Former Vic police chief turns council boss

SIMON OVERLAND: SENIOR COP TURNED COUNCIL BOSS

PERSONAL DETAILS:

* Born: March 19, 1962 (age 55)

* Education: University of Canberra (Bachelor of Arts) and Australian National University (Bachelor of Laws)

* Youth Support & Advocacy Service chairman

CAREER:

Australian Federal Police

* Service: 1984 to 2002

* Rose to chief operating officer and led the Australian Crime Commission

Victoria Police:

* 2003: Appointed assistant commissioner (crime), leading the Purana task force investigating Melbourne's gangland war

* 2006: Appointed deputy commissioner

* 2007: Launched internal investigation into assistant commissioner Noel Ashby

* March 2009: Appointed chief commissioner

* October 2010: Released controversial crime statistics weeks before state election

* 2011: Ombudsman George Brouwer finds the statistics were misleading

* 2011: Deputy Commissioner Sir Ken Jones is forced out of the Victoria Police by Overland three months before he is due to quit in 2011

* June 2011: Overland quits citing continuing "distractions"

* 2012: Overland is cleared of corrupt conduct but criticised for accepting corporate invites and approving a generous termination payout

Tasmanian Justice Department:

* July 2012: Appointed Tasmanian Justice Department secretary

* January 2013: Overland was punched in the back of the head in a random attack as he was walked through the Hobart CBD

Whittlesea Council:

* July 2017: Appointed Whittelsea council chief executive