Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA)

Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA) provides policing policy and strategic advice, research capacity, knowledge management and information sharing services to Police Ministers and Commissioners throughout the Australian Commonwealth, its States and Territories, and New Zealand. ANZPAA is not an operational policing agency.

http://www.anzpaa.org.au/

Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI)

The Integrity Commissioner, supported by the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI), is responsible for preventing, detecting and investigating serious and systemic corruption issues in the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Crime Commission.

http://www.aclei.gov.au/

Australian Federal Police (AFP)

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is the principal law enforcement agency through which the Australian Government pursues its law enforcement interests. The AFP is unique in Australian law enforcement in that its functions relate both to community policing and to investigations of offences against Commonwealth law enforcement in Australia and overseas.

http://www.afp.gov.au/

Australian Institute of Police Management (AIPM)

The Australian Institute of Police Management is part of the Australasian Common Police Services. The Institute provides executive leadership and management development opportunities to improve the corporate performance and productivity of Australasian law enforcement and allied agencies.

http://www.aipm.gov.au/

CrimTrac

The CrimTrac Agency was established as a major national policing initiative for the 21st century and will allow Australian police services to take advantage of the dramatic opportunities opened up by recent advances in forensic science, information technology and communications.

http://www.crimtrac.gov.au/

National Institute of Forensic Science

The National Institute of Forensic Science ( NIFS ) is an integral part of and support base for the forensic science community by working in partnership with all elements of that community, (police, scientists, medical, lawyers, courts and coroners) for the advancement of forensic science.

http://www.nifs.com.au/

National Missing Persons Coordination Centre

The National Missing Persons Coordination Centre is located with the Australian Federal Police in Canberra. The centre works with state and territory Police Services and community based organisations to ensure there is a national, coordinated approach to the location of missing persons, reducing the incidence and impact of missing persons and educating the broader community to the significance of the missing persons phenomena.

http://www.missingpersons.gov.au/

National police checks

The Australian Federal Police provides National Police Checks (criminal history checks) for residents of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Jervis Bay Territory and other external Commonwealth territories, people seeking employment with the Australian Government, people requiring a check under Commonwealth legislation, e.g. Aviation Security, Immigration purposes, volunteers and charities (ACT only), overseas employment, adoption, including overseas adoption, and visa applications. All other applicants should contact the Criminal Records section of their relevant state or territory police department.

http://www.afp.gov.au/what-we-do/police-checks/national-police-checks.aspx

Report a missing person

If you have serious concerns for the safety and welfare of a person, and their whereabouts are unknown, then you may immediately report them missing to local police by filing a missing persons report. You do not have to wait 24 hours to report someone as missing. If you have lost contact with a family member over time, however the person is not reported as a missing person to police, you may wish to utilise the services of a family tracing agency. Search agencies are able to help people reach relatives and reunite families, often in times of special need.

http://www.missingpersons.gov.au/report-missing-person/overview.aspx