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September 26th, 2011 
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AAP
Victoria’s acting police chief Ken Lay has declared he wants the job permanently, but faces competition from international and local candidates.
Applications for the chief commissioner’s job close on Monday and Mr Lay has confirmed he’s a contender.
“I’ll be one of many, many people that apply for this job both locally, nationally and internationally,” Mr Lay told reporters.
“I’m really keen to make sure the panel’s got the opportunity to pick the best person possible.”
Mr Lay, who was appointed caretaker chief after Simon Overland resigned, conceded putting his name forward was a hard decision.
“You only need to look at the last two commissioners to see some of the difficulties they’ve had,” he said.
The successful applicant will replace Mr Overland who stepped down amid turmoil in June after a string of controversies, including distorted crime statistics, a government-ordered inquiry into police command and an apparent dispute with his deputy Sir Ken Jones.
Both Mr Overland, who joined Victoria Police from the AFP in Canberra, and his predecessor Christine Nixon, who came from NSW, battled perceptions that they lacked skills peculiar to Victorian policing.
The police union has said it wants a Victorian for the job.
Police Minister Peter Ryan said a decision on the police chief would be made before Christmas.
Mr Ryan said the government had received a large number of applications from candidates both nationally and overseas.
Other potential contenders include former assistant commissioner Gary Jamieson, whose resignation came into effect in July.
Mr Jamieson, a vocal critic of the Nixon/Overland years, said in June he considered himself a “serious contender” after being overlooked in 2009.
He commented last year that policing in Victoria was becoming too confused because of the recruitment of leaders from outside the state.
The names of Deputy commissioner Kieran Walshe, assistant commissioner for the northwest metro region Tim Cartwright and western region assistant commissioner Lucinda Nolan have also been touted.
Other potentials include assistant commissioner Stephen Fontana, who played an important role during the Black Saturday bushfires and the ensuing royal commission.
Interstate possibilities include NSW deputy commissioner Nick Kaldas and assistant commissioner Frank Menelli and WA police commissioner Karl O’Callaghan and his assistant Wayne Gregson.
Sir Ken, who quit the force in May and was ordered to go immediately by Mr Overland, is not believed to have applied and has returned to Britain.
Assistant Commissioner John Yates from London’s Metropolitan Police had been named as a frontrunner but is now a highly unlikely candidate after being criticised for his handling of the News of the World phone hacking scandal.
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