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The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland.In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto of "Firmness with Courtesy" was changed to "With Honour We Serve".
The three-day selection course is regarded as the most difficult and physically demanding course within the Queensland Police Service. It tests physical and mental endurance through individual and team tasks, problem solving, sleep deprivation, basic survival skills and by challenging phobias for example heights and closed spaces. [ 20 ]
The Queensland Police Service Medal was introduced on 1 January, to recognise the diligent and ethical service by members of the Queensland Police Service. [1] The Queensland Government transfers the community police function from community councils at Woorabinda, Yarrabah and on Badu Island, to the Queensland Police as a 12-month pilot. These ...
At 30 June 2015, there were 243,163 staff (203,348.50 full-time equivalent) employees in 20 Queensland Government departments and 15 other organisations included for statistical purposes. The three largest government employers are Queensland Health, the Department of Education and Training and the Queensland Police Service. [5]
The CCC has investigative powers, not ordinarily available to the police service, for the purposes of enabling the commission to effectively investigate particular cases of major crime. [8] The CCC also has the power to investigate cases of misconduct in the Queensland public sector, particularly the more serious cases of misconduct. [8]
The most prominent reform, in 2013, narrowed the grounds of reasonableness and probability with a twofold test which police officers must satisfy before making an arrest without a warrant. [20] [32] Police officers may arrest a person if they suspect, on reasonable grounds, that an offence may be (or has been) committed. [4]
[3] [4] On 1 July 2024 the Queensland State Emergency Service will be merged with the Queensland Police Service along with the Volunteer Marine Rescue and the Australian Volunteer Coast Guard Queensland, which itself is to be renamed Marine Rescue Queensland (MRQ) and therefore made part of the Queensland emergency services. [3] [5]
The State Emergency Service (SES) in Queensland, Australia is a volunteer-based organisation of the Queensland Government and is a service within the Queensland Police Service (QPS), assisting with disaster management as an emergency services auxiliary. The current head of the SES is Chief Officer Mark Armstrong.