John Avery (police officer)

John Avery
John Avery; AO, APM
17th Commissioner of the New South Wales Police
	In office; 7 August 1984 – 12 March 1991
Preceded by	Cecil Abbott
Succeeded by	Tony Lauer
Personal details
Born	7 August 1927
Died	19 May 2018 (aged 90)
Alma mater	Macquarie University

John Keith Avery, AO, APM (7 August 1927 – 19 May 2018)[1] was the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police from 1984 to 1991.[2]

The former headquarters of the New South Wales Police Service on College Street, Sydney was named the Avery Building in honour of Avery.

Commissioner of New South Wales Police

John Keith Avery was the 17th leader of the organisation and the 10th person known under the title of Commissioner of Police.[3] Avery was one of the longest serving and more popular Commissioners of Police to serve the state of New South Wales.[4]

One of the first Police Commissioners to have a tertiary education, Avery held a master's degree from Macquarie University[5] and a Diploma in Criminology. He was awarded the Officer of the Order of Australia, Australian Police Medal, Centenary Medal and National Medal.

Avery is also the author of a popular book titled Police – Force or Service?,[6] which he wrote as an inspector, ultimately resulting in the organisations' name being changed from New South Wales Police Force to New South Wales Police Service.[7]

Avery retired with his wife to Port Macquarie on the mid-north coast of New South Wales.

Legacy

The library at the New South Wales Police College at Goulburn is named in his honour. The former headquarters of the New South Wales Police in College Street, Sydney was also named in his honour, named the Avery Building until the headquarters moved to a new building in Parramatta in 2003.

References

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/former-nsw-police-commissioner-john-avery-dead-at-90-20180519-p4zga7.html
"Police Commissioners Of New South Wales". Archived from the original on 30 March 2010.
"New South Wales Commissioners of Police" (PDF). New South Wales Police. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
Barbara Etter (1 October 2005). Success Stories in Policing. Police leadership in Australasia. Federation Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-86287-183-0.
Jeff Jarratt (31 January 2000). "Pitfalls of the Introduction of Community Policing".
Gordon Moyes (14 August 2007). "The Chief Commissioner of Police". Archived from the original on 17 October 2009.
John Casey (22 August 2007). "Do We Really Need a Police Force?".

Police appointments
Preceded by Cecil Abbott	Commissioner of the New South Wales Police 1984–1991	Succeeded by Tony Lauer

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[1] ttps://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/former-nsw-police-commissioner-john-avery-dead-at-90-20180519-p4zga7.html

[pcon-2] "Police Commissioners Of New South Wales". Archived from the original on 30 March 2010.

[3] "New South Wales Commissioners of Police" (PDF). New South Wales Police. Retrieved 12 July 2010.

[4] Barbara Etter (1 October 2005). Success Stories in Policing. Police leadership in Australasia. Federation Press. p. 286. ISBN 978-1-86287-183-0.

[5] Jeff Jarratt (31 January 2000). "Pitfalls of the Introduction of Community Policing".

[6] Gordon Moyes (14 August 2007). "The Chief Commissioner of Police". Archived from the original on 17 October 2009.

[7] John Casey (22 August 2007). "Do We Really Need a Police Force?".