Ken Lay

Who is Ken Lay?

Kenneth Douglas "Ken" Lay, APM is an Australian police officer, and the current Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police.

Lay was raised in the town of Korumburra in Victoria's South Gippsland region. He joined Victoria Police in 1974, serving in Melbourne at Prahran before being stationed in regional Victoria including as an Inspector in his home town.

In 2003, Lay was appointed chief of staff to Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon, then promoted to Assistant Commissioner for North-West Victoria in 2005, Assistant Commissioner in 2008. In 2009, he became Deputy Commissioner —Victoria's top "traffic cop".

In October 2009, Lay was photographed by a speed camera driving 10 km/h over the speed limit through the town of Tooborac. He kept the speeding offence under wraps due to concern about undermining a Christmas road toll campaign, but admitted his error to Chief Commissioner Simon Overland. Lay announced the speeding offence publicly in January 2010.

When Overland resigned as Chief Commissioner in June 2011, Lay was made Acting Chief Commissioner.