 After the war Blamey was Deputy Chief of the General Staff , and was involved in the creation of the Royal Australian Air Force . He resigned from the regular Army in 1925 to become Chief Commissioner of the Victoria Police , but remained in the Militia , rising to command the 3rd Division in 1931 . As Chief Commissioner , Blamey set about dealing with the grievances that had led to the 1923 Victorian Police strike , and implemented innovations such as police dogs and equipping vehicles with radios . His tenure as Chief Commissioner was marred by a scandal in which his police badge was found in a brothel , and a later attempt to cover up the shooting of a police officer led to his forced resignation in 1936 . He later made weekly broadcasts on international affairs on Melbourne radio station 3UZ . Appointed chairman of the Commonwealth Government 's Manpower Committee and Controller General of Recruiting in 1938 , he headed a successful recruiting campaign which doubled the size of the part @-@ time volunteer Militia . 
