Stephen Brown

Joining the Western Australia Police in 1983, Stephen Brown’s 35-year police career has seen him serve as a general duties and traffic officer across metropolitan and country areas, including 11 years as a detective where he specialised in the investigation of organised criminal groups and homicide. Promoted to commissioned rank in 2001, Mr Brown became the senior investigator within WA Police Royal Commission Investigation Team. He was promoted again to superintendent in 2005 where he was instrumental in building the investigative capacity of the internal affairs unit and delivering a number of the Kennedy Royal Commission’s reform recommendations.

In 2007, Mr Brown was appointed superintendent in-charge of the South East Metropolitan Police District and was awarded the Australian Police Medal for his services to the community. In 2008, Mr Brown was promoted to assistant commissioner of traffic & operations and in 2009, he assumed responsibility of policing the Perth Metropolitan Region. In 2010, as acting deputy commissioner (operations), Mr Brown assumed the role of state commander (business continuity) during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. In November 2012, Mr Brown was promoted to deputy commissioner (specialist services & reform), and appointed the executive lead for the Western Australia Police’s comprehensive and fundamental reform program - Frontline 2020. He decided to quit the WA Police Force in November 2018 to take a career break.

Mr Brown was awarded a Master of Studies in Applied Criminology and Police Management from Cambridge University in 2016.