Cecil Abbott
{{short description|Australian law enforcement official}}
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| name = Cecil Abbott
| honorific-suffix= {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AO|QPM}}
| order = 16th Commissioner of the New South Wales Police
| term_start = 30 December 1981
| term_end = 7 August 1984
| predecessor = Jim Lees
| successor = John Keith Avery
| birth_date = 7 August 1924
| birth_place = Hurstville, New South Wales
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2014|3|12|1924|8|7}}
| death_place = Hurstville, New South Wales
| spouse = Edna
| alma_mater = Sydney Technical High School
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Cecil Roy "Cec" Abbott, {{postnominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|AO|QPM}} (7 August 1924 – 12 March 2014) was the Commissioner of the New South Wales Police in Australia from 30 December 1981 to 7 August 1984.{{cite web |url=http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/145137/poster_police_commissioners.pdf |title=New South Wales Commissioners of Police |publisher=New South Wales Police |accessdate=12 July 2010 |archive-date=27 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227025718/http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/145137/poster_police_commissioners.pdf |url-status=dead }} 1.07 MB
Private life
Cecil Roy Abbot was born in Hurstville on 7 August 1924 and grew up in Hurstville. He married Margaret Edna Robinson on 15 February 1947. They had one son, Paul, who also became a police officer.{{cite press release |author=Andrew Scipione |url=http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/latest_releases?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGZWJpenByZC5wb2xpY2UubnN3Lmdvdi5hdSUyRm1lZGlhJTJGMzY0OTAuaHRtbCZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |title=Latest Media Releases – NSW Police Online |publisher=Police.nsw.gov.au |date=19 March 2014 |accessdate=25 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124734/http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/latest_releases?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGZWJpenByZC5wb2xpY2UubnN3Lmdvdi5hdSUyRm1lZGlhJTJGMzY0OTAuaHRtbCZhbGw9MQ%3D%3D |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }} Abbott died in St George Hospital in Kogarah on 12 March 2014. His funeral was held in Penshurst, New South Wales. Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione attended and described Abbott as a "man of the utmost integrity".{{cite news|last=Mutton |first=Sheree |url=http://www.theleader.com.au/story/2161498/popular-police-commissioner-cecil-abbott-a-man-of-integrity/?cs=12 |title=Popular police commissioner Cecil Abbott 'a man of integrity' |work=St George & Sutherland Shire Leader |publisher=Theleader.com.au |date=20 March 2014 |page=5 |accessdate=25 March 2014}}
Police career
Abbott became a police cadet in 1941 and graduated to the New South Wales Police Force in 1945. By 1974 he was an inspector at Hurstville. He climbed further through the ranks to be Commissioner of Police for the New South Wales Police and the most powerful police officer in the State of New South Wales.{{cite news|author=Mutton, Sheree|url=http://www.theleader.com.au/story/2156096/fomer-commissioner-cec-abbotts-career-saluted/?cs=12|title=Former commissioner 'Cec' Abbott's career saluted|date=18 March 2014|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=18 March 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140318214135/http://www.theleader.com.au/story/2156096/fomer-commissioner-cec-abbotts-career-saluted/?cs=12|archivedate=18 March 2014|df=dmy-all}}
Honours
- On 31 December 1976, he was awarded the Queen's Police Medal (QPM) "In recognition for services to the New South Wales Police".{{cite web|title=It's an Honour: QPM |publisher=Government of Australia|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1111737|accessdate=9 December 2008}}
- On 11 June 1982 he was awarded the National Medal.{{cite web |title=It's an Honour: National Medal |publisher=Government of Australia |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/996173|accessdate=9 December 2008}}
- On 26 January 1985 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for "Public service particularly with the New South Wales Police Force".{{cite web |title=It's an Honour: AO |publisher=Government of Australia |url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/885685|accessdate=9 December 2008}}
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Category:Australian recipients of the Queen's Police Medal
Category:Commissioners of the New South Wales Police