Peter Ryan

Peter Ryan served as Commissioner of Police from August 1996 to April 2002, having been recruited from the United Kingdom to lead the reform of NSW Police in the wake of the Wood Royal Commission. His tenure was primarily focused on structural and cultural reform of the force following the Wood Commission findings. No specific documented statements or LGBTIQ-related policy decisions by Commissioner Ryan in connection with the anti-gay violence cases of the preceding decades have been identified for this project at this stage.

Tenure dates sourced from Wikipedia: List of commissioners of the New South Wales Police. Wikipedia is used for reference only; substantive claims are sourced to primary documents cited elsewhere in this project.