Alumni helps strengthen Timor-Leste’s Police Institutions
Chief Superintendent in Timor Leste’s National Police force and Australia Awards alumnus Hermenegildo do G. da Cruz wanted to become a leader and serve vulnerable people in rural communities from a young age.
At Flinders University he studied Criminology and International Relations where he was encouraged to face challenges, solve problems and to think independently. His studies also introduced him to the benefits of grassroots community policing and the importance of having a credible police force.