Detective Superintendent, Organized Crime Division, Crime Command
Victoria Police
Malvern East, Victoria, Australia
David Cowan has served with the Victoria Police (Victoria, Australia) since 1990. He is currently Detective Superintendent of the Organized Crime Division, Crime Command, where he oversees the Major Drug Squad, Clandestine Laboratories Squad, Joint Organised Crime Taskforce with Australian Federal Police. Cowan has led a range of organizational reforms in Victoria Police including conducting major reviews into counter terrorism, family violence and crime scene services. He is the President of the Australia and New Zealand Society of Evidence Based Policing (ANZSEBP), which comprises of senior police from every police agency in Australia (approximately 6000 members). Cowan holds a Masters of Applied Criminology and Police Management from the University of Cambridge, has completed the Senior Leaders in Government Program at Harvard, and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. In 2020, he was selected to receive the prestigious Churchill Fellowship and in 2024 he was one of ten Churchill fFellows selected to attend Federal Parliament and to meet with Ministers to drive national reform to support evidence based policing.
Experiences from the Field: What Works in Advancing Women Officers
Saturday, October 19, 2024
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM ET
A Global Investigation into Evidence-Based Policing
Monday, October 21, 2024
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET