Long-serving senior officer Mal Lanyon has been announced as the 24th Commissioner of the New South Wales Police.

Lanyon replaces the first woman police commissioner, Karen Webb, who took on the role in February 2022 before stepping down in June this year, about 18 months before her term was due to end.

Lanyon has been a deputy commissioner in NSW Police force since early 2019.

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