Anderson Lessing
Sydney,New South Wales
Summary
Senior operational leader with over 19 years’ experience delivering policing and public safety, leading complex multi-agency operations, and advising senior stakeholders in high-risk environments.
Proven ability to translate complex intelligence into clear, actionable insights that inform executive decision-making, enhance organisational resilience, and mitigate emerging threats. Leadership experience across counter-terrorism, organised crime, and metropolitan command environments.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Inspector
NSW Police Force
Sydney City Command / Surry Hills Command
01.2025 - Current
- Lead and manage serious incidents and emergency management situations across Sydney’s busiest metropolitan Commands.
- Provide strategic advice to senior leadership on high-risk incidents, emerging threats, and operational risk exposure across a complex metropolitan environment.
- Lead and coordinate multi-agency responses, ensuring effective mitigation of critical incidents and public safety risks.
- Translate operational intelligence into actionable insights that inform command-level decision-making, prioritisation, and resource allocation.
- Oversee governance, risk, and compliance functions, strengthening accountability and organisational resilience.
- Build and maintain key stakeholder relationships across government, emergency services, and community sectors.
- Lead workforce strategy and performance across multiple teams operating in high-pressure, high-risk environments providing clear public communication and media engagement to support community safety and public confidence.
Sergeant
NSW Police Force
Sydney, NSW
09.2016 - 12.2024
- Led operational teams in various Sydney's Commands, responding and managing public order operations, major events, and serious incidents.
- Led operational teams delivering intelligence-led policing strategies across multiple metropolitan commands.
- Delivered briefings and recommendations to senior command, supporting operational and strategic decision-making.
- Managed high-risk environments including major events, protests, and alcohol-related violence, ensuring effective risk mitigation.
- Applied intelligence and trend analysis to proactively identify emerging risks and adjust operational posture.
- Developed team capability and performance in fast-paced, high-tempo environments.
Detective Senior Constable
NSW Police Force - Terrorism Investigation / Organised Crime
09.2006 - 2016
- Over 10 years’ Detective experience, including involvement in matters relating to national security, such as terrorism investigations and drug‑supply offences linked to extremist activity and potential terrorist threats.
- Conducted complex counter-terrorism investigations targeting individuals and networks posing threats to national security.
- Collaborated in multi-agency intelligence operations with the Australian Federal Police, Australian Crime Commission, and NSW Crime Commission.
- Produced high-quality intelligence assessments and investigative briefs to support operational and strategic outcomes.
- Coordinated covert and overt activities targeting organised crime groups, contributing to disruption of high-risk networks
Skills
- Australian Citizen
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with proven ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Media Engagement and Public Communications Training
- Available for domestic and international travel
Certification
- Master of Terrorism & Security Studies – Charles Sturt University
- Bachelor of Policing – Charles Sturt University
- Counter Terrorism Investigators Program - Australian Federal Police
- Detectives Education Program - NSW Police
- Cyber Security Awareness - NSW Police
- Incident & Emergency Management - Advanced - NSW Police
Accomplishments
Investigations & Conduct Risk:
Led complex misconduct investigations involving use of force and equipment loss, applying legal, policy, and evidentiary frameworks to deliver defensible findings under the balance of probabilities.
Identified systemic training and equipment rollout failures during a critical equipment loss investigation, influencing organisational improvements to reduce operational risk.
Crisis & Incident Leadership:
Directed multi-agency response to a fatal light rail incident, coordinating Police, Ambulance, Rescue, and Transport stakeholders while delivering real-time executive briefings and public communications.
Led large-scale emergency responses including structural fires and high-risk public order incidents, deploying specialist resources to achieve safe outcomes with zero injuries or arrests.
Managed dynamic, high-pressure incidents involving armed offenders, ensuring proportionate and lawful use-of-force decision making.
NSW Commissioners Commendation- Terrorism Investigation Squad (CT&ST):
Operation Peqin/Fellows, Investigation into the attack that claimed the life of Police employee, Curtis Cheng.
AFP Commissioners Commendation- Organised Crime Squad (SCC):
Operation Koi - Organised Crime Squad:
Investigator of an organised drug and firearms syndicate. $78 million in drugs seized, 134 offences for importation and supply / manufacture drugs and supply of firearms.
Timeline
Inspector
NSW Police Force
01.2025 - Current
Sergeant
NSW Police Force
09.2016 - 12.2024
Detective Senior Constable
NSW Police Force - Terrorism Investigation / Organised Crime
09.2006 - 2016