Kareene Santoro

With 24 years of frontline policing behind me, I have developed depth of experience in critical incident response and emergency management. My excellent communication and negotiation skills with customers and in a leadership role is vitally important to ensure outcomes are received and achieved. With invested passion I work in the field where families are living with violence and child protection issues. I strive to ensure women, men and children suffering family violence are provided a safe environment in which to live and thrive. In 2016, I was the recipient of the Most Outstanding Female Practitioner Award at the ACWAP Excellence In Policing Awards. Recognised for my outstanding commitment I have provided to policing through reform of domestic violence victim support and consistent compassion for staff, achieving this while maintaining a meaningful work/family balance. Going forward, I believe it is important to ensure we retain women in policing, inspire women and men to become great leaders, and we have a more diverse and inclusive culture.