Police organisation
Tasmania Police
The police service of the Australian state of Tasmania, and one operational arm of a department that also contains the state’s fire and emergency services.
At a glance
- Official name
- Tasmania Police
- System
- Australia
- Level of government
- State
- Kind of body
- State police force
- Status
- Currently operating
- Official website
- https://www.police.tas.gov.au/ — confirmed against the organisation’s own pages on 17 September 2026.
- Facts last checked against sources
- 17 September 2026
What it is
Tasmania Police describes itself as an operational arm of the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management, alongside the State Emergency Service, Forensic Science Service Tasmania and the Tasmania Fire Service. That grouping is the interesting part. In most systems in this corpus a police service is its own department; here it is one arm of a combined public-safety department, and the forensic service sits beside the police rather than inside them. It states a structure of eight commands: three geographic districts and five specialist support commands.
What it covers
The state of Tasmania.
Broad responsibilities
- General policing across Tasmania
- Criminal investigation and intelligence
- Professional standards
- Counter-terrorism and special response
Who it answers to
Part of the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management. The page read does not name a minister, and none is claimed.
Elsewhere on this site
- Who polices what — how Australia is structured, against other systems
Other organisations to compare
- Australian Federal Police — Australia
- Victoria Police — Australia
- Northern Territory Police Force — Australia
Where this connects
Roles: Patrol officer, Forensic scientist.
Institutions: State police.
Sources
Tasmania Police · Institutional (self-description) · link verified 2026-09-17
SCOPE: Tasmania Police only. The service's own about page, read directly. Supports the official name, its status as an operational arm of the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management, the other bodies inside that department, its responsibility for policing services in Tasmania, and its structure of eight commands comprising three geographic districts and five specialist support commands. Establishes nothing about any other Australian state or territory police service.