The 2023–24 financial year contained achievements and challenges. Victoria Police responded to protest and demonstration activity and addressed ongoing policing priorities, including road safety, youth offending, and the illicit tobacco trade and associated violence.
Operation Enforceable
Conducted throughout August to October 2023, Operation Enforceable was a state-wide operation, targeting high-risk family violence offenders, that resulted in 2212 enforceable actions.
The Youth Crime Prevention and Early Intervention Project
The Youth Crime Prevention and Early Intervention Project pilot’s results led to additional government funding to expand the program across all four Victoria Police regions in 2024–25.
Successful cryptocurrency seizure
Victoria Police detectives seized $142,679.10 worth of various cryptocurrencies. This was the first successful cryptocurrency seizure since the changes to the Confiscation Act 1997.
The Embedded Youth Outreach Program
The Embedded Youth Outreach Program was expanded to include two additional sites, the Brimbank and Melton Local Government Areas and Greater Shepparton. The program pairs police with specialist youth workers to provide a therapeutic response to young people encountering police.
Conducted Energy Devices
In 2023–24, there have been 1,902 Conducted Energy Devices rolled out state-wide and 2,553 frontline police and PSOs trained.
Taskforce Lunar
Taskforce Lunar seized more than $2 million in cash, along with several tonnes of illicit tobacco worth several million dollars
Community calls for assistance
981,333 community calls for assistance were received and responded to by Victoria Police.
Alcohol and prohibited drug screening tests
3,169,943 alcohol screening tests and 149,209 prohibited drug screening tests were conducted.
Keeping You Safe: Victoria Police Strategy 2023–2028
The role of Victoria Police is to serve the Victorian community and uphold the law to promote a safe, secure, and orderly society. Keeping You Safe: Victoria Police Strategy 2023–2028 sets out our direction in line with our purpose, to keep Victoria safe.
Our vision is for a community in which:
- everyone is safe and feels safe
- those affected by crime feel supported
- those who break the law are held to account
- police work with the community and our partners to prevent crime, reduce harm and build a better, safer Victoria.
We will deliver this vision through:
- Policing - highly visible and responsive policing
- Partnerships - strong partnerships across community, government, and business
- People - skilled people, ready and able to respond.
All our people play a part in working towards our vision to deliver positive outcomes for the Victorian community and to keep everyone safe every day.
2023–24 Victoria Police Corporate Plan
The 2023–2024 Victoria Police Corporate Plan sits under the Keeping You Safe: Victoria Police Strategy 2023–2028, and outlines priority initiatives that form part of our plan to achieving our vision for a safer Victoria. It is aligned to the medium-term planning requirement set out in the Resource Management Framework published by the Department of Treasury and Finance.
The corporate plan forms part of an integrated organisational planning framework which coordinates focus across the organisation. It is refreshed every year to reflect changes in organisational priorities, government objectives and community safety needs.
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