Career snapshots

Police Officer (ACT Policing / Federal Agent)

Do you want to do something worthwhile? Do you want to make a difference to people's lives? Are you looking for a career that's anything but every day? Where you will face new and challenging situations daily?

A career with the AFP means you will be part of the fight against 21st century crime.

You'll help build a more secure future for the residents of the Australian Capital Territory, Australia and its global partners.

You'll work with the ACT and Australian Government and key agencies in frontline policing, property and volume crime, criminal investigations, intelligence gathering, counter-terrorism, and against organised crime syndicates through to capacity-building initiatives.

We're committed to local, national and international relations which drive interagency responses and enable transnational crime to be tackled anywhere.

We're a responsive and progressive organisation. We have a history we're proud of and an exciting vision for the future.

A career with the AFP is certainly anything but every day.

Find out what it is like to work with the AFP by hearing first-hand from some of the people who make the AFP the vibrant, progressive and multi-faceted organisation that it is today.

Listen to our federal agents

Our federal agents work across a range of portfolios to prevent and detect crimes against Commonwealth law, many of which extend beyond State/Territory and national borders.

Listen to what our federal agents have to say about their careers and experiences!