Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Christine Nixon APM was the Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police between 23 April 2001 and 27 February 2009. After leaving Victoria Police, she was appointed chair of the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority in February 2009 until she stood down from the position in July 2010. Nixon attended Macquarie University before attaining a Master of Public Administration from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. The daughter of a police officer, Nixon began her policing career with the New South Wales Police Force in 1972, rising to the rank of Assistant Commissioner. She was appointed Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police in April 2001. Having initially set a retirement date of late March 2009, Nixon departed earlier at the request of the Victorian Government to take on responsibility for the Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction and Recovery Authority. She was succeeded as Chief Commissioner by Simon Overland