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Karl O'Callaghan
Karl Joseph O'CallaghanAPM (born 1956 in England) served from 2004 to 2017 as Commissioner of the Western Australia Police.
Biography
O'Callaghan was born in 1956 in England.
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In 1970 he moved with his family to Australia where he attended Kalamunda Senior High School.[1] After completing year 12 he joined the Western Australia Police Service as a Police Cadet in 1973 and in November 1975 was inducted into the Western Australia Police Academy.
In January 1976 he graduated as Dux of his Academy class. O'Callaghan's policing career has encompassed Police Communications, Port Hedland Police Station, Accident Inquiry Section, Perth Traffic Branch, Manjimup Traffic and General Duties, Community Education, and the Police Academy.
He was promoted from Senior Sergeant to Superintendent in 1996 and was transferred to the Internal Investigations Unit and later ran both the Wheatbelt (formerly Northam) and South East Metropolitan (formerly Cannington) poli