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Callum Godde

'Too much crime': top cop vows to speak truth to power

Former New Zealand police commissioner Mike Bush has officially taken the reins of Victoria Police. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Mike Bush is under no illusion about the challenges that confront him as top cop after a leadership crisis in Australia's second-largest police force.

The former New Zealand police commissioner officially took the reins of Victoria Police on Friday, ending a four-month saga among the force's top ranks.

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