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Field Officer Support
Our Field Officers very much care about the wellbeing of our police legatees and use their compassion, patience, and kindness in providing emotional and practical support when needed. Our Field Off...
Welfare Checks and Home Visits
Our Field Officers are there for our police legatees through regular telephone contact and home visits which provides an opportunity for personal one on one conversations. Home visits may also be a...
Information, Referral and Advocacy
Our Field Officers can provide information about government and other support services including specialist support agencies to assist with more complex needs. Our Field Officers can also make refe...
VPL Connect
VPL Connect is a program that offers our more vulnerable police legatees frequent telephone contact from a VPL Connect volunteer and is in addition to the welfare work undertaken by our Field Offic...
Timeline Item - 1980
Strongly supported by the Chief Commissioner Sinclair Imrie "Mick" Miller, the Victoria Police Legacy Scheme was formally established on 6th February 1980. It was led by founding committee members ...
Timeline Item - 1981
In 1981 Victoria Police Legacy employed an office manager, signalling the start of non-police being engaged to perform specialist roles as needed. Since then our staff team has grown under the...
Timeline Item - 2005
Police legatees were taken on their first country getaway. CEO Meg Galpin and board members Gary Storey and Peter O'Neill accompanied 38 police legatees to the National Police Tattoo hosted by the ...
Timeline Item - 2006
On 20th April 2006, two large Victoria Police Legacy banners were created and hung at the front of the Police Chapel at the Victoria Police Academy.  They were unveiled by Patron-in-Chief Prof...
Timeline Item - 2013
Nearly $900,000 of assistance was provided to police legatees - the biggest financial year expenditure on police legatees in its history.
Our Police Legatees
Today, Victoria Police Legacy supports over 1,200 police legatees across Victoria including spouses/partners, parents and dependent children who have lost a loved one, including serving and retired...
Our Members
Our income is primarily derived from the extremely generous financial support of the many thousands of sworn and former members of Victoria Police ranging from the newest recruit to the Chief Commi...
Our Donors
We love our donors and it's because of them that Victoria Police Legacy can provide welfare support, grants and social activities for our police legatees.
Our Ambassadors
Our Ambassadors are members or former members of Victoria Police, who champion Victoria Police Legacy in order to increase awareness across Victoria Police and the wider community. Our Ambassadors ...