Detective Superintendent Craft has been a member of the New South Wales Police since November 1994 and was originally station at Campbelltown in south western Sydney. Matt commenced criminal investigation duties at Campbelltown in early 1997. In 2003, he was confirmed to the rank of Detective Sergeant attached to the Professional Standards Command, Covert Investigations Unit.
As a senior investigator attached to PSC, he managed major criminal investigations involving NSWPF employees. With the exception of 2 years general duties policing, his area of expertise is primarily in criminal investigation. Moreover, whilst performing criminal investigation duties, he has been involved in a number of critical incidents / major investigations for the offences of murder, sexual assault, armed robbery, fraud and drug offences.
In 2008 Matt was promoted to the rank of Detective Inspector as the Professional Standards Manager for the Deputy Commissioner Specialist Operations. As the Professional Standards Manager for Specialist Operations, he reported to the Deputy Commissioner and provide advice and performed a monitoring function for all criminal and departmental investigations that involve police officers attached to the Specialist Operations Command.
During 2011 and 2012 he relieved extensively as the Staff Officer to the Deputy Commissioner Specialist Operations and the Deputy Commissioner Field Operations where he gained corporate exposure on how the senior executive team of the NSW Police Force functions and goes about achieving its corporate goals. In 2012 Matt took the opportunity to transferred into the Fraud & Cybercrime Squad and performed the role of investigations co-ordinator focusing on cyber enabled fraud and identity crime offences.
Finally, in 2018 Matt was promoted into his current role as the Commander, Cybercrime Squad, State Crime Command. As the Commander of the Cybercrime squad, he is responsible for providing high level corporate advice on cyber dependant and cyber enabled crime, in the context of organised and serious crime. As the corporate spokesperson for cybercrime for the NSWPF, Matt sets the organisations strategic direction and develop key stakeholder relationships with partner law enforcement agencies and external bodies.