NSW Premier Chris Minns says he will base the selection of police commissioner on a candidate’s entire career and would not rule frontrunner Mal Lanyon out of a job despite his admission that taking friends onto a police boat on New Year’s Eve was inappropriate.

NSW Police Association president Kevin Morton urged Minns to hurry up with the appointment, noting the force has been waiting 134 days since outgoing commissioner, Karen Webb, stopped actively performing the role.

Morton said he understood candidates had been informed of the decision, but a government spokesperson said no decision had been made.

As pressure mounts on Minns to make an announcement, the Herald revealed on Wednesday that Lanyon had been investigated by the police watchdog for taking his wife and another couple

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