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Jamie Chalker
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is a former police officer and public servant in the
Northern Territory The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT; known formally as the Northern Territory of Australia and informally as the Territory) is an states and territories of Australia, Australian internal territory in the central and central-northern regi ...
of Australia. He served as Commissioner of the
Northern Territory Police Force The Northern Territory Police Force is the police body that has legal jurisdiction over the Northern Territory of Australia. This police service has 1,607 police members (2021-22 financial year) made up of 83 senior sergeants, 228 sergeants, 912 ...
from November 2019 to April 2023, when he resigned under pressure, seven months before his contract was due to expire.


Career

Chalker was born in
Katherine, Northern Territory Katherine is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is situated on the Katherine River, after which it is named, southeast of Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin. The Northern Territory#Cities and towns, fourth largest settlement in ...
and spent much of his early life in
Alice Springs Alice Springs () is a town in the Northern Territory, Australia; it is the third-largest settlement after Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin and Palmerston, Northern Territory, Palmerston. The name Alice Springs was given by surveyor William ...
. He began his career in the Northern Territory Police Force in 1994, where he remained served in various roles, much of the time in remote localities. In 2012 he was appointed Assistant Commissioner, with several stints as deputy commissioner and acting commissioner. In 2016 he was appointed chief executive officer of the Department of Local Government, Housing and Community Development. This was around the time Police Commissioner John McRoberts was charged with, and later convicted of, attempting to pervert the course of justice in a travel agent investigation. Chalker, who had been Officer in Charge, Darwin Police Station, was his recently appointed chief of staff. Chalker was appointed commissioner in April 2019, succeeding Reece Kershaw APM (and Acting Commissioner Michael Murphy APM), with his contract due to expire in November 2023. Following media reports that the NT government had asked him to resign, Chalker launched legal action against Chief Minister
Natasha Fyles Natasha Kate Fyles (born 26 May 1978)Natasha Fyles
''Territory Women'', Northern Te ...
, Police Minister Kate Worden and the NT government in a bid to prevent his dismissal. On 14 April his legal representatives filed a motion in the
Northern Territory Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the Northern Territory is the superior court for the Australian States and territories of Australia, Territory of the Northern Territory. It has unlimited jurisdiction within the territory in civil law (common law), civil m ...
, requesting the court to order Fyles to provide details about "allegations made by her" in a letter sent to Chalker in late March. Chalker asked the court to be given an opportunity to respond to Fyles' allegations before any steps were taken to revoke his appointment as police commissioner. On 29 April, in a joint press release from the NT Government and Chalker, his retirement, to take effect on 30 April 2023, was announced, avoiding a Supreme Court action which would have seen Fyles and Worden cross-examined in court. No details of any financial settlement or other conditions were released.


Awards

In 1999, Commissioner Chalker was awarded a
Royal Humane Society The Royal Humane Society is a British charity which promotes lifesaving intervention. It was founded in 1774 as the ''Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned'', for the purpose of rendering first aid in cases of near drowning. Hi ...
Bronze Medal for Bravery for entering flood waters and rescuing a man who had been swept down-river in Wattie Creek, near Daguragu, Northern Territory. He holds the
Australian Police Medal The Australian Police Medal (APM) is awarded for distinguished service by a member of an Australian police force. The APM was introduced in 1986, and replaced the Imperial King’s Police Medal for Gallantry and King’s Police Medal, King’s Po ...
and has a number of career highlights through his investigations into homicide, serious drug and organised crime.


See also

* Ray Whitrod, Queensland police commissioner sacked by Bjelke-Petersen government * Harold Salisbury, South Australian police commissioner sacked by Dunstan government


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Chalker, Jamie Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Commissioners of the Northern Territory Police