Our role and functions
Victoria Police’s role is to serve the Victorian community and uphold the law so as to promote a safe, secure, and orderly society.
Victoria Police achieves this by:
- protecting life and property
- helping those in need of assistance
- preventing offences
- preserving the peace
- detecting and apprehending offenders.
Victoria Police operates under the Victoria Police Act 2013.
Our services
Our services include:
- responding to calls for assistance in matters of personal and public safety, emergencies, and serious incidents
- preventing crime through a range of proactive community safety programs
- detecting and investigating offences, and bringing those responsible for committing them to justice
- supporting the judicial process to achieve efficient and effective court case management, providing safe custody for alleged offenders, supporting victims, and ensuring fair and equitable treatment of victims and offenders
- promoting safe road-user behaviour.
Our values
Organisational values underpin Victoria Police’s policies, procedures, and practices. They also define how employees interact with the community and each other.
Our values are:
Respect
Leadership
Professionalism
Support
Integrity
Safety
Flexibility
Visit our values for more information.
Our assets
Victoria Police develops and maintains a high performing asset base that enable our staff to deliver safe and effective policing services.
Our assets and infrastructure include:
- 331 police stations
- 52 other buildings, including:
- seven multi-disciplinary centres
- one forensic facility and two forensic hubs
- three storage facilities
- four specialist training facilities
- Victoria Police Centre.
- 3548 vehicles.
Our people
Our organisation is made up of more than 21,000 employees.
We are committed to continue to work towards a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community we serve, and to providing a safe and equal workplace where our people are treated with dignity, respect, and fairness.
Breakdown of Victoria Police employees
Victoria Police regions
Victoria Police provides policing services to the Victorian community 24 hours a day, seven days a week, working to keep over 6.5 million Victorians safe.
Victoria Police operates across 54 Police Service Areas, within 21 divisions and four regions.
Victoria Police regions map
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