Cherie Gaffney

Senior Sergeant- Central Division- December 2021 to present.

• Provide leadership and management to 8 remote police stations within the central Northern Territory.
• Local Controller for emergency management 2023 Kalkarindji Floods declared emergency.
• Development, mentoring, and training of staff in a remote policing context.
• HRM, Illness and injury management of frontline police officers.
• Police Station facilities management, financial management, and operations and logistics.

Acting Senior Sergeant- Officer in Charge Tennant Creek Police Station- October 2021 to December 2021

• Local Controller COVID-19 during the first lockdown due to remote community outbreak in Robinson River Community.
• HRM and welfare management of frontline members during the investigation of sexual harassment within the workplace.

Sergeant- Officer in Charge Borroloola Police Station- November 2019 to October 2021.

• Local Controller Emergency Management- Cyclone Esther February 2020.
• Local Controller Emergency Management- LEMC debrief and LEMP review for Cyclone Trevor 2019.
• Local Controller for Borroloola and Robinson River Communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Key stakeholder for initiating Borroloola local alcohol strategy review and Multi-Agency Community Child Safety Wellbeing Teams.
• HRM and welfare management of frontline members in the workplace.
• Station management including; assets and property, financial budgets, and sworn and unsworn employees.

Sergeant- Workforce Development Unit- April 2018-November 2019.

• Internal auditing of HRM compliance and system efficiency.
• SME for remote policing for SerPro Policing System during project build.
• Assisted with EY NT Police return to budget strategy.

Remote Sergeant- Officer in Charge Lajamanu Police Station- December 2015 to April 2018.

• Remote Station Management.
• Local Controller for search and rescue and critical incident.
• Fire and Emergency Service Response and Co-ordination of Volunteers.

Other- June 2015 to December 2015

• Constable First Class- Katherine Police Station.
• Accelerated Recruitment Program.

Attained the rank of Senior Constable.

• Shepparton Divisional Tasking Unit
• Banyule Domestic Violence Unit
• General Duties; Shepparton, Greensborough, and Lilydale Police Stations.
• Recruit Constable training.

• Maintained flow of documents received and served through appropriate clerks up to judges and back to final destination.
• Sorted, stamped and filed wide variety of legal and judicial materials.
• Performed routine data entry or document management.
• Responded to in-person and telephone requests for information from general public, attorneys and other involved parties.