John Avery (police officer)

John Keith Avery, AO, APM (7 August 1927 – 19 May 2018)[1] was the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police from 1984 to 1991.

[2] John Keith Avery was the 17th leader of the organisation and the 10th person known under the title of Commissioner of Police.

[4] One of the first Police Commissioners to have a tertiary education, Avery held a master's degree from Macquarie University[5] and a Diploma in Criminology.

The library at the New South Wales Police College at Goulburn is named in his honour.

Avery retired with his wife to Port Macquarie on the mid-north coast of New South Wales.

The former headquarters of the New South Wales Police Service on College Street, Sydney was named the Avery Building in honour of Avery.