Dr David Gawel APM
Dr David Gawel APM, retired from the NSW Police Force as a Detective Chief Inspector after 35 years of service. He spent 32 years engaged in the investigation of major crime, with the last 20 years of his service specialising in counter-terrorism.
During this time, he held numerous positions, including being the first State member (nationally) of the Joint Counter-Terrorism Teams, Director of the Counter-Terrorism Team Office for Police NSW Government, National ANZCTC capability advisor for covert online engagement and the Commander of the NSW Terrorism High-Risk Offenders Unit.
He established and was the Principal Director of the NSW Police Terrorism Investigations Course and was a member of the directing staff for the ANZCTC Counter-Terrorism Senior Investigators Course.
He has a Master of Arts and Doctorate in Counter-Terrorism from Charles Sturt University. After retirement he was the Director of the Investigations Liaison Team Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide and is currently the Assistant Director of the Customer Aggression Response Team (CART), Security Intelligence Section, Services Australia.
