VPRS 807 Inward Correspondence Files

The Victoria Police was formed with the passing of the 1853 Act for the Regulation of the Police Force. This vested overall responsibility for the police in a Chief Commissioner appointed by the Governor and established a system for the appointment of other officers with the terms and conditions of their employment. The Office of the Chief Commissioner of Police performed an essential role in central management and administration of the Police Force providing central control, supervision, administration and coordination.The correspondence in this series was created as part of the management and administration of the Police Force and as a means of communicating and recording essential matters and information important to the exercises of its law enforcement functions. Matters dealt with concern the administration of the Victoria Police and the exercise of specific functions such as criminal investigation, regulation of motor vehicles and general law enforcement.This series is subsequent to the records contained in VPRS 937 Inward Registered Correspondence. Units 1153 to 2569, previously registered as part of VPRS 807 Inwards Correspondence, Annual Single Number have been re-registered as the P/8 consignment of VPRS 2400 General Correspondence Files. Units of VPRS 807 previously numbered as Units 2570 to 2752 have been renumbered as Units 1153 to 1335.The P1 consignment was previously registered as VPRS 808/P. The records were reserialised in 2001 as part of the ARAD Project.