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====Australia====
{{Main|Law enforcement in Australia}}
[[File:South Australian Police in 1938.jpg|thumb|[[South Australia Police]] officers on [[police motorcycle]]s with sidecars in 1938]]
In [[Australia]], organized law enforcement emerged soon after British colonization began in 1788. The first law enforcement organizations were the Night Watch and Row Boat Guard, which were formed in 1789 to police [[Sydney]]. Their ranks were drawn from well-behaved convicts deported to Australia. The Night Watch was replaced by the Sydney Foot Police in 1790. In [[New South Wales]], rural law enforcement officials were appointed by local [[Justice of the peace|justices of the peace]] during the early to mid-19th century and were referred to as "bench police" or "benchers". A mounted police force was formed in 1825.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/about_us/history/history_pages/significant_dates |website=NSW Police | title = 1788–1888}}</ref>

The first police force having centralised command as well as jurisdiction over an entire colony was the [[South Australia Police]], formed in 1838 under [[Henry Inman (police commander)|Henry Inman]]. However, whilst the [[New South Wales Police Force]] was established in 1862, it was made up from a large number of policing and military units operating within the then Colony of New South Wales and traces its links back to the Royal Marines. The passing of the Police Regulation Act of 1862 essentially tightly regulated and centralised all of the police forces operating throughout the Colony of New South Wales.

Each Australian state and territory maintain its own police force, while the [[Australian Federal Police]] enforces laws at the federal level. The [[New South Wales Police Force]] remains the largest police force in Australia in terms of personnel and physical resources. It is also the only police force that requires its recruits to undertake university studies at the recruit level and has the recruit pay for their own education.