Nick Kaldas
Nick Kaldas is Assistant Commissioner of the New South Wales Police with responsibility for Counter Terrorism and Special Tactics Command.
Biography
Kaldas moved to Australia from Egypt when he was 12 and grew up in western Sydney. He speaks fluent Arabic. Kaldas graduated from the Police Academy in 1981 and subsequently spent over 10 years as a Police Hostage Negotiator. He completed the F.B.I. Hostage Negotiators Course in Quantico, Virginia in 1996 and holds a Masters Degree in Public Policy and Administration.[1] In January 2004 Kaldas was seconded to the Australian Federal Government and deployed to Iraq, initially as Senior Police Adviser, National Operations, then as Deputy Chief Police Adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority.[2]
Upon his return to NSW Police he took up position of Commander, Gangs Squad, State Crime Command 2004-2005. In late 2005 he was again seconded to the Commonwealth and redeployed to Iraq to carry out an assessment of the Iraqi Special Tribunal, (Regime War Crimes, the body tasked with prosecuting Saddam Hussein and his senior cadre of officials) and then formulated recommendations for a training package to be offered by the Australian Government. In January 2004 Kaldas was seconded to the Australian Federal Government and deployed to Iraq, initially as Senior Police Adviser, National Operations, then as Deputy Chief Police Adviser to the Coalition Provisional Authority.[3]
In March 2006 Kaldas was promoted to the rank of assistant commissioner (counter terrorism and public order management). He began his new task by saying a terrorist attack in Australia was likely.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Speaker Profile from the Australian Security Industry Association (accessed 5 June 2008)
- ↑ Speaker Profile from the Australian Security Industry Association (accessed 5 June 2008)
- ↑ Speaker Profile from the Australian Security Industry Association (accessed 5 June 2008)
- ↑ Andrew Clennell, 'Gang squad chief takes up terrorism command', The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 March 2006
