Life Members

Our Life Members

The following individuals have been awarded Life Membership of The Police Association for outstanding contribution over a substantial period of time, since the Association was founded in 1917.


  • J. J. Ogden
  • A. Dowler
  • E. C. James
  • P. H. Bennett
  • F.W. Delmenico
  • Miss M. I. Patterson
  • S. R. Mudi
  • K. J. Hatt
  • John N. Franks
  • J. E. Hutchinson
  • R. Elliot
  • John T. Gibson
  • L. Woodford
  • L. B. Gaffney
  • H. P. McConville
  • E. G. Stafford
  • A. Perkins
  • W. J. Cuthill
  • D. A. Condie
  • C. W. J. Pilgrim
  • G. Davidson
  • F. A. Silvester
  • W. J. McLaren
  • Matron M. C. Dugan
  • R. Jackson
  • J. E. Manley
  • Dianne Mullett
  • F. G. Holland
  • S. R. Gannon
  • D. Ramsay
  • R. D. Crichton
  • J. R. Walker
  • J. Knowles B.E.M.
  • L. H. Griffiths
  • T. Rippon
  • A. L. Wightman
  • K. S. Robertson
  • W. H. McQuiston
  • L.J. Blogg
  • C. M. Williamson
  • Allan M. Beech F.R.A.C.S.
  • K. L. Hamilton
  • R. M. Braybrook
  • D. J. Barritt
  • R. D. Clapton
  • G. Trainor
  • B. J. Harding
  • W. D. Crowley
  • D. J. R. Aston
  • B. F. Brown
  • C. E. Johnson
  • Stuart McDonald
  • L. F. Wright
  • G. W. Hill
  • A. I. Rogerson
  • M. Proctor
  • D.J. Cook
  • Sir G. Newman-Morris
  • L. D. Reeves
  • S. J. King
  • L. A. Lalor
  • J. Lanning
  • A. G. Wood
  • L. M. McHugh
  • Judge N. A. Vickery
  • G. H. Carter
  • J. R. H. Splatt
  • M. O’Leary
  • John G. Whelan
  • D. W. Bateman
  • P. N. Edge
  • E. D. Craig
  • F. J. Leslie
  • C. H. Petty
  • S. I. Miller, A.O., L.V.O.
  • T. A. Collins
  • Pamela M. Rippon
  • T. R. Holdsworth
  • K. T. Serong, B.A., T.P.T.C.
  • A. W. Snell
  • J. Ashby
  • D. J. Bannam
  • M. J. Pickering
  • J. W. Wright
  • D. G. Plant
  • D. S. McLean
  • N. Wilby



1990s

  • P. M. Vaughan 1990
  • Mary Ryan 1991
  • M. J. Ryan 1991
  • P. A. Parson 1992
  • Joan C. Paffett 1992
  • Geraldine Serong 1992
  • Ian F. Fountain 1993
  • Noel Anderson 1995
  • L. D. Allemand 1995
  • F. K. Johansen 1996
  • Kaye Murphy 1998
  • Duncan Reilly 1998
  • Mary Lou Allemand 1999


2000s

  • D. W. Trueman 2000
  • Tony Hargreaves 2000
  • Sandra Dempster 2000
  • Rev. James Pilmer 2002
  • G. L. Larkin 2002
  • Graeme Knights 2002
  • Chris Vincent 2003
  • Leon Kemp 2003
  • Jacky Hanan 2003
  • N. J. Dempster 2003
  • M. J. Goode 2003
  • Mick Harvey 2004
  • Michael West 2004
  • Tom Brady 2004
  • Judge T. B. Shillito 2005
  • Shane Butler 2007
  • Bill Kneebone 2008
  • Phil Cleggett 2008

2010s

  • Tony Nestor 2010
  • Alan Wroblewski 2010
  • Bruce Watt 2011
  • Keith Patterson 2012
  • Dave Mark 2012
  • Shirley Hardy-Rix 2013
  • Brian Rix 2013
  • Greg Davies 2014
  • Danny Walsh 2015
  • Rick Lewis 2015
  • John Kilkenny 2017
  • Paul Mullett 2017
  • Rod Brewer 2018
  • Vicki Key 2019

2020s

  • Bruce McKenzie 2020
  • John C. Laird 2022
  • Ken Ashworth APM 2022

Latest news

Here you'll find a curated selection of our news coverage. To read the latest Member News, Delegate News, or HSR News, members will need to log in.

Headlines

Saturday, 14 December 2024 at 5:00 am

lockPolice boycott on speeding fines costs Allan govt at least $100m in lost revenue

Herald Sun - 14 December 2024.

Headlines

Friday, 10 November 2023 at 10:00 am

BOLT FROM BLUE

Furious cops declare war on Allan government, plan strikes, protests and alerting drivers to speed cameras

Headlines

Thursday, 14 September 2023 at 9:00 am

Thin Blue Line

As Melbourne battles a crimewave, Victoria Police is facing a mass exodus of frontline officers, with one in five members warning they are likely to walk away from the job.

Headlines

Tuesday, 22 August 2023 at 12:00 am

Rural police cop out

Police officers from 98 one-person stations in small towns will be forced from their posts and rostered out to larger regional centres and cities,

Headlines

Monday, 21 August 2023 at 12:00 am

Police officer exodus

Victoria Police has lost more than 2550 years of experience, with dozens of senior officers calling it quits in recent weeks

Headlines

Sunday, 13 August 2023 at 9:00 am

Concerns over Public Drunkenness law reform

Public intoxication will be decriminalised from November in Victoria, but questions have been raised about how the reform will work in Geelong.

Male Police officer gesturing into the distance off camera while a female officer looks to where he is pointing

Headlines

Friday, 5 May 2023 at 9:00 am

New public drunkenness laws are a tragedy waiting to happen

In policing, there are two distinct categories of people we deal with who are drunk in public. There are ‘yes’ people and there are ‘no’ people.