a senior deputy commissioner. He replaced Peter James Ryan as Police Commissioner in 2002, having been selected for the position by the State Labor Government of Premier Bob Carr.

As Police Commissioner, Moroney has worked under three police ministers: Michael Costa, John Watkins and Carl Scully.

Two of his three sons followed him into the force. Michael is a senior sergeant at Green Valley in Sydney and Peter is a detective senior constable at the Counter-Terrorism Command. His third son, Andrew, works in a security firm. He is married to Bev.

Ken Moroney has been admitted as an Officer in the Order of Australia. He has also been awarded the Australian Police Medal and the National Medal. Along with three Commissioner's Commendations, he is a recipient of the NSW Police Medal and the Olympic Citation.

Preceded by Peter James Ryan

List of Commissioners of New South Wales Police 2002 -

Succeeded by Incumbent