Karl O'Callaghan
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Karl Joseph O'Callaghan (born 1956 in England) is an Australian police officer serving since 2004 as the Western Australian Commissioner of Police.
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as a cadet. A year later he joined the WA Police Academy where he graduated as dux of his class in 1976.
O'Callaghan was promoted to Commissioner in 2004.
Biography
O'Callaghan was born in 1956 in England. In 1970 he moved with his family to Australia where he attended Kalamunda Senior High SchoolKalamunda Senior High School
Kalamunda Senior High School is a government, co-educational, secondary day school located in Kalamunda, a suburb north of Perth, Western Australia.Kalamunda Senior High School offers a comprehensive education to students from Year 8 to Year 12....
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Policing career
In 1974, after finishing year 12, he joined the Western Australia PoliceWestern Australia Police
The Western Australia Police services an area of 2.5 million square kilometres, the world's largest non-federated area of jurisdiction. In 2008, its 7,526 employees included 5,647 police officers.-History:-Early history:...
as a cadet. A year later he joined the WA Police Academy where he graduated as dux of his class in 1976.
O'Callaghan was promoted to Commissioner in 2004.