Daniel Robert SKELLY
Daniel Robert SKELLY
Serving Member
AKA Dan SKELLY, Danny SKELLY
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Late of Eleebana, NSW
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Goulburn Police Academy- Class # 268
New South Wales Police Force
Regd. # 31521
Rank: Commenced Training at Goulburn Police Academy on Sunday 17 November 1996 ( aged 33 years, 4 months, 28 days )
Probationary Constable – appointed Friday 16 May 1997 ( aged 33 years, 10 months, 26 days )
Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Constable 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Detective – appointed ? ? ?
Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Leading Senior Constable – appointed ? ? ?
Sergeant 3rd Class – appointed 28 September 2004
Sergeant 2nd Class – appointed ? ? ?
Sergeant 1st Class – appointed ? ? ?
Inspector – appointed 3 May 2015
Chief Inspector – appointed ? ? ?
Final Rank: = Chief Inspector
Stations: Lane Cove ( GDs )( ProCst )( 16 May 1997 – 13 May 2000 ), Lake Macquarie ( GDs )( 14 May 2000 – 23 July 2004 ), Lake Macquarie ( 24 July 2004 – 2010 )( E.D.O. – Education & Development Officer )( Sgt ), Tuggerah Lakes P.A.C. )( GDs – Supervisor )( 22 August 2010 – 2015 ), Dubbo ( Duty Officer )( 3 May 2015 – 8 August 2020 ), O.I.C. Wellington, Narromine, Warren, Port Stephens – Hunter Police District ( Commander – Maitland – Raymond Terrace )( 9 August 2020 – 24 December 2024 ), Non Operational ( 25 December 2024 – Death ).
Time employed ( Paid ) with NSW Police: From: 17 November 1996 to 13 January 2025 = 28 years, 1 month, 27 days Service
Service ( From Training Date ) period: From 17 November 1996 to 13 January 2025 = 28 years, 1 month, 27 days Service
Retirement / Leaving age: = 61 years, 6 months, 24 days
Time in Retirement from Police: 0
Awards: No Find on the Australian Honours system but obviously received:
National Medal with 1st Clasp – granted ? ? ?
National Police Service Medal – granted ? ? ?
NSW Diligent and Ethical Service Medal with 3rd Clasp – granted ? ? ?
Sesquicentenary Medal – granted ? ? ?
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Born: Thursday 20 June 1963
Died on: Monday 13 January 2025
Age: 61 years, 6 months, 24 days
Organ Donor: Y / N / ?
Cause: Cancer – Leukaemia
Event location: Home, surrounded by family
Diagnosis date: December 2019
Funeral date: Thursday 23 January 2025 @ 11am
Funeral location: Sacred Heart Catholic Cathedral, 841 Hunter St, Newcastle West, NSW
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Funeral Parlour: Pettigrew Family funerals, 02 4951 1166
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Dedication date of Memorial / Plaque / Monument: Nil – at this time ( January 2025 )
DAN IS NOT mentioned on the Sydney Police Centre Memorial Wall, Surry Hills But is Entitled to be
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NEW INSPECTOR FOR PORT STEPHENS-HUNTER PD
A new senior officer will start his duties today, as Inspector Daniel Skelly opts for a sea change and takes over as the officer-in-charge of the Raymond Terrace sector.
Inspector Skelly has moved from Dubbo up to the Port Stephens-Hunter PD, as Chief Inspector Al Janson ( # 28475 ) takes up a position further south on the Central Coast.
Inspector Skelly says he is looking forward to getting to know the local community and improving the liveability of the area.
“I’m eager to start and take on the role of Raymond Terrace OIC, whilst looking at parts of customer service to help ensure the community receives the best service when dealing with local police.”
Commander, Superintendent Gillies, would like to thank Chief Inspector Janson for his years of service and wealth of knowledge at Port Stephens-Hunter PD and wishes him all the best with his new appointment.
NSW Police Inspector Dan Skelly embraced his role as a country cop but with life throwing him a “curveball” recently he’s reluctantly saying goodbye to the region.
Inspector Dan Skelly leaves to undergo leukaemia treatment | Wellington Times | Wellington, NSW
EMERGENCY SERVICES Inspector Dan Skelly departs Dubbo
Dan Skelly says he didn’t want to move here, but now calls Dubbo home.
DAN SKELLY leaves Dubbo after five years as a police inspector working in the Orana Mid-western Police District.
From a media perspective, he’s taken phone calls night and day, on or off-duty and has been willing to help at any time to get the best messages out to the community.
He’s also been involved in plenty of behind the scenes community work and he’ll be sorely missed by the many people he’s assisted, on the job or not, during that time.
Most cops who grow up on the coast don’t put in transfers to come out west, where the summers are hot and the beaches are, almost non-existent.
Inspector Dan Skelly hadn’t heard of Dubbo’s Sandy Beach until he arrived in town so after having Newcastle and the Central Coast beaches his playground, he didn’t think much of it.
“I was transferred into Dubbo from Wyong and when I first got here, being a boy from Newcastle, my goal was to get back. Every time I’d travel back to the coast I’d pass the 100k speed sign at the bottom of Mugga Hill thinking, ‘one day I’m going to pass this for the last time’.
“Five years later it’s a different ball game. I’ve called Dubbo my home, I’ve got my immediate family here, my wife and my son, but when I pass that sign this week going back to work on the coast I’ll pass it with a heavy heart because I’ve been privileged to work with some great people in Dubbo and I’ve also been privileged to make friends with a lot of good people,” he said.
He said Dubbo’s community vibe has really hit home, with so many locals he’s met who spend so much of their time working for the betterment of the city rather than for their own personal gain.
He says that volunteer work makes the city far more liveable.
“When I first came here I couldn’t wait to go. Now, I wish I could stay,” he said.
Inspector Skelly said it’s a story you hear from so many police who grew up in Sydney or along the coast and then get told they’ll be working west of the Sandstone Curtain. They loathe those travelling orders but then after being thrown in the deep end, they make it work better than they ever believed possible.
He says while it can be difficult initially, being transferred as part of the job can be a blessing in disguise, forcing you out of your comfort zone and never regretting it.
“I’d never been to Dubbo in my life. I had to look on the internet to see the best way to get here, but yes, it does force you out of your comfort zone and it makes you go out and experience other things, it becomes the new normal in your life,” he said.
Dan Skelly is leaving town not for a promotion or the prospect of an exciting new job, but for medical reasons.
He had a sudden and surprising diagnosis of Leukemia in December last year and he’s preparing for a stint at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital next month for treatment.
“Because of that treatment I’ll be off work for six months and the police have been kind enough to transfer me back to the Newcastle area where all my extended family live,” he said.
“The support I’ve had has been tremendous. I can’t speak highly enough of my boss, superintendent Peter McKenna and western commander Geoff McKechnie, all the senior management staff at Dubbo and all the troops at Dubbo police station have all been fantastic with their support.
“All the other people that I’ve met in the community have also been great, they’ve really rallied and been very interested in my progress during this time of adversity,” he said.
Inspector Skelly said he’ll get better, and he’ll be back, waiting until the travelling and gathering restrictions brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic have eased.
“When all the embargoes have been lifted as far as social distancing is concerned, I certainly will be having a few drinks with some people back here in Dubbo,” he said.
“Where I come from in Newcastle, I was lucky enough to grow up when it was still really a large country town and people had attitudes similar to those in Dubbo where everyone says g’day as they walk down the street.
“The good part of the community here is 100 per cent behind the police. People are always there willing to help us, it’s just a different and slower pace of life out here that I’ve become accustomed to and really cherish,” he said.
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Cal
15 January 2025
I don’t know why the NSWPF continues with the propaganda about working out west, in particular, areas like Dubbo. You go to work and wonder if your family will be safe while you are away. Any officer who deals with the “untouchable” as they should be dealt with will be thrown under the bus as soon as some “elder” comes in with a “excessive force complaint”. All of management level will fall over themselves “butt kissing” the messanger and the poor street copper will have many sleepless nights wondering if he will still have a job after the “unbiased” invetigation.
Management – stick up for your troops! They are the ones doing the hard yards.
RIP Dan. Gone too soon. Prayers to your family and friends.
P.S Has the CoP been issued a spine yet?