The New South Wales Minister for Police and Emergency Services has responsibilities which includes bus and ferry policy, contracting and regulation, rail policy, fares and concessions, and taxi and hire car policy and regulation. It also coordinates funding arrangements for transport operators, including hundreds of local and community transport operators.

The current Minister for Police and Emergency Services is Mike Gallacher

Mike Gallacher

Michael Joseph Gallacher MLC, an Australian politician, is the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for the Hunter region and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the O'Farrell-Stoner Liberal/National coalitition government since 2011...

. The following agencies are part of this portfolio: New South Wales Ministry for Police

New South Wales Ministry for Police

The New South Wales Ministry for Police is a ministry of the Government of New South Wales. It has responsibility for three government agencies:*New South Wales Crime Commission*New South Wales Police*New South Wales Police Integrity Commission...

, the New South Wales Crime Commission

New South Wales Crime Commission

The New South Wales Crime Commission is an Australian statutory corporation with the main objectives of reducing the occurrence of illegal drug trafficking and organised crime in New South Wales. In more recent years, the commission has also taken on a charter of assisting with the investigation of...

, the New South Wales Police Force and the Police Integrity Commission

Police Integrity Commission

The Police Integrity Commission was established in 1996 upon the recommendation of the Royal Commission in to the New South Wales Police Service. The commission is a corporation established by the New South Wales Government to prevent, detect and investigate alleged serious misconduct in the New...

. The Emergency Services portfolio is responsible for fire and rescue services in New South Wales including: Emergency Management NSW, Fire and Rescue NSW, the New South Wales Rural Fire Service

New South Wales Rural Fire Service

The New South Wales Rural Fire Service is a volunteer-based firefighting agency and statutory body of the NSW Government. The NSW RFS is responsible for the general administration of rural fire management affairs including administration of the Rural Fire Fighting Fund, co-ordination with local...

 and the New South Wales State Emergency Service

New South Wales State Emergency Service

The New South Wales State Emergency Service is an emergency and rescue service dedicated to assisting the community. It is made up almost entirely of volunteers, with 228 units located throughout New South Wales. The units are composed of some 10,000 volunteer members, who are easily identified by...

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Ministers for Police

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial title
John Waddy John Lloyd Waddy John Lloyd Waddy OBE, DFC was a senior officer and aviator in the Royal Australian Air Force , who later served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Minister of the Crown...	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	1975–1976	Minister for Police
Post abolished		1976–1980
William Crabtree William Crabtree William Crabtree was an astronomer, mathematician, and merchant from Broughton, then a township near Manchester, which is now part of Salford, Greater Manchester, England...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1980–1981	Minister for Police
Peter Anderson Peter Anderson (politician) Peter Thomas Anderson , a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Nepean between 1978 and 1981, Penrith between 1981 and 1988, and Liverpool between 1989 and 1995 for the Australian Labor Party...		1981–1982
		1982–1986	Minister for Police and Emergency Services
George Paciullo George Paciullo George Paciullo, OAM is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Liverpool in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1989, and served as a minister from 1984 to 1988....		1986–1988
Ted Pickering Ted Pickering Edward Phillip "Ted" Pickering is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1995....	Liberal	1988–1992
Terry Griffiths Terry Griffiths (politician) Terence Allan "Terry" Griffiths , a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Georges River from 1988 to 1995 initially for the Liberal Party and then as an independent member...		1992–1994	Minister for Police
Garry West Garry West Garry West is an Australian politician. He was a National Party of Australia Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1995, representing the electorate of Orange...	National National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	1994–1995
Paul Whelan Paul Whelan The Hon. Paul Francis Patrick Whelan is the former New South Wales State Police minister.-Early years and background:...	Labor	1995–2003
John Watkins John Watkins (Australian politician) John Arthur Watkins is a former Deputy Premier of New South Wales, serving between 2005 until his resignation from Parliament in 2008...		2003–2005
Carl Scully Carl Scully Patrick Carl Scully , was an Australian politician and minister in the New South Wales state government before his forced resignation on 25 October 2006....		2005–2006
John Watkins John Watkins (Australian politician) John Arthur Watkins is a former Deputy Premier of New South Wales, serving between 2005 until his resignation from Parliament in 2008...		2006–2007
David Campbell		2007–2008
Matt Brown Matt Brown (Australian politician) Matthew James "Matt" Brown is an Australian politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Kiama between 1999 and 2011...		2008
Tony Kelly		2008–2011
Mike Gallacher Mike Gallacher Michael Joseph Gallacher MLC, an Australian politician, is the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for the Hunter region and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the O'Farrell-Stoner Liberal/National coalitition government since 2011...	Liberal	2011–present	Minister for Police and Emergency Services

Ministers for Emergency Services

Minister	Party affiliation	Period	Ministerial title
Bob Heffron	Labor	1941–1944	Minister for National Emergency Services
Jack Baddeley		1944–1949
James McGirr James McGirr James McGirr was the Labor Premier of New South Wales from 6 February 1947 to 3 April 1952.A Catholic, McGirr was the seventh son of John Patrick McGirr, farmer and Irish immigrant, and Mary McGirr, whose maiden name was O'Sullivan. Born in Parkes, New South Wales, he grew up on a dairy farm near...		1949
Post abolished		1949–1975
John Waddy John Lloyd Waddy John Lloyd Waddy OBE, DFC was a senior officer and aviator in the Royal Australian Air Force , who later served as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and Minister of the Crown...	Liberal	1975–1976	Minister for Services
Post abolished		1976
Ron Mulock Ron Mulock Ronald Joseph "Ron" Mulock was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly.-Early years:...	Labor	1976–1977	Minister for Services
William Haigh		1977–1978
William Crabtree William Crabtree William Crabtree was an astronomer, mathematician, and merchant from Broughton, then a township near Manchester, which is now part of Salford, Greater Manchester, England...		1978–1981
Peter Anderson Peter Anderson (politician) Peter Thomas Anderson , a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Nepean between 1978 and 1981, Penrith between 1981 and 1988, and Liverpool between 1989 and 1995 for the Australian Labor Party...		1981–1982
		1982–1986	Minister for Police and Emergency Services
George Paciullo George Paciullo George Paciullo, OAM is a former Australian politician. He was the Labor member for Liverpool in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1971 to 1989, and served as a minister from 1984 to 1988....		1986–1988
Ted Pickering Ted Pickering Edward Phillip "Ted" Pickering is a former Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the New South Wales Legislative Council from 1976 to 1995....	Liberal	1988–1992
		1992	Minister for Emergency Services
Wayne Merton Wayne Merton Wayne Ashley Merton , a former Australian politician, was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing the electorates of Carlingford between 1988 and 1991 and Baulkham Hills between 1991 and 2011 for the Liberal Party of Australia...		1992–1993
Terry Griffiths Terry Griffiths (politician) Terence Allan "Terry" Griffiths , a former Australian politician, was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Georges River from 1988 to 1995 initially for the Liberal Party and then as an independent member...		1993–1994
Garry West Garry West Garry West is an Australian politician. He was a National Party of Australia Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1976 to 1995, representing the electorate of Orange...	National	1994–1995
Bob Debus Bob Debus Robert John "Bob" Debus AM , a former Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the Australian Labor Party. Debus has been a minister in both the Australian and New South Wales governments...	Labor	1995–1997
Brian Langton Brian Langton Brian Joseph Langton is a former Australian politician, who served both as mayor of Kogarah in the St George area of Sydney and as the member for Kogarah in the NSW State Parliament...		1997–1998
Bob Debus Bob Debus Robert John "Bob" Debus AM , a former Australian politician, has been a member of the Australian House of Representatives and the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing the Australian Labor Party. Debus has been a minister in both the Australian and New South Wales governments...		1998–2003
Tony Kelly		2003–2007
Nathan Rees Nathan Rees Nathan Rees MP, , an Australian politician, was the 41st Premier of New South Wales and parliamentary leader of the New South Wales division of the Australian Labor Party from September 2008 to December 2009...		2007–2008
Tony Kelly		2008–2009
Steve Whan Steve Whan Steve Whan , an Australian politician, is a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, appointed in June 2011 to fill a casual vacancy. Whan represented the electoral district of Monaro in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for the Australian Labor Party from 2003 until his defeat at...		2009–2011
Mike Gallacher Mike Gallacher Michael Joseph Gallacher MLC, an Australian politician, is the Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for the Hunter region and Vice-President of the Executive Council in the O'Farrell-Stoner Liberal/National coalitition government since 2011...	Liberal	2011–present	Minister for Police and Emergency Services