Ken Moroney
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| Ken Moroney AO APM | |
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| In office 2002 – 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Peter James Ryan |
| Succeeded by | Andrew Scipione |
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| Born | 19?? Glebe, New South Wales |
Ken Moroney AO APM was the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force in New South Wales, Australia from 2002 until August 31, 2007.
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[edit] Personal life
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 De La Salle, 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.
Two of his three sons followed him into the force. Michael is a senior sergeant at Green Valley, New South Wales in Sydney and Peter is a detective senior constable at the Counter-Terrorism Co-ordination Command. His third son, Andrew, works in a security firm. Ken Moroney is married to Bev.
[edit] Career Progression
Moroney joined the NSW police force in 1965 as a Probationary Constable with the No 22 Division (Liverpool, NSW). In 1973 he undertook a variety of general duty command roles in rural stations at Lismore, Coraki and West Wylong, before being promoted to Senior Constable in 1974 and then Sergeant in 1981.
In 1987 he was promoted to Superintendent and was the director of recruitment and constable development at the Golbourn Police Academy. In 1990 he was appointed chief-of-staff to Police Commissioner John Keith 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 NSW Premier Bob Carr.
As Police Commissioner, Moroney has worked under four police ministers: Michael Costa, John Watkins, Carl Scully and David Campbell.
[edit] Qualifications
Ken Moroney's qualifications include a Master of Arts Degree (Macquarie University), a Diploma in Justice Administration (Charles Sturt University), a Graduate Diploma in Management ( Macquarie University ), and a Certificate in Personnel Management. He has also graduated from the FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia. [1]
[edit] Career Marred in Controversy
As Commissioner of the New South Wales Police, Ken Moroney was never too far from controversy. Behind the warm and fuzzy ‘Uncle Ken’ image he portrayed to the media, he built up a fierce reputation for favoring those close to him and destroying those who chose to challenge his nepotistic behavior. Never shy at being photographed with his wife Bev, or bouncing his favorite grandson Brandon on his knee, this was the very public image he flaunted to the media. Behind this facade was a man who was just plain nasty. He caused a lot of heart ache, grief and pain to not only the honest and decent police officers who challenged his nepotism, but to those officers families as well.
A close family friend of Ken Moroney’s, Assistant Commissioner Reg Mahoney, was protected from almost certain criminal prosecution over his fraudulent behavior relating to the mismanagement of the NSW Police Academy. The favoritism also extended to Assistant Reg Mahoney’s son-in-law, Detective Sergeant Damian Goodfellow, a serial traffic offender and sexual harasser, Goodfellow managed to keep his job in the NSW Police after a string of convictions, including assault, and fleeing from police in a motor vehicle whilst drunk, and then crashing. Whilst any other person would certainly face dismissal from the NSW Police, Ken Moroney saw fit to let this criminal keep his job. It has also been revealed that Ken Moroney was a guest at this officers wedding.
[edit] Awards
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.
[edit] Retirement
Ken Moroney retired on 31 August 2007. Long-standing Deputy Commissioner Andrew Scipione became the new Police Commissioner effective from 1 September 2007. [2]
| Preceded by Peter James Ryan |
List of Commissioners of New South Wales Police 2002 - 2007 |
Succeeded by Andrew Scipione |
