Chief Commissioner (Retired) of Victoria Police - Kelvin Glare AO APM
Kelvin Glare AO APM was the Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police from 1987-1992 and has a long career history of fighting crime and corruption both within and outside police forces.
He was a fingerprint expert at the Fingerprint Bureau before quickly rising to Detective and then Sergeant before studying law and being admitted to the Victorian Supreme Court as Barrister and Solicitor.
Rising through the ranks of Senior Sergeant, Inspector and Chief Inspector, Kel then created the Victoria Police Prosecutions Division training prosecutors in legal matters to secure convictions for the most gruesome of crimes.
Then, as the first Assistant Commissioner (Internal Investigations Department), Kel rooted out corruption within Victoria Police including spending $42m chasing one corrupt officer over 2.5 years which he claims was ‘worth it’ because it ‘demonstrated that criminality wouldn’t be tolerated and will be chased to the very end’.
Kel was eventually promoted to Deputy Commissioner, Operations where he took charge of the entire force of uniformed police, traffic officers and detectives in Victoria.
Ultimately, his time as Chief Commissioner has been remembered fondly by the public for his no-nonsense and apolitical approach to policing, and his focus on community initiatives such as the Police in Schools program which seeks to prevent crime before it happens.
Kel is now Chairman of the Community Advocacy Alliance and is calling for recall elections to be introduced in Victoria to bring accountability to ‘out of control governments’.
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The CAA Petition for recall elections: https://www.change.org/p/petition-to-the-legislative-council-of-victoria-give-democracy-back-to-the-people-with-recall-elections
Kel’s autobiography ‘The Angry Ant’: https://caainc.org.au/product/the-angry-ant-an-autobiography-by-glare-kelvin-ao/
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01:57 VicPol is more educated than it used to be
04:56 Kel goes back to school and becomes a lawyer and barrister
10:03 Failed Chief Commissioners that came after Kel retired
12:51 Kel’s deep hate for corruption
17:29 A corrupt NSW Police Force
19:22 Kel refuses to tolerate corruption as Chief Commissioner
22:34 How corruption has been handled amongst the police force
25:45 The failure of former Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon
26:50 Kel’s scrotum
27:42 Former Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton
28:14 The Police in Schools Program prevents youth crime waves
35:30 Victoria Police burning public goodwill
37:58 Should the police enforce bad government policy?
42:23 Police ‘looking the other way’ when it comes to individuals
45:27 Police discretion has been curtailed by The Police Act
46:30 Victoria Police a political arm of the government
52:55 Does a police officer ever have a moral duty refuse an order?
56:45 Desperate businesses opening despite CHO directions
58:00 Does VicPol push back on the government?
1:00:20 VicPol must enforce the law regardless of their opinion
1:02:40 Dan Andrews is a hero who has kept us safe
1:03:30 Recall elections don’t have to succeed to do their job
1:06:00 Why Kel Glare retired from the Chief Commissioner role
1:09:03 Leadership vs Management and ‘Dictator Dan’
1:11:45 Victoria Police pushing decision making back to the coalface
1:14:00 New Supreme Court Judges linked to Dan Andrews and term limits for judges
1:17:33 The farce of the Coate Inquiry
1:19:21 Victoria’s reputation as the angry teenager
1:21:05 Crime rates around the world
1:24:30 Diversion programs for young offenders
1:27:22 Value in conservative principles of parenting
1:28:34 Police States
1:31:28 Dobbing on your neighbours
1:38:35 Kel the pilot
1:45:25 Asking Kel for wisdom
1:49:30 What surprises Kel about humanity?
1:50:47 What do young generation get wrong about life?
1:52:44 Political correctness is unnecessary
1:54:45 Fixing the world by undoing tribalism
