National Common Policing Services
The Australasian Police Professional Standards Committee (APPSC) was an organisation that served all Police Jurisdictions around Australia and New Zealand. APPSC was the peak body for police education and training in Australia and New Zealand, the Council comprising each of the Police Commissioners from Australia and New Zealand along with the President of the Police Federation of Australia and the President of the New Zealand Police Association. On 9 November 2007, APPSC Directorate was closed and the roles and functions were amalgamated into the ANZPAA.
Crime Stoppers programs run in each state and nationally. Crime Stoppers collects information about crime and passes it on to the police ensuring that the community can participate in crime fighting.
CrimTrack is an intergovernmental policing agency that supports Australian policing through the provision of forensic and other information and investigative tools between State and Federal Police Departments. The National Automated Fingerprint Identification System (NAFIS) is national fingerprint database, administered by CrimTrack.
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