Northern Territory Police,
Fire and Emergency Services

Deputy Commissioner Maines became a police cadet in 1981 and served throughout metropolitan and regional Western Australia including Bunbury, Albany, Broome and Fitzroy Crossing in general operations and as a Detective.

In 2001 he was promoted to Inspector and in 2005 was promoted to District Superintendent at the South East Metropolitan District. In 2007 he was appointed to the Sex Crime Division in the Specialist Crime Portfolio where he led the Division's research, management and investigation of child protection, family violence and sex related crime. In 2008 he was promoted to Assistant Commissioner and held positions in the South Metropolitan Region and the Specialist Enforcement and Operations Portfolio.

On 26 July 2010 he was appointed Deputy Commissioner of the Northern Territory Police Force. Deputy Commissioner Maines has a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Leadership and Management (Policing).

Assistant Commissioner Grahame Kelly joined the Northern Territory Police Force in February 1979.

He is married with five sons. His service spans 30 years and includes approximately equal time in both the Crime and Support Service and Operations Service, in urban, regional and remote communities across the Northern Territory. This includes as Officer in Charge of remote bush police stations, Darwin City and Katherine Police Stations, Watch Commander in Darwin, as a Detective in Darwin and Tennant Creek and General Duties in Alice Springs, Tennant Creek and Darwin.

Career highlights include his roles in remote bush stations, as Director of the NTPFES College, and five years as Superintendent of police specialist units within the Territory Support Division, that included Counter Terrorism preparedness and Search and Rescue. Other highlights are the involvement in successful major crime investigations such as the Berry Springs murders, and establishment, as the first Officer in Charge, of the Police Gold Squad.

He was promoted to the rank of Superintendent in 1997 and to Commander in November 2002 and to Assistant Commissioner in September 2003. At that time he took up the position as head of the Crime and Support Service. Assistant Commissioner Kelly holds a Bachelor of Business Degree from the NT University, is a graduate of the Police Management Development Program from the Australian Institute of Police Management (AIPM) NSW, the Australian Federal Police, Management of Serious Crime Course (MOSC) in Canberra and the 212th Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Academy (FBINA) in the USA. He has also undertaken a number of command courses for major incident management, in Police command roles, and undertook a three month attachment with the Lancashire Constabulary in the UK in 2005. He was awarded the Australian Police Medal in 2005.

In December of 2006 Grahame was appointed to the position of Assistant Commissioner, Operations Service.

Assistant Commissioner Reece Kershaw has a wide range of experience in law enforcement at a national and international level.

During his career with the AFP, key appointments included Commander Serious and Organised Crime for the Crime Program, Superintendent Operations Support for the Participating Police Force in the Solomon Islands and Superintendent Child Protection Operations within High Tech Crime Operations.

For over three years he was based in The Hague, The Netherlands as the Superintendent and Senior Liaison Office for Australia’s International Network focusing on international narcotics trafficking, counter terrorism and organised crime related investigations and intelligence. He has performed duties in uniform policing, close personal protection and overseas peacekeeping, including deployments to East Timor and the Solomon Islands and for the National Crime Authority and the Australian Crime Commission investigating serious and organised crime.

His current portfolio responsibilities include the Crime Command and the Traffic and Specialist Services Command.

He is a Graduate of the FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Program and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He holds a Master of Business Administration, Graduate Certificate in Business (Banking) and Certificate in Business (Europe).  He enjoys golf, fishing, running, exercise activities and spending time with his family.

Assistant Commissioner Payne joined the Northern Territory Police Force in 1984 and spent the majority of his career in the Southern Region serving in a variety of roles at both major centres and remote localities.

He has been attached to Criminal Investigation Branches at Tennant Creek and Alice Springs, and was assigned as a Detective Sergeant to the Drug and Intelligence Unit, Southern Crime. In 2000, Assistant Commissioner Payne moved to Darwin where he was appointed to the position of Superintendent, Darwin Regional Support.

After working across a range of support areas, including Staff Officer to the Commissioner and Support Officer to the Assistant Commissioner, Operations Command, Assistant Commissioner Payne took up a Commander appointment as the Director, Continuous Improvement Program.

Assistant Commissioner Payne has a Graduate Certificate in Public Sector Management from Flinders University and a Graduate Certificate in Applied Management from the Australian Institute of Police Management. Assistant Commissioner Payne was a previous Chair of the National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund and the Deputy Chair of the Intergovernmental Committee on Drugs.

In 2006 Assistant Commissioner Payne was a member of the Australian Delegation to the 49 th Session of the United Nations Committee on Narcotics Drugs in Vienna.

Commander Peter Bravos joined the Northern Territory Police Force in 1998 having begun his policing career with the Australian Federal Police.  Commander Bravos has served in operational areas of policing including investigative roles within Drug and Organised Crime, Criminal Intelligence, Major Crime and Ethical and Professional Standards.

Commander Bravos was promoted to Commander Crime and Specialist Support Command in November 2010 and is committed to providing high quality and efficient investigation, intelligence and forensic science services to the community.  He is currently the police representative on a number of boards and committees including Victims of Crime NT, Crime Stoppers NT and the Northern Territory Child Deaths Review and Prevention Committee.

Commander Bravos holds a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in politics, a Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Strategic Management, a Diploma of Policing and an Advanced Certificate of Police Education.  Commander Bravos has successfully completed the Australian Federal Police Management of Serious Crime (MOSC) program and the Northern Territory Police Leadership Development Program. 

Commander Chalker joined the Northern Territory Police Force in January 1994 and has performed uniform duties in Darwin and Alice Springs, and remote community policing in Groote Eylandt, Hermannsburg, Papunya and Kalkaringi. He is a designated Detective and has served in criminal investigations in Alice Springs and Darwin including major crime, drugs/intelligence and organised crime sections. As a Superintendent, he performed duties as a Territory Duty Superintendent, in the Darwin Operational Service Division, as Chief of Staff and in Major Crime.

In July 2011, he was promoted to Commander and relieved as the Commander Crime and Specialist Support Command prior to commencing in his new role as Commander Darwin Metropolitan Command on 27 September 2011.

Commander Chalker's career highlights include policing in remote aboriginal communities, and in particular, coordinating the evacuation and subsequent repatriation six weeks later of 1500 people from Kalkaringi and Daguragu due to the Victoria River floods. In 1999, he was awarded a Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for Bravery for entering flood waters and rescuing a man who had been swept down river in Wattie Creek near Daguragu. Commander Chalker also has a number of career highlights through his homicide, serious drug and organised crime investigations including securing a murder conviction in Alice Springs and realising significant prosecutions against a well known organised crime group.

As Chair of the Police Uniform Committee, Commander Chalker oversaw the change management process to source and transition into a new frontline uniform for the Northern Territory Police Force that included a majority vote by police officers to change colour from the traditional khaki to navy blue.

More recently, he was the Event Controller for the visit to Darwin by the President of the United States of America and commanded the Emergency Operations Centre to ensure the effective deployment of the largest ever security contingent by the Northern Territory Police Force.

He has a Bachelor of Business majoring in Human Resource Management and Administrative Management, has completed the AFP Management of Serious Crime course and holds a Graduate Diploma in Applied Management courtesy of the Police Management Development Program. He also undertook a Churchill Fellowship in 2006 studying international law enforcement agency responses to outlaw motorcycle gangs.

Currently on Secondment until 01 January 2013: Executive Director, Regulation and Compliance -- Department of Housing, Local Government and Regional Services.

Commander Gwynne joined the Northern Territory Police Force in January 1988.

Throughout her career Commander Gwynne has worked in a range of front line policing roles and specialist crime and support areas in both the Top End and Southern Regions of the Northern Territory.

She has been involved in a number of major investigations and operations including the coordination of the Falconio Investigation and the successful prosecution of Bradley John Murdoch. Commander Gwynne was responsible for the establishment of the Child Abuse Task Force which was the first multi-agency team established within the Northern Territory Police. While Commander of the Crime and Support area she was responsible for driving significant reform associated with investigating complex crimes and the disruption of organised crime groups.

In April 2010 Colleen was appointed to the position of Commander Ethical and Professional Standards Command. Since taking up that role she has designed a framework to enhance levels of professionalism, accountability and transparency across the agency by adopting an early intervention approach to police conduct. Commander Gwynne is a graduate of the Police Management Development Program, the Australian Institute of Police Management, Management of Serious Crime Course and the 237th Federal Bureau of Investigation, National Academy in the USA.

Jeanette Kerr joined the NT Police in July 1988. The majority of her career has been in the field of Criminal investigations, including service in the Criminal Investigation Branch, the Sexual Crimes Unit, Fraud Unit and Major Crime.  Jeanette has been the Officer in Charge of both the Drug Enforcement Section and the Major Crime Section, and has served at the NTPFES College as an Instructor in Foundational Studies, and in the Criminal Investigation Development Unit. 

Commander Kerr was promoted to Superintendent in 2004 and undertook the role of Superintendent Tennant Creek and Barkly Division, Commissioner’s Staff Officer, the Developmental Studies Division at the College and implemented the Indigenous Policing Development Division (Yidiyu Initiative).

Jeanette was promoted to the rank of Commander, in 2007, of the Strategic Planning Command.  She was then Commander of the Northern Command, based in Katherine, before taking up her current position in March 2011.

Career highlights include serving as the NT Police Negotiation Coordinator and as Assistant Training Adviser (Negotiation) to the National Counter Terrorism Committee.

Commander Kerr holds a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology), Bachelor of Arts (Honours), Bachelor of Policing - Investigations (Distinction), Graduate Certificate in Applied Management, Master of Leadership and Management (Policing), she has undertaken Masters studies in Forensic Psychology and completed the Management of Serious Crime Course (AFP) and the inaugural Acacia Program (2010) for Assistant Commissioner’s.

Michael joined the Northern Territory Police Force in 1997.

He commenced his career in Alice Springs, relieving at remote stations and transferring to a position at Ntaria in 1999 for two and a half years. In 2001 he moved to Katherine and worked within general duties and the investigations area. Between 2006 and 2008 Michael returned to Alice Springs and was the Officer in Charge of the Investigations Division. In 2008, he moved to Darwin where he was appointed to the position of Territory Duty Superintendent, assisting in the management of operational policing across the Territory. In 2010 he worked in the Strategic Planning Command before moving back to Alice Springs in early 2011 to undertake duties as the Superintendent Alice Springs Division.

In December 2011 Michael was appointed to Commander of the Southern Command.

Michael has a Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Strategic Management from Charles Darwin University and a Graduate Certificate in Applied Management from the Australian Institute of Police Management.

When he isn’t at work, he enjoys running, swimming, camping and spending time with his family. 

He is dedicated to his work, keeping people safe, and continues to strive for operational excellence through key areas such as reducing crime, increased professionalism and the provision of excellent service delivery.

Commander Proctor joined the Northern Territory Police Force in 1987 and has served in locations throughout the Northern Territory including Darwin, Alice Springs, Katherine, Tennant Creek, Harts Range, Kalkaringi and Borroloola both in General Duties policing and as a Detective.

Career highlights include his service in remote stations, his involvement in successful major criminal investigations as the Officer in Charge, Alice Springs CIB and the  Officer in Charge, Major Crime Section, his attendance at the Australian Federal Police Management of Serious Crime (MOSC) Program as the first visiting fellow from the Northern Territory and his role in improving Northern Territory Counter Terrorism Capabilities through obtaining equipment such as the ‘Bearcat’  armoured rescue vehicle for the Territory Response Group.

Commander Proctor was promoted to Superintendent in 2006 and, as a Commissioned Officer, has worked across a range of areas including Staff Officer to the Assistant Commissioner, Crime Support Services, Superintendent, Counter Terrorism, Security and Co-ordination Division. He has also performed duties as an Acting Commander in the  Crime & Specialist Support Command, Ethical and Professional Standards Command and Northern Command.

Commander Proctor has a number of tertiary qualifications including a Masters of Leadership and Management, a Master of Arts (Terrorism, Safety and Security), a Graduate Diploma in Policing Practice and a Bachelor of Policing (Investigations).  He is also a graduate of the Police Management Development Program conducted by the Australian Institute of Police Management (AIPM) and the Management of Serious Crime (MOSC) Program conducted by the Australian Federal Police.

Commander Proctor was promoted to his current position as Commander Northern Command on 8 August 2011.

Commander Vanderlaan grew up in Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory. She attended school there and in Darwin.

Commander Vanderlaan joined the Northern Territory Police Force in February 1979 and was initially attached to the Traffic Section in Darwin, General Duties, Prosecutions and the College. She then transferred to Katherine and Alice Springs before returning to Darwin in 1993. Here she served in the positions of Recruitment, Watch Commander and as the Commissioner's Support Officer. This was followed by another tour of duty in Alice Springs in the Southern Crime Division and then a transfer to Katherine as Divisional Officer.

In April 2003 Commander Vanderlaan took over as Commander, Central Region, a position she was formally appointed to in August 2003. In April 2006 Commander Vanderlaan transferred to Darwin, responsible for the Greater Darwin Region. Commander Vanderlaan has a Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts (History and English), Master of Public Policy and Administration, and Graduate Certificate in Applied Management. She attended the Management of Serious Crime course and completed the Police Management Development Program.

Commander Vanderlaan was appointed Commander, Traffic and Specialist Services Command in December 2010.