Australian Federal Police

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The Australian Federal Police is Australia's national law enforcement agency responsible for enforcing federal laws, protecting Commonwealth interests, and providing policing services in certain territories and specialized domains.

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instanceOf federal law enforcement agency
police force
abbreviation AFP
cooperatesWith Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Europol
International Criminal Police Organization
surface form: INTERPOL

state and territory police forces of Australia
country Australia
employs protective service officers
sworn police officers
unsworn staff
formationDate 1979-10-19
founded 1979
hasDivision ACT Policing
Counter Terrorism Command
Crime Command
International Operations
Protection Operations
headquartersBuilding Edmund Barton Building
headquartersLocation Canberra
jurisdiction Commonwealth of Australia
legalBasis Australian Federal Police Act 1979
logo Coat of arms-style badge featuring a Commonwealth Star and laurel wreath
motto Policing for a safer Australia
officialWebsite https://www.afp.gov.au/
operatesIn Australian Capital Territory (enclaved within) (geographical context)
surface form: Australian Capital Territory

Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Jervis Bay Territory
Norfolk Island
overseenBy Attorney General
surface form: Attorney-General of Australia
parentAgency Australian government
surface form: Australian Government
portfolio Attorney-General's portfolio
responsibility aviation security at major Australian airports
child exploitation investigations
counter-terrorism operations
cybercrime investigations
drug trafficking investigations
enforcement of Commonwealth criminal law
fraud and financial crime investigations
international police cooperation
peacekeeping operations overseas
people smuggling investigations
policing of certain external territories of Australia
policing of the Australian Capital Territory
protection of Commonwealth interests
protection of certain high office holders
protection of foreign diplomatic missions in Australia
serious and organised crime investigations
typeOfLawEnforcement civilian police

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Jervis Bay Territory policingBy Australian Federal Police
Australian government hasAgency Australian Federal Police
New South Wales Police Force cooperatesWith Australian Federal Police
Solomon Islands intervention (RAMSI) coordinatedBy Australian Federal Police
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security monitors Australian Federal Police
this entity surface form: Australian Federal Police (in relation to certain national security matters)
Australian Border Force collaboratesWith Australian Federal Police
Commonwealth agencies include Australian Federal Police
Queensland Police Service cooperatesWith Australian Federal Police
NORFORCE supportsAgency Australian Federal Police