New South Wales police commissioner Karen Webb will resign after three years in the role.
The NSW police minister, Yasmin Catley, told NSW parliament on Wednesday that Webb had recently indicated she would retire by the end of the year and will leave the job on 30 September.
“She has provided a lengthy notice period to enable the government to conduct a thorough recruitment process for her successor,” Catley said
“Commissioner Webb has had an extremely extinguished career marked by exemplary service. I have nothing but heartfelt thanks for her incredible work and admiration for her many significant achievements.
“She has been a force for change and reform, focused on the safety and the wellbeing of the New South Wales police – she will leave a significant legacy.”
Webb, the first woman to hold the position, is the 23rd commissioner of the NSW Police Force. She was sworn in at a ceremony in her hometown of Boorowa in February 2022.
She was widely criticised over her handling of the alleged murders of Luke Davis and Jesse Baird, allegedly at the hands of police officer Beau Lamarre.
In 2023, she denied allegations of a “cover-up” over the Tasering of 95-year-old Clare Nowland.
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