Police minister Yasmin Catley thanked Commissioner Karen Webb for her distinguished 38-year career in NSW Police. Footage: NSW Parliament
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00:00Mr Speaker the Commissioner recently wrote to me indicating her intention to
00:04retire by the end of the year. She will mark 38 years of service in the New
00:11South Wales Police Force in coming weeks. She's indicated that to give effect to
00:17her retirement plan she will resign as Commissioner on the 30th of September.
00:21She has provided a lengthy notice period to enable the government to conduct a
00:27thorough recruitment process for her successor. Commissioner Webb has had an
00:33extremely extinguished career marked by exemplary service. I have nothing but
00:40heartfelt thanks for her incredible work and admiration for her many significant
00:45achievements. She has been a force for change and reform focused on the safety
00:52and the well-being of the New South Wales Police. She will leave a
00:57significant legacy and that includes for the house's benefit paid study for
01:04student police officers. A historic pay rise for every police officer in New South
01:11Wales. Full-time equivalent work allowing police officers for the very first time
01:18to job share. Overseen the attestation of the largest class in 11 years and that
01:24was just last week. She established the domestic and family violence register. She
01:32took on head-on tackling regional crime through operational regional mongoose and
01:38operation Ceteria. Delivered critical infrastructure upgrades including a new
01:44police station at Helensburg and of course the health and well-being unit. Be a cop in
01:53your hometown to recruit more officers in regional areas in our regional communities.
02:00Establish Strike Force Pearl and Operation Shelter to tackle anti-semitic and hate crimes
02:07right across this state. Operationalising new wanding laws to keep more knives off our streets. In 2024, Webb
02:19apologised for the forces handling of gay hate crimes for over a period of 40 years in this state.
02:27Pioneered the launch of revolutionary technology including Blue Link to
02:36improve community safety and has driven the expansion of the family liaison
02:42officers program to better support victims and families of victims of crime
02:48including
03:02driven the expansion of the family liaison officers, the FLOW program, to better support victims and
03:09families of victims of crime including at events like Bondi Junction and the Greta bus crash.
03:15Mr Speaker, when others would be happy to stick with the status quo, Karen Webb has strived for more.
03:26She is a true trailblazer. The former Premier Dominic Perrottet and I didn't agree on some things but I certainly,
03:36and I said it to him when he was here, the best decision he ever made was to announce that
03:42Karen Webb was the Police Commissioner of New South Wales. On behalf of the New South Wales Government
03:49and the people of New South Wales, I thank Karen Webb, our Commissioner for Police,
03:57for her extraordinary career of self-sacrifice and public service. I thank the House.
04:03law last year. Amen.