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Australian Federal Police

National / federalau-afpFounded 1979

Australia

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The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the principal federal law enforcement agency of the Australian Government, responsible for investigating crime and protecting the national security of the Commonwealth of Australia. The AFP is an agency of the Department of Home Affairs and is responsible to the Minister for Home Affairs. Since October 2025, the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police is Krissy Barrett.

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Federal force; also provides community policing for the Australian Capital Territory as ACT Policing.

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Source: Curated directory — official force websites; BOCSAR, Crime Statistics Agency Victoria, and QPS open data. Snapshot generated 2026-07-05.