The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is to receive an additional 2,025 personnel over five years along with 25 mobile police beats.
Announcing the upgrade, Premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk said the QPS had been doing a remarkable job keeping Queenslanders safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It is because of the efforts of Queenslanders, and management of the response from Agencies like the QPS, that Queensland is in a position to recover more quickly than other States,” Ms Palaszczuk said.
“To continue to support the efforts of the QPS to keep Queenslanders safe now and well into the future, we are committed to providing the QPS with additional police personnel.”
Police Commissioner, Katarina Carroll said the allocations would make an enormous difference.
“It will enable me, as the Commissioner, to substantially meet the challenges of the future,” Commissioner Carroll said.
“There are already heavy demands on our police, more so as we keep Queenslanders safe during the global health pandemic.”
Minister for Police, Mark Ryan said more police on the front-line and the mobile police beats meant that local police were more mobile, more visible, and seen more often on active patrols in their community.
“This massive boost to police resources will support the vision of the QPS Commissioner for the QPS to become an even more responsive, agile and effective policing service,” Mr Ryan said.
