Victoria Police Licensing Services Division’s Assessment and Determination Unit

Victoria Police Licensing Services Division’s Assessment and Determination Unit (ADU) is responsible for authorising security applications as well as issuing and renewing security licences.

The unit processes applications not only for the private security industry, but also for the firearms and weapons industries.

The number of transactions the team processes annually is very high. Each

year for example, the ADU processes:

• 15,000 security applications

• 42,000 permits to acquire a firearm

• 58,000 firearm applications

• 72,000 changes to firearm ownership

You can visit LSD’s office and get help from the ADU team over the front

counter. The office is open to the public from 8.30am to 4.30pm,

Monday to Friday. It is located at:

Level 4, Tower 3

Victoria Police Centre

637 Flinders Street

Melbourne 3005

You can call LSD on 1300 651 645 and speak to someone in the ADU team.

Alternatively, you can email LSD at: licensingservices@police.vic.gov.au

You can write to us at:

Licensing Services Division

GPO Pox 2807

Melbourne, Victoria 3001