Andrew Hurst is a senior public safety and reform leader with three decades of experience in operational policing, organisational change, and the integration of public health, justice, and community‑led approaches into police practice. A substantial portion of his career has been spent working in regional and remote First Nations communities and other complex social environments, where he has led frontline operations, workforce management, and the development of trusted partnerships with local leaders, service providers, and government agencies.
He has significant experience in place‑based interventions, multi‑agency collaboration, and justice reinvestment‑aligned approaches, supporting models that prioritise prevention, dignity, and shared accountability. Andrew has operated in complex governance environments where community authority, health systems, and justice structures intersect, ensuring that policing contributes constructively to broader social and public health outcomes.
Andrew also has experience leading policy and program support environments across crime prevention, safeguarding, and community safety portfolios. His work has focused on strengthening cross‑sector collaboration, aligning operational practice with prevention objectives, and ensuring that policy intent is translated into practical, community‑centred outcomes.
He brings additional expertise in business transformation, program design, strategy development, and governance. His work has centred on building organisational capability, improving service delivery, and supporting institutions to strengthen evidence‑informed, partnership‑based approaches that respond to community needs.
Andrew holds a Master of Studies (Applied Criminology & Police Management) from the University of Cambridge, a Master of Business Administration (Law Enforcement & Security) from Charles Sturt University, and executive education from Harvard Business School and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
He is a recipient of a Winston Churchill Fellowship, awarded for international research into preventing domestic and family violence through early, proportionate intervention with perpetrators. His research examined integrated justice and public health models across Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, including therapeutic courts, co‑located service models, and coordinated community responses.
He brings particular expertise in applying evidence and policy to improve organisational capability, strengthen decision‑making, and support approaches that enhance community safety and wellbeing.
