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Kenneth Douglas "Ken" Lay, APM (born 17 February 1956 in Korumburra, Victoria) is an Australian police officer, and the current Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police.Lay was raised in the town of Korumburra in Victoria's South Gippsland region. He joined Victoria Police in 1974, serving in Melbourne at Prahran before being stationed in regional Victoria including as an Inspector in his home town.In 2003, Lay was appointed chief of staff to Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon, then promoted to Assistant Commissioner for North-West Victoria in 2005, Assistant Commissioner (Traffic and Transit Safety) in 2008. In 2009, he became Deputy Commissioner (Road Policing)—Victoria's top "traffic cop".In October 2009, Lay was photographed by a speed camera driving 10 km/h over the speed limit through the town of Tooborac. He kept the speeding offence under wraps due to concern about undermining a Christmas road toll campaign, but admitted his error to Chief Commissioner Simon Overland. Lay announced the speeding offence publicly in January 2010.When Overland resigned as Chief Commissioner in June 2011, Lay was made Acting Chief Commissioner. On 14 November 2011, Premier Ted Baillieu and Police Minister Peter Ryan announced that Lay had been formally appointed as Victoria Police's Chief Commissioner.On 29 December 2014, Lay announced he was resigning as Chief Commissioner due to his wife's illness. His resignation will formally take effect on 31 January 2015, however he will take leave until then. Deputy Chief Commissioner Tim Cartwright will act in the role until a new commissioner is appointed.