Function Term:
Law enforcement
Function Number:
Function Description:
Maintenance of the safety of Tasmania at all levels of society. It encompasses law enforcement and maintenance of public order for the community through police services of crime detection and investigation, community policing, intelligence gathering, weapons control and forensic analysis. This function also includes the management of correction services such as prisons.
Narrower Terms:
Convict administration
Agencies Performing Function:
| Convict Department (TA60) | 01 Jan 1818 | 31 Dec 1877 |
| Police Department (TA242) | 01 Jan 1820 | 31 Dec 1989 |
| Gaol (Branch) (TA31) | 01 Jan 1823 | 31 Dec 1936 |
| Female Factory (Cascades) (TA886) | 01 Jan 1827 | 31 Dec 1877 |
| Government Analyst (TA749) | 01 Jan 1882 | 31 Dec 1929 |
| Royal Commission Into the Hobart Gaol (TA711) | 01 Jan 1926 | 31 Dec 1926 |
| Government Analyst's Branch (TA750) | 01 Jan 1929 | 31 Dec 1957 |
| Royal Commission Into the Hobart Gaol (TA712) | 01 Jan 1934 | 31 Dec 1935 |
| Gaol Department (TA32) | 01 Jan 1936 | 31 Dec 1959 |
| Board of Inquiry Into Hobart Gaol Riot (TA271) | 01 Jan 1939 | 31 Dec 1939 |
| Royal Commission Into the Hobart Gaol (TA713) | 01 Jan 1942 | 31 Dec 1943 |
| Enquiry on Allegations Against Police (TA287) | 01 Jan 1955 | 31 Dec 1955 |
| Police Disciplinary Board (TA248) | 01 Jan 1956 | 31 Dec 1966 |
| Office of the Minister for Police (TA415) | 23 Oct 1956 |
| Prisons Department (TA905) | 22 Dec 1959 | 15 Mar 1983 |
| Board of Inquiry Into Disciplinary Action Against Police (TA293) | 01 Jan 1961 | 31 Dec 1962 |
| Division of Road Safety (TA368) | 01 Jul 1970 |
| Board of Inquiry Into a Disturbance at Royal Derwent Hospital (TA298) | 01 Jan 1972 | 31 Dec 1973 |
| Parole Board (TA1933) | 17 Dec 1975 |
| Prisons Division (TA906) | 15 Mar 1983 | 06 Apr 1987 |
| Community Corrections Tasmania (TA1942) | 01 Apr 1987 |
| Corrective Services Tasmania (TA907) | 06 Apr 1987 |
| Department of Police and Emergency Services (TA904) | 17 Jul 1989 | 25 Mar 1992 |
| Office of the Minister for Police & Public Safety (TA1515) | 01 Feb 1992 | 31 Jul 1998 |
| Department of Police (1) (TA1564) | 25 Mar 1992 | 27 Mar 1996 |
| Department of Police and Public Safety (TA1565) | 27 Mar 1996 | 05 Apr 2006 |
| Tasmania Prison Service (TA1932) | 01 Jan 2000 |
| Office of Inquiry Into the Death of Jospeh Gilewicz (TA1604) | 20 Feb 2000 | 01 Oct 2000 |
| Department of Police and Emergency Management (TA1707) | 05 Apr 2006 |
| Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management (TA2152) | 01 Jul 2016 |