Joint Military Police Unit (Australia)


The Joint Military Police Unit is the unified military police agency of the Australian Defence Force. The Joint Military Police Unit is led by the Provost Marshal who reports to the Chief of Joint Capabilities responsible for general policing, law enforcement, and the Australian Defence Force Investigative Service.

History

The Joint Military Police Unit was formed on 1 March 2018 after renaming the Joint Service Police Group and integrating the Australian Defence Force Investigative Service.

Responsibilities

The Provost Marshal of the Australian Defence Force serves concurrently as the Commander of the Joint Military Police Unit exercising technical control and authority over all joint and single service policing capabilities such as, Naval Police Coxswain at sea, Air Force Police, and Royal Australian Corps of Military Police. The support to combat operations remain as single service capabilities.

Structure

The Joint Military Police Unit includes an intelligence section, a records office, a digital forensic unit, a forensic services branch, a fraud and debt recoveries unit, and a legal section.

Insignia

All members of the Joint Military Police Unit regardless of their parent organisation, are required to wear the patch shown below whilst wearing Dress Order No 4A ‘General Duty Dress'.