Our History

ANZPAA was established in 2007 by the Australasian Police Ministers’ Council (now the Law, Crime and Community Safety Council – LCCSC). ANZPAA was formed following the amalgamation of the resources, roles and functions of 17 diverse organisations, such as:

• Australasian Centre for Policing Research (ACPR)
• Australasian Multicultural Advisory Bureau (APMAB)
• Police Commissioners’ Policy Advisory Group (PCPAG)
• Australasian Crime Commissioners’ Forum
• Commissioners’ Australasian Women in Policing Advisory Committee
• Australasian Traffic Policing Forum
• Police Commissioners’ Conference Secretariat
• Commissioners’ Drugs Committee
• Australasian Police Integrity Forum.

The National Institute of Forensic Science (NIFS) was amalgamated into ANZPAA in 2009 and operates as one of our directorates.