Assistant Police Commissioner Catherine Burn leads the
Professional Standards Command.
She was recognised for her work with the Aboriginal
community when she was the commander at Redfern Police Station.
“I was in there for approximately for 15-16 months
which is quite enough time to get out into the community and to engage the
community, and to start to achieve some results, and I think that also what we
did was sustainable so I’m encouraged by that,” she said.
The Aboriginal Housing Company manager, Mick Mundine,
nominated Ms Burn for the award.
“Even all Aboriginal people in the Redfern, Waterloo area they really
respect her because she came in at the grassroot level and really mingled with
the people,” he said.
“She’s got a lot of respect and I think a big
congratulations go to her.”