Police officer – national policing

Join the AFP as a police officer in national policing

As a police officer in national policing, you'll investigate and prevent crime to keep Australia – and our interests overseas – safe.

Your day-to-day work will be challenging and rewarding. You'll get to:

• interview witnesses and suspects
• collect, prepare and present evidence to the courts
• use information to decide an appropriate law-enforcement response
• work across teams and beside people in many different roles
• collaborate with other police forces, at home and overseas
• work on complex investigations, often with global partners.

Leave, pay and benefits

What you’ll do

New AFP officers start working in either:

• airport policing
• investigative policing.

Investigative policing covers many areas, such as:

• aviation
• child protection
• counter-terrorism and special investigations
• cybercrime
• forensics
• fraud and anti-corruption
• serious and organised crime.

As your police officer career progresses, you could specialise in a particular crime or develop advanced capabilities, such as:

• canine handing
• negotiations
• tactical response.

Investigative police officer

Your day-to-day work as an investigative police officer will be challenging and varied. You'll do things like:

• learn how to prevent and disrupt crime
• investigate and respond to emerging national and international issues
• protect Australia from serious organised crime and terrorism.

Airport policing

A day in airport policing is unlike any other. You'll do things like:

• learn how to prevent and investigate aviation crime
• be a part of law enforcement at one of Australia's 9 major airports
• learn to use firearms and how to detect explosives
• be a first responder during terrorist attacks or other emergency incidents.

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