Max Mitchell

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Zero Limits Podcast · Ep. 253 Max Mitchell Assistant Commissioner (Retired) NSW Police Force · 18 Jul 2026 podcast

Yeah.

But so, you know, I was in a fast track of learning because as an assistant, you jump from an operational police commander to an executive member of the New South Wales Police.

And it's not like someone sort of goes, you know what, let's drive around with you for the next six months and show you what is expected, et cetera, et cetera.

No.

Straight into the seat.

They throw you the keys and go, there you go.

It's your car now.

Off you go.

So I was dealing with not only the politics of policing, but I was dealing with the transport, state government transport side of the house.

And back then, Gladys Bereceklian was the transport minister and Mike Gallagher was the police minister.

And so I had to create the police transport command, which had all been signed off on by police and government in regards to what the structure was going to look at.

But I had to deliver in regards to bodies on the ground.

And that's where it became really difficult.

So I had to get people released from local area commands into, you know, for the purpose of policing the transport system.

And of course, you know, there's always been difficulties in police numbers.

So you'd get a lot of pushback from other assistant commissioners going, well, that's all well and good, but we can't release our people because we're already short-staffed.

So there was a lot of that going on.

And at times I sort of felt like, you know, the commissioner probably should have stepped in and gone, you know what?

this isn't Max's problem, it's our problem and we need to deliver this because it's a government pledge to our community of New South Wales.

So it would have been nice for him to have stepped in and sort of probably...

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