Former top cop killed in cycling crash
Two police forces are mourning the loss of one of their own, with former Northern Territory commissioner and South Australian assistant commissioner Paul White killed in a cycling accident.
Paul White (left), while working as Northern Territory Police Commissioner, who was killed in a cycling crash at Glen Osmond on Sunday morning. Photo: AAP/Terry Trewin
White, 72, died following a collision involving a vehicle at a Glen Osmond intersection on Sunday morning.
Police and ambulance crews were called shortly before 10.30am following reports of the crash.
However White died at the scene.
A 61-year-old man behind the wheel of the vehicle was on Sunday afternoon assisting police with their investigation into the circumstances leading up to the incident.
His car was towed away for examination, police said.
Smith’s death was confirmed by acting NT commissioner Murray Smalpage.
“It is with great sadness we advise the death of former Northern Territory Police Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer, Northern Territory Police, Fire and Emergency Services, Mr Paul White,” he said in statement.
White retired from the NT force in 2009, following almost eight years as top cop.
During that time, he led the investigation into the disappearance of Peter Falconio and in 2005 praised the work of police after the conviction of Bradley John Murdoch.
White joined SA Police as a cadet in 1968 and rose through the ranks to the position of assistant commissioner before his departure.
He was, during this period, in charge of the state’s crime command and responsible for efforts to tackle the bikie gang scourge.
-with AAP
