Editing Queensland Police Service

{{Short description|State police service in Queensland, Australia}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}{{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}}
{{Infobox law enforcement agency
| agencyname        = Queensland Police Service
| badge             = Logo of Queensland Police Service.svg
| badgecaption      = Badge of the Queensland Police
| flag              = Flag of the Queensland Police Service.svg
| flagcaption       = Flag of the Queensland Police
| motto             = With Honour We Serve <br />"Firmness with Courtesy" until 1990
| divname           = {{flag|Queensland}}
| country           = Australia
| map               = Queensland in Australia.svg
| mapcaption        = Queensland Police jurisdiction
| governingbody     = [[Queensland Government]]
| sizearea          = {{convert|1727000|km2}}
| sizepopulation    = 5,160,023 (2020)
| legaljuris        = opsjuris
| formedyear        = {{Start date|1864|1|1|df=y}}
| headquarters      = 200 Roma Street, [[Brisbane]]
| hqlocmap          = {{Coord |-27.4664 |153.0182 |region:AU-QLD_type:landmark |display = inline,title|name=Queensland Police headquarters}}
| chief1name        = Steve Gollschewski
| chief1position    = [[Police Commissioner|Commissioner]]
| electeetype       = Minister
| minister1name     = [[Daniel Purdie]]
| minister1pfo      = Minister for Police and Community Safety
| sworntype         = Police officers
| sworn             = 11,702 (June 2023)<ref name="CM Feb 2024">{{cite news |title=Police numbers fall as state's population explodes |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/police-numbers-fall-as-states-population-explodes/news-story/f6cb8725642f98c72ec1aca829f55fd3 |access-date=2 March 2024 |agency=Courier Mail |date=22 February 2024 |archive-date=2 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240302094540/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/police-numbers-fall-as-states-population-explodes/news-story/f6cb8725642f98c72ec1aca829f55fd3 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| unsworntype       = Total employees
| unsworn           = Over 17,000 (June 2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2022-2023 |url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/qps-corporate-documents/reports-and-publications/annual-report-2022-2023 |website=Queensland Police Service) |publisher=The State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service) |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=4 December 2023 |archive-date=22 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240222074524/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/qps-corporate-documents/reports-and-publications/annual-report-2022-2023 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| stations          = 335 (May 2020)
| police            = Yes
| unitname          = {{collapsible list|Child Protection and Investigation Unit|[[Special Emergency Response Team (Queensland)|Special Emergency Response Team]]|Tactical Crime Squad}}
| website           = {{url|www.police.qld.gov.au}}
}}

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 headquarters of the Queensland Police Service is located at 200 Roma Street, [[Brisbane]].

The current [[Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service|Commissioner]] is Stephan (Steve) Gollschewski.<ref name=MinStmt20240422>{{cite web |title=Steve Gollschewski appointed as Queensland Police Commissioner |url=https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/100166 |website=Media Statements |publisher=The State of Queensland (Department of the Premier and Cabinet) |access-date=23 April 2024 |date=22 April 2024 |archive-date=30 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240430141326/https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/100166 |url-status=live }}</ref>  The Commissioner reports to the Minister for Police, presently [[Daniel Purdie]].

== History ==
{{main|History of the Queensland Police}}
[[File:Roma Street Police Station, Brisbane, erected 1878.jpg|left|thumb|Roma Street Police Station, Brisbane, erected 1878]]
[[Colony of Queensland|Queensland]] came into existence as a colony of the [[British Empire]] on 1 December 1859.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3722828 |title=LETTERS PATENT, &c., IN REFERENCE TO SEPARATION OF MORETON BAY |newspaper=[[The Moreton Bay Courier]] |location=Queensland, Australia |date=10 December 1859 |access-date=15 March 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520223823/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3722828 |url-status=live }}</ref> The region was previously under the jurisdiction of the New South Wales governance with towns policed by small forces controlled by the local magistracy. ''The Police Act of 1838'' (2 Vic. no. 2) which officially codified a variety of common behaviours as criminal and regulated the police response to them, continued as the template for policing. On 13 January 1860, [[Edric Norfolk Vaux Morisset]] was appointed the Inspector-General of the Queensland Police.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77427233 |title=OFFICIAL NOTIFICATIONS. |newspaper=[[The North Australian, Ipswich And General Advertiser]] |location=Queensland, Australia |date=24 January 1860 |access-date=15 March 2020 |page=3 |via=Trove |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520223824/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/77427233 |url-status=live }}</ref> Queensland was divided into 17 districts, each with its own police force headed by a Chief Constable under authority of a local magistrate.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dukova |first1=Anastasia |title=To Preserve and Protect: Policing Colonial Brisbane |date=2020 |publisher=Queensland University Press |location=Brisbane |isbn=9780702260148 |page=56 |url=https://www.uqp.com.au/books/to-preserve-and-protect-policing-colonial-brisbane |access-date=18 May 2020 |archive-date=9 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609082831/https://www.uqp.com.au/books/to-preserve-and-protect-policing-colonial-brisbane |url-status=live }}</ref> The position of Inspector-General was abolished soon after it was established, in July 1860, and most of the operations of the police until 1863 reverted to the control of local police magistrates and justices.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dukova |first1=Anastasia |title=To Preserve and Protect: Policing Colonial Brisbane |date=2020 |publisher=University of Queensland Press |location=Brisbane |isbn=978-0-7022-6014-8 |page=4 |edition=1 |url=https://www.uqp.uq.edu.au/Book.aspx/1537/To%20Preserve%20and%20Protect-%20Policing%20Colonial%20Brisbane |access-date=21 February 2020 |archive-date=28 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200228114206/http://uqp.uq.edu.au/Book.aspx/1537/To%20Preserve%20and%20Protect-%20Policing%20Colonial%20Brisbane |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Roma Street Police Barracks in Brisbane 1883 (7960197828).jpg|left|thumb|Roma Street Police Station, 1883]]
The Queensland Police underwent a major reform in 1864 and the newly re-organised force commenced operations with approximately 143 employees under the command the first Commissioner of Police, [[David Thompson Seymour]]. The service had four divisions: Metropolitan Police, Rural Police, Water Police, and [[Native Police]]. At the turn of the century there were 845 men and 135 [[Aboriginal tracker]]s at 256 stations in Queensland.

=== 1900s ===
In 1904 the Queensland Police started to use [[fingerprint]]ing in investigations. In the [[1912 Brisbane general strike]] the Queensland Police were used to suppress striking workers. The first female police officers, Ellen O'Donnell and Zara Dare, were inducted in March 1931 to assist in inquiries involving female suspects and prisoners.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71175137 |title=WOMAN'S WAYS |newspaper=[[The Worker (Brisbane)|Worker]] |volume=41 |issue=2073 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=28 January 1931 |access-date=20 January 2018 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520223823/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71175137 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23135986 |title=Woman Police Appointed. |newspaper=[[The Queenslander]] |location=Queensland, Australia |date=5 March 1931 |access-date=20 January 2018 |page=45 |via=National Library of Australia |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520223824/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23135986 |url-status=live }}</ref> Following [[World War II]] a number of technological innovations were adopted including [[radio]] for communication within Queensland and between state departments. By 1950 the Service had a staff of 2,030 police officers, 10 women police and 30 trackers. In February 1951, a central communication room was established at the Criminal Investigation Branch in Brisbane.<ref name="police.qld.gov.au">{{Cite web |title=Policing Queensland timeline 1864 - 2014 |url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/museum/policing-queensland-timeline-1864-2014 |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=www.police.qld.gov.au |archive-date=4 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604181640/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/museum/policing-queensland-timeline-1864-2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== 1960s and 1970s ===
On 14 May 1963, the Juvenile Aid Bureau was established.<ref name="police.qld.gov.au"/> In 1965 female officers were given the same powers as male officers. The Queensland Police Academy at Oxley, [[Brisbane]], was completed in 1972. Bicycles were phased out in 1975 and more [[automobile|cars]] and [[motorcycle]]s were put into service. The Air Wing also became operational in 1975 following the purchase of two single-engine aircraft.

=== 1980s ===
The decade was a turbulent period in Queensland's political history. Allegations of high-level [[political corruption|corruption]] in both the Queensland Police and State Government led to a judicial inquiry presided over by [[Tony Fitzgerald (judge)|Tony Fitzgerald]]. The [[Fitzgerald Inquiry]] which ran from July 1987 to July 1989 led to charges being laid against many long-serving police, including Jack Herbert, Licensing Branch Sergeant Harry Burgess, Assistant Commissioner Graeme Parker<ref name="Whitton">{{cite news |first = Evan |last=Whitton |author-link=Evan Whitton|title=When the Sunshine State set up a scoundrel trap |url = http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21714244-28737,00.html|work=[[The Australian]] |date = 12 May 2007 |access-date=14 May 2007 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070517055606/http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21714244-28737,00.html |archive-date=17 May 2007}}</ref> and Commissioner [[Terry Lewis (Queensland)|Terry Lewis]]. Lewis was jailed and served ten and a half years.

The Fitzgerald Inquiry also led to a [[perjury]] trial against former Premier [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen]], which ended with a [[hung jury]]. The Director of Public Prosecutions elected not to pursue a retrial due to Bjelke-Petersen's age and health. It was later revealed that the jury foreman for the trial was a member of the [[Young Nationals (Australia)|Young Nationals]] and identified with the 'friends of Joh' movement.

The [[Criminal Justice Commission (Australia)|Criminal Justice Commission]] was established in 1989 by the ''Queensland Criminal Justice Act 1989'', following widespread corruption amongst high-level Queensland politicians and police officers being uncovered in the Fitzgerald Inquiry. It has since merged in 2002 with the [[Queensland Crime Commission]] to form the [[Crime and Corruption Commission|Crime and Misconduct Commission]]. The Criminal Justice Commission was responsible for significant research into the Queensland Police Service.

A new [[computer]]ised message switching system was put into use throughout Queensland in 1980. At the time it was one of the most effective police communication systems in Australia.

=== 1990s ===
The ''Police Powers and Procedures Act 1997'' was passed by the Queensland Government on 1 July 1997 and took effect 6 April 1998. Law enforcement equipment introduced in the 1990s include [[Pepper spray|oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray]], the [[Smith & Wesson]] revolver firearm and later the [[Glock]] semi-automatic pistol, the long 26" baton to the 21" extendable baton, and linked to hinged [[handcuffs]] in 1998, and Light Detection and Ranging ([[LIDAR]]) laser-based detection devices and an Integrated Traffic Camera System in 1999 to enforce traffic [[speed limit]]s.

=== 2000s ===
The ''Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000''<ref>{{cite web|title=Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000|url=https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/legisltn/current/p/policepowresa00.pdf|publisher=Queensland State Government|access-date=14 March 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312140202/http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/LEGISLTN/CURRENT/P/PolicePowResA00.pdf|archive-date=12 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> came into force in July 2000 which consolidated the majority of police powers into one Act. The Queensland Police contributed to the national [[CrimTrac]] system and the National Automated Fingerprint Identification System ([[NAFIS]]), established in 2000. The ''Crime and Misconduct Act 2001'' commenced 1 January 2002 and redefined the responsibilities of the Service and the [[Crime and Corruption Commission|Crime and Misconduct Commission]] (CMC) with respect to the management of complaints. The CMC also has a witness protection function.<ref>''[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/cama2001191/s56.html Crime And Misconduct Act 2001 - Section 56] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212231953/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/cama2001191/s56.html |date=12 February 2012 }}''. Queensland Consolidated Acts. Retrieved on 4 July 2011.</ref> The CMC has investigative powers, not ordinarily available to the Queensland Police, for the purposes of enabling the commission to effectively investigate particular cases of major crime.<ref name="sect5">[http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/cama2001191/s5.html Crime And Misconduct Act 2001 - Section 5] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212231752/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/cama2001191/s5.html |date=12 February 2012 }}''. Queensland Consolidated Acts. Retrieved on 4 July 2011.''</ref> The CMC also has the power to investigate cases of misconduct in the Queensland public sector, particularly the more serious cases of misconduct.<ref name="sect5"/> In 2013, the CMC became the [[Crime and Corruption Commission]].

In 2002 there were 8,367 police officers (20.2% female) and 2,925 staff members at 321 stations, 40 Police Beat shopfronts and 21 Neighbourhood Police Beats throughout the state.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} By 2004 the Service had grown to 9,003 police officers (21.8% female) and 2,994 other staff members.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}} As at 30 June 2016 there were 11,971 police officers (26.3% female) and 2,794 other staff members.<ref>{{cite web| title =QPS 2007-2008 Annual Report| publisher =Queensland Police Service| date =30 June 2008| url =http://www.police.qld.gov.au/services/reportsPublications/annualReport/0708.htm| format =PDf| access-date =1 February 2009| url-status =live| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090118200459/http://www.police.qld.gov.au/services/reportsPublications/annualReport/0708.htm| archive-date =18 January 2009| df =dmy-all}}</ref>

The [[Taser]] conducted electrical weapon (CEW) was trialled by some officers in 2006 and was eventually issued in 2009. In mid-2007, approximately 5,000 officers participated in the Pride in Policing march through [[Brisbane]].

===2010s===
In 2013 following a change in [[Newman Ministry|government]], another government department named the Public Safety Business Agency was created. This was following a recommendation of the [[Mick Keelty|Keelty]] review into police and community safety operations.<ref>{{cite web|title=Report into the Public Safety Business Agency (PSBA) tabled in Queensland Parliament today|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2016/2/17/report-into-the-public-safety-business-agency-psba-tabled-in-queensland-parliament-today|website=Queensland Government media statenents|publisher=State of Queensland|access-date=4 January 2018|date=17 February 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222171826/http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2016/2/17/report-into-the-public-safety-business-agency-psba-tabled-in-queensland-parliament-today/|archive-date=22 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Human resources, information technology and other divisions were transferred from the Service and other departments to the new agency. In mid-2016, some services were moved back to the Service. Eight geographic regions (Far Northern, Northern, Central, North Coast, Metropolitan North, Metropolitan South, Southern, and South Eastern) was reduced to five (Northern, Central, Southern, Brisbane, South Eastern). Some statewide functions and administrative divisions were also adjusted.

Following the [[G20]] political forum, the Service created its third [[unit citation]]. The other two [[Queensland Honours]] citations were the '[[2010–2011 Queensland Flood and Cyclone Citation|flood and cyclone]]' (2011) and the 'QP150' (2014) for the Service's sesquicentennial year.

The Queensland Police marked 150 years of service to the State of Queensland on 1 January 2014.

In 2015 the Commissioner approved officers and staff members to march in the [[Brisbane Pride Festival]] as part of showing organisational diversity, and accessibility of policing services to the [[Intersex and LGBT|LGBTI]] communities.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Atfield|first1=Cameron|title=Uniformed Queensland police to march in Brisbane Pride for the first time|url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/uniformed-queensland-police-to-march-in-brisbane-pride-for-the-first-time-20150829-gjaq42.html|access-date=4 January 2018|agency=Brisbane Times|date=29 August 2015|location=Brisbane, Queensland, Australia|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104132536/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/uniformed-queensland-police-to-march-in-brisbane-pride-for-the-first-time-20150829-gjaq42.html|archive-date=4 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===2020s===
In February 2020, an organisational restructure was announced;<ref>{{cite web |title=New Police Strategic Review gives Regional Queensland enhanced priority |url=https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/89328 |website=Queensland Government media statements |publisher=The State of Queensland (Department of the Premier and Cabinet)Queensland Police Service |access-date=5 October 2020 |date=12 February 2020 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008040755/https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/89328 |url-status=live }}</ref> but a month later, staffing then being diverted to support the health response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], including border closures, and maintaining quarantine hotels.<ref>{{cite news |last1=CROCKFORD |first1=Toby |last2=LYNCH |first2=Lydia |title=One in 10 Queensland police officers reassigned to COVID-19 duties |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/one-in-10-queensland-police-officers-reassigned-to-covid-19-duties-20200728-p55g4k.html |access-date=5 October 2020 |publisher=Brisbane Times |date=28 July 2020 |archive-date=27 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927135549/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/one-in-10-queensland-police-officers-reassigned-to-covid-19-duties-20200728-p55g4k.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  Early in 2021, due to two separate incidents, a new 'Youth Crime Taskforce' was formed under an assistant commissioner,<ref>{{cite news |last1=ZILLMAN |first1=Stephanie |title=Queensland police charge man with murder over fatal Townsville crash as youth crime taskforce announced |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-08/qld-police-taskforce-youth-crime-response-man-charged-murder/13131572 |access-date=28 February 2021 |agency=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=8 February 2021 |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302112547/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-08/qld-police-taskforce-youth-crime-response-man-charged-murder/13131572 |url-status=live }}</ref> and another section was elevated to command level to become the Domestic, Family Violence and Vulnerable Persons Command.<ref>{{cite web |title=Driving a strategic response to DFV |url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2021/06/04/driving-a-strategic-response-to-dfv-policing-domestic-and-family-violence/ |website=myPolice |publisher=The State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service) |access-date=19 August 2022 |date=4 June 2021 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819110706/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2021/06/04/driving-a-strategic-response-to-dfv-policing-domestic-and-family-violence/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

A [[Public inquiry|commission of inquiry]] was created in May 2022 to examine policing responses to domestic and family violence prevention, with an August appearance of Commissioner Carroll.<ref name=ABC20220818>{{cite news |last1=JONES |first1=Ciara |title=Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll questioned at inquiry over senior officers' misogynistic comments |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-18/dfv-inquiry-qld-police-commissioner-carroll-misogynistic/101343216 |access-date=19 August 2022 |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=19 August 2022 |archive-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818192917/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-18/dfv-inquiry-qld-police-commissioner-carroll-misogynistic/101343216 |url-status=live }}</ref>  The commission was told of a lack of staffing of the Domestic, Family Violence and Vulnerable Persons Command compared to other areas, of discrimination within the organisation,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Cait |last2=Kelly (earlier) |first2=Cait |date=2022-11-21 |title=Queensland police domestic violence inquiry final report handed down – as it happened |language=en-GB |work=the Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2022/nov/21/queensland-qld-police-service-final-report-commission-of-inquiry-responses-domestic-and-family-violence-dv-qps-culture-commissioner-katarina-carroll |access-date=2023-04-23 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519234604/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2022/nov/21/queensland-qld-police-service-final-report-commission-of-inquiry-responses-domestic-and-family-violence-dv-qps-culture-commissioner-katarina-carroll |url-status=live }}</ref> and of senior officers' racist and misogynistic behaviour.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-11-21 |title=Inquiry's damning findings 'rips bandaid off' Queensland police culture of 'fear and silence' |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/qld-police-domestic-violence-commission-inquiry-report-release/101677316 |access-date=2023-04-23 |archive-date=24 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424010943/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-21/qld-police-domestic-violence-commission-inquiry-report-release/101677316 |url-status=live }}</ref>  A deputy commissioner resigned the next day.<ref>{{cite news |last1=JURSS-LEWIS |first1=Tobias |title=Queensland Police's Deputy Commissioner Paul Taylor resigns after evidence heard at inquiry into domestic violence and police responses |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-19/qld-deputy-commissioner-paul-taylor-resigns-police-inquiry/101352508 |access-date=19 August 2022 |work=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |date=18 August 2022 |archive-date=19 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819064644/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-19/qld-deputy-commissioner-paul-taylor-resigns-police-inquiry/101352508 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2022, following a review by State Disaster Co-ordinator Steve Gollschewski, it was announced that the [[Queensland Fire and Emergency Services]] (QFES) would be dissolved in June 2024, resulting in the largest reform of emergency services in Queensland since 1990. The Queensland Fire and Rescue Service along with the Rural Fire Service would form the Queensland Fire Department, with a new central headquarters.<ref name="Split">{{cite web |title=QFES, SES To Split Up |url=https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2022/10/27/qfes-ses-to-split-up/ |website=southburnett.com.au |access-date=17 February 2024 |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517060958/https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2022/10/27/qfes-ses-to-split-up/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="QFD">{{cite web |title=New Fire Department to call Albion home in 2025 |url=https://www.miragenews.com/new-fire-department-to-call-albion-home-in-2025-1173585/ |website=miragenews.com |access-date=17 February 2024 |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519234603/https://www.miragenews.com/new-fire-department-to-call-albion-home-in-2025-1173585/ |url-status=live }}</ref> On 1 July 2024 the 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.<ref name="Split"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Disaster and Emergency Services Reform |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/emergency/disaster-and-emergency-services-reform#:~:text=Bringing%20together%20Australian%20Volunteer%20Coast,in%20our%20oceans%20and%20waterways. |website=qld.gov.au |access-date=17 February 2024 |archive-date=17 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217062753/https://www.qld.gov.au/emergency/disaster-and-emergency-services-reform#:~:text=Bringing%20together%20Australian%20Volunteer%20Coast,in%20our%20oceans%20and%20waterways. |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Criticisms ==
The Queensland Police Special Bureau was formed on 30 July 1940 and renamed [[Special Branch]] on 7 April 1948. It was criticised for being used for political purposes by the [[Joh Bjelke-Petersen|Bjelke-Petersen]] government in the 1970s and 1980s, such as enforcing laws against protests (sometimes outnumbering the protesters or using [[Agent provocateur|provocateurs]] to incite violence so the protesters could be arrested<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/the-making-of-civil-liberties/story-e6freow6-1111114629112 |title = The making of civil liberties |publisher = Courier-Mail |date = 13 October 2007 |access-date = 25 March 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160806082503/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/the-making-of-civil-liberties/story-e6freow6-1111114629112 |archive-date = 6 August 2016 |url-status = live |df = dmy-all }}</ref>) and investigating and harassing political opponents.<ref name="BT2010">{{cite news|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/inside-queenslands-spy-unit-20100406-rpbg.html|title=Inside Queensland's spy unit|last=Hurst|first=Daniel|date=7 April 2010|work=[[Brisbane Times]]|access-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115064158/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/inside-queenslands-spy-unit-20100406-rpbg.html|archive-date=15 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> It was disbanded in 1989 following a recommendation by the [[Fitzgerald Inquiry]] into [[police corruption]].<ref name="BT2010" /> Special Branch records were shredded.<ref name="BT2010" />

In 1991, an arrest was recorded by journalist Chris Reason on live TV. In the video, a plain clothes officer and other officers are seen restraining a man and putting him in the back of a car. The man was reportedly an international criminal from Europe but it was later found to be some one else. This was an embarrassment for the QPS and it came to be known as '[[Democracy Manifest]]'.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.smh.com.au/national/this-is-democracy-manifest-mystery-star-of-viral-video-found-at-last-20200307-p547vr.html|title = 'This is democracy manifest': Mystery star of viral video found at last|date = 8 March 2020|access-date = 18 July 2021|archive-date = 18 July 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210718095630/https://www.smh.com.au/national/this-is-democracy-manifest-mystery-star-of-viral-video-found-at-last-20200307-p547vr.html|url-status = live}}</ref>

In 1994 six police officers, becoming known as the '[[Pinkenba Six]]', took three Aboriginal boys from Fortitude Valley and left them at Pinkenba as an unofficial way to punish the boys for suspected offences. The police officers were charged with abduction but were subsequently acquitted in court; the police service put them on twelve months probation for their errors of judgement.<ref name="markellis">{{cite news |url=http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/one-nation-candidate-mark-ellis-receives-death-threats-over-controversial-past/news-story/d91297ab608a1ea532446d570f9d608a |title=One Nation candidate Mark Ellis receives death threats over controversial past |work=news.com.au |publisher=News Limited |access-date=9 June 2017 |date=26 April 2017 |first=Charis |last=Chang |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528170337/http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/one-nation-candidate-mark-ellis-receives-death-threats-over-controversial-past/news-story/d91297ab608a1ea532446d570f9d608a |archive-date=28 May 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

The Service has been accused of [[institutional racism]] after its fierce support of Senior Sergeant [[Chris Hurley (police officer)|Chris Hurley]] who stood trial for the 2004 assault and manslaughter of [[Mulrunji Doomadgee]]. Senior Sergeant Hurley was initially subject of a Coronial Inquest by Coroner Christine Clements where he was found to have a case to answer despite conflicting medical evidence. The Director of Public Prosecutions [[Leanne Clare]] refused to place Senior Sergeant Hurley on trial for lack of evidence. After reviewing the evidence the [[Crime and Corruption Commission|Crime and Misconduct Commission]] (CMC) also found that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute for wrongdoing.<ref>
{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/beattie-defends-palm-island-role/2007/06/21/1182019245725.html
 |title       = Beattie defends Palm Island role
 |publisher   = Brisbane Times
 |date        = 21 June 2007
 |access-date  = 15 December 2013
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225933/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/beattie-defends-palm-island-role/2007/06/21/1182019245725.html
 |archive-date = 23 September 2015
 |df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref> The Queensland Attorney General [[Kerry Shine]] ordered a review despite advice from the State Solicitor-General Walter Sofronoff QC highlighting the lack of evidence. A review by New South Wales Former Chief Justice Sir [[Laurence Street]] found there was a case to answer. Senior Sergeant Hurley was found not guilty by a jury in the Townsville Supreme Court and the findings of the Coronial Inquest were subsequently overturned by the Queensland District Court. The District Court ruled that Coroner's finding '...was against the weight of the evidence'.<ref>
{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.missionandjustice.org/judge-overturns-mulrunji-doomadgee-death-finding/
 |title       = Judge overturns Mulrunji Doomadgee death finding
 |publisher   = ABC
 |date        = 19 December 2008
 |access-date  = 15 December 2013
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131215102943/http://www.missionandjustice.org/judge-overturns-mulrunji-doomadgee-death-finding/
 |archive-date = 15 December 2013
 |df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref>

Also in 2006 and 2008 footage was caught of police beating homeless men after they were pinned to the ground.<ref>
{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2008/s2310064.htm
 |title       = Queensland police caught on camera
 |publisher   = ABC
 |date        = 21 July 2008
 |access-date  = 11 May 2010
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100528071207/http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2008/s2310064.htm
 |archive-date = 28 May 2010
 |df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref><ref>
{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/22/2310407.htm?site=news
 |title       = Caught on camera: Qld Police punching homeless man
 |publisher   = ABC
 |date        = 22 July 2009
 |access-date  = 11 May 2010
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110207095814/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/22/2310407.htm?site=news
 |archive-date = 7 February 2011
 |df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref> It came a year after a report by organisations including the Queensland Council of Social Service (QCOSS) and community groups such as the Red Cross, which detailed widespread harassment by police of the socially vulnerable. Approximately 75% of interviewees made such claims, but the report was ignored by the government. Police Minister Judy Spence said of the report
'At a cursory glance, it looks like a compendium of views from nameless, homeless people'.<ref>{{cite news
 |url         = http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=273204
 |title       = Qld police 'persecute poor, indigenous'
 |publisher   = Ninemsn
 |date        = 14 June 2007
 |access-date  = 11 May 2010
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120929211929/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=273204
 |archive-date = 29 September 2012
 |df          = dmy-all
}}</ref>

In 2008, the CMC investigated an officer after he used a Taser on a restrained teenage girl at South Bank,<ref>
{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/police-quietly-subdued-girl-before-she-was-tasered/2009/03/07/1235842704344.html
 |title       = Officer 'quietly' subdued girl before she was tasered
 |publisher   = Brisbane Times
 |date        = 7 March 2009
 |access-date  = 11 May 2010
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090412074509/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/police-quietly-subdued-girl-before-she-was-tasered/2009/03/07/1235842704344.html
 |archive-date = 12 April 2009
 |df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref> but recommended the officer only receive 'managerial guidance'. The incident was also against police policy to use tasers on minors. Police later charged the girl with breaching a move on order, but the case was thrown out with the magistrate criticising police's over-reaction.<ref>
{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/cmc-critical-of-officer-over-taser-incident/2009/03/04/1235842479883.html
 |title       = CMC critical of officer over Taser incident
 |publisher   = Brisbane Times
 |date        = 4 March 2009
 |access-date  = 11 May 2010
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20090505173231/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/cmc-critical-of-officer-over-taser-incident/2009/03/04/1235842479883.html
 |archive-date = 5 May 2009
 |df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref> A subsequent inquiry by the CMC into the use of the TASER by the Queensland Police Service found there was no systemic abuse of the device by officers, despite the chairman saying the incident 'showed a concerning pattern within QPS towards the handling of policing incidents'. CCTV video footage was released, delayed by possible civil action, showing the girl lashing out and kicking the officer, knocking the Taser out of his holster before he used it as she was held on the ground by two security guards.<ref>
{{cite news
 |url         = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dasbpCBU0hI
 |title       = 16 year old girl tasered in South Bank
 |publisher   = Youtube
 |date        = 6 March 2009
 |access-date  = 11 April 2011
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202101352/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dasbpCBU0hI
 |archive-date = 2 February 2014
 |df          = dmy-all
}}</ref>

In June 2009 a man died after allegedly being tasered by Queensland police 28 times. The policeman in question claimed the deceased was tasered a much lower number of times, suggesting the device was making erroneous readings.<ref>
{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/18/2601290.htm
 |title       = Taser death: stun gun fired 28 times
 |publisher   = ABC
 |date        = 18 June 2009
 |access-date  = 11 May 2010
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100501212740/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/18/2601290.htm
 |archive-date = 1 May 2010
 |df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref> The coronial inquest later found this not to be the case, and that the officer tasered the man 28 times for up to five seconds at a time.<ref>{{cite news
 |url         = http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2012/11/14/10/01/qld-taser-inquest-findings-to-be-released
 |title       = Qld man not killed by Taser: coroner
 |publisher   = ABC
 |date        = 14 November 2012
 |access-date  = 20 October 2013
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20130103123630/http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2012/11/14/10/01/qld-taser-inquest-findings-to-be-released
 |archive-date = 3 January 2013
 |df          = dmy-all
}}</ref>

In early 2010 searches were made by the CMC (Crime and Misconduct Commission) on police stations in Queensland.<ref>
{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/09/2813849.htm
 |title       = Police corruption fit for Hollywood
 |publisher   = ABC News
 |date        = 9 February 2010
 |access-date  = 11 May 2010
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20100419233904/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/09/2813849.htm
 |archive-date = 19 April 2010
 |df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref> The results of the searches and interrogations of police officers are being kept confidential, but come less than a year after a CMC report claiming:

:the evidence revealed an attitude on the part of a not insignificant number of police officers, and their supervisors, that it was acceptable to act in ways that ignored legislative and QPS policy requirements, that were improper, and in some cases were dishonest and unlawful. Based on past experiences, the CMC had no confidence that the attitudes of those police officers would change without the pressure of public exposure.

The CMC report focused on police corruption, and not [[police brutality]] that accounted for ten times as many complaints in [[Surfers Paradise, Queensland|Surfers Paradise]] – 130 reports to 13 in the 18 months to March 2010.<ref>
{{cite news
 |url         = http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/gold-coast-police-are-the-most-complained-about/story-e6freoof-1225841126220
 |title       = Gold Coast police are the most complained about
 |publisher   = The Courier-Mail
 |date        = 15 March 2010
 |access-date  = 11 May 2010
 |url-status     = live
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120316125751/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/gold-coast-police-are-the-most-complained-about/story-e6freoof-1225841126220
 |archive-date = 16 March 2012
 |df          = dmy-all
}}
</ref>

In 2016 several human rights organisations signed an open letter calling for a public investigation the Queensland Police Service, and for preventative measures to be implemented against police abuse.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Queensland police video: Rights organisations demand public independent investigation as police begin internal one |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/queensland-police-video-rights-organisations-demand-public-independent-investigation-as-police-begin-internal-one/zf4qt04w1 |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=NITV |language=en |archive-date=23 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423234629/https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/queensland-police-video-rights-organisations-demand-public-independent-investigation-as-police-begin-internal-one/zf4qt04w1 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Queensland police were criticised for using excessive force against protesters in 2021.

Arising from an earlier Women's Safety and Justice Taskforce, in May 2022 a [[Public inquiry|commission of inquiry]] was announced to examine policing responses to domestic and family violence prevention, with possible systemic cultural issues within the organisation, and whether there was the capability, capacity, and structure to respond to the violence.<ref>{{cite web |title=Commission of Inquiry to examine Queensland Police Service responses to domestic and family violence |url=https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/95126 |website=The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory: Media statements |publisher=The State of Queensland |access-date=8 July 2022 |date=11 May 2022 |archive-date=7 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707164229/https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/95126 |url-status=live }}</ref>  Giving evidence in August 2022, Police Commissioner Carroll accepted 'there was a problem within QPS with misogynistic and disrespectful views towards women affecting how police officers responded to domestic and family violence'.<ref name="ABC20220818" /> In October 2022, there were calls for reforms and deeper investigations into Queensland police by figures such as Opposition MP [[David Crisafulli]] and human rights activist [[Gracelyn Smallwood]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-10-07 |title=Call for 'huge clean out' of Queensland Police Service in wake of 'horrific' racism allegations |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-07/qld-police-commission-inquiry-sexism-racism-misconduct/101510708 |access-date=2023-04-23 |archive-date=23 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230423234628/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-07/qld-police-commission-inquiry-sexism-racism-misconduct/101510708 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Regions ==
[[File:Police officers of Queensland Police Service, on the beat, in Brisbane Australia.jpg|thumb|Officers on patrol in [[Brisbane]]]]
Between 1991 and 2013 there were eight geographic regions (Far Northern, Northern, Central, North Coast, Metropolitan North, Metropolitan South, Southern, and South Eastern), three commands (State Crime Operations, Operations Support, and Ethical Standards), and four divisions (Human Resources, Finance, Administration, and Information Management).

As of 2017, there are seven police regions and eight commands in the State of Queensland, each under command of an [[Assistant commissioner (police)|assistant commissioner]]. By 2020, there were four administrative areas, each overseen by a [[deputy commissioner]] organizing the respective regions and commands as such: Regional Operations (Northern, Central, Brisbane, Southern, and South Eastern), Specialist Operations (Community Contact Command, Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and Major Events Command, Operations Support Command, State Crime Command, Road Policing Command, and Commonwealth Games Group), and Strategy, Policy and Performance (Crime and Corruption Commission Police Group, Ethical Standards Command, Legal Division, Organisational Capability Command, and People Capability Command).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-02-12 |title=New Deputy Commissioners announced |url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2020/02/12/new-deputy-commissioners-announced/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=Queensland Police News |language=en-AU |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517024817/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/news/2020/02/12/new-deputy-commissioners-announced/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  The regions were further divided into districts and further still into divisions. A new government department, the Public Safety Business Agency, existed from 2013 to 2021 which took over the portfolios of human resources, finance, administration, education and training, and information technology).

By 2023, with the announced incorporation of the Disaster & Emergency Management into the QPS from the [[Queensland Fire and Emergency Services]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Anne |date=2022-10-27 |title=QFES, SES To Split Up |url=https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2022/10/27/qfes-ses-to-split-up/ |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=southburnett.com.au |language=en-AU |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517060958/https://southburnett.com.au/news2/2022/10/27/qfes-ses-to-split-up/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the QPS Organisation Structure took on the following form:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-03/QPS-Structure-27-Feb-2023.pdf |title=ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE 27 FEBRUARY 2023 |access-date=2023-05-17 |website=www.police.qld.gov.au |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517030706/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-03/QPS-Structure-27-Feb-2023.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

* '''Regional Operations'''
** Far Northern Region
** Northern Region
** Central Region
** North Coast Region
** Brisbane Region
** South Eastern Region
** Southern Region
* '''Regional Services'''
** Operations Support Command
** Road Policing and Regional Support Command
** Domestic, Family Violence and Vulnerable Persons Command
** People Capability Command
** Communications, Culture and Engagement Division
* '''Strategy and Corporate Services'''
** Finance Services Division
** Frontline and Digital Services
** Human Resources Division
** Health, Safety and Wellbeing Division
** Organisational Capability Command
** Policy and Performance Division
* '''Specialist Operations'''
** Crime and Intelligence Command
** Crime and Corruption Commission Police Group
** Security and Counter-Terrorism Command
** Legal Division
** Ethical Standards Command
** Internal Audit
** Chief Risk Officer
** Youth Crime Task Force
*'''Disaster and Emergency Management'''
**Reform Implementation Task Force
**State Disaster Coordinator
**Disaster Response and Management
**Olympic Games Group
*'''State Discipline'''
*'''Special Coordinator – Police and Emergency Services Reform'''

== Ranks and structure ==

{{See also|Australian police ranks}}
[[File:Queensland_Police_Officer_in_uniform.jpg|thumb|A Queensland Police officer in standard uniform]]
The Queensland Police Service has two classes of uniformed personnel: police officers ('sworn' and 'unsworn'),{{efn|Each state legislation defines the organisational structure and terms.  In Queensland, employees are either police officers, staff members, or police recruits, collectively referred to as 'members of the Service'.  The Police Service Administration Regulation 1990 provides an oath of office ('sworn') and affirmation of office ('unsworn'). The latter caters for a variety of police officers including those who do not have religious beliefs.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}}} and staff members (public servants, including police liaison officers, watchhouse officers, protective services officers and pipes and drums musicians). Both classes wear the same blue uniform with shoulder patches.  

As of 2015 all police officer rank insignia changed to an 'ink blue' background with insignia embroidered in white. There has been the addition of a 'recognition of service' horizontal bar between rank insignia and the words 'Queensland Police' for officers who have been on rank for a particular length of time. This 'recognition of service' is only for the ranks from senior constable to senior sergeant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=QPS Ranks |url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/rank-insignia |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=www.police.qld.gov.au |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520223914/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/rank-insignia |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2023 the rank of chief inspector was reintroduced into the Service.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McMeniman |first=Senior Constable Rebecca |date=2023-02-23 |title=Retirement of Chief Inspector Anthony Graham |url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/2023/02/23/retirement-of-chief-inspector-anthony-graham/ |access-date=2023-06-24 |website=Sunshine Coast |language=en-AU |archive-date=24 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230624103233/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/sunshinecoast/2023/02/23/retirement-of-chief-inspector-anthony-graham/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |date=2 August 2024 |title=MSM Issue 53.1 Public Edition |url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-08/MSM-ch.12-Code-of-Dress-and-Appearance.pdf |access-date=19 August 2024 |website=Queensland Police Service}}</ref>  

Rank insignia is worn only by uniformed officers. Prior to mid-2009, only officers at the rank of inspector and above (commissioned officers) had the words 'Queensland Police' embroidered on their [[epaulette]]s, however new uniform mandates saw the introduction of the words 'Queensland Police' on all epaulettes issued to police officers after this date. The epaulettes of commissioned officers are significantly larger than the epaulettes of lesser ranks. Different salary bands apply within the same rank commensurate with years of service. Officers relieving at a higher rank temporarily wear the epaulettes of the higher rank.

Police [[Army recruit|recruits]] wear a light blue epaulette with embroidered 'POLICE RECRUIT'.  

Police recruits undertaking the PACE program wear a dark blue epaulette with no embroided text.  

Police officers and other members may be eligible to wear [[Queensland Honours|Queensland]] and [[Australian honours system|Australian]] honours.

=== Constable ranks ===
* [[Constable]] (plain blue)
** Special Constable (plain blue with text "Special Constable")<ref name=":11" />
* Senior Constable (two embroidered chevrons)
** Leading Senior Constable (title; two embroidered chevrons with two bars underneath)

=== Sergeant ranks ===
* [[Sergeant]] (three embroidered chevrons)
* [[Senior sergeant|Senior Sergeant]] (embroidered crown with laurels)

=== Commissioned ranks ===
* [[Inspector]] (three pips)
** [[Chief inspector|Chief Inspector]] (one crown) (re-introduced as a title in 2023)
* [[Superintendent (police)|Superintendent]] (one crown and one pip)
* [[Chief superintendent|Chief Superintendent]] (one crown and two pips)
* [[Assistant commissioner (police)|Assistant Commissioner]] (crossed tipstaves with laurels)
* [[Deputy commissioner|Deputy Commissioner]] (one pip and crossed tipstaves with laurels)
* [[Police commissioner|Commissioner]] (one crown and crossed tipstaves with laurels)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
| colspan="8" |'''Recruits, Constables, & Sergeants<ref name=":11" />'''
|-
|Recruit
|Recruit 
(PACE Program)
|Special 

Constable
|<small>[[Constable]]</small>||<small>Senior<br /> Constable</small>||<small>Leading Senior<br /> Constable</small>||<small>[[Sergeant]]</small>||<small>Senior<br />Sergeant</small>
|-
|[[File:QPSRecruit2024.png|frameless|102x102px]]
|[[File:QPSPACERecruit2024.png|frameless|108x108px]]
|[[File:QPSSpecialConstable2024.png|frameless|123x123px]]
|[[File:QPSConstable2024.png|frameless|123x123px]]||[[File:QPSSeniorConstable2024.png|frameless|125x125px]][[File:QPSSeniorConstableExperienceBar2024.png|frameless|142x142px]]||[[File:QPSLeadingSeniorConstable2024.png|frameless|121x121px]]||[[File:QPSSergeant2024.png|frameless|116x116px]][[File:QPS Sergean Experience Bar 2024.png|frameless|130x130px]]||[[File:QPS Senior Sergeant 2024.png|frameless|116x116px]][[File:QPSSeniorSergeantExperienceBar2024.png|frameless|121x121px]]
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
| colspan="7" |'''Commissioned Officers<ref name=":11" />'''
|-
|<small>[[Inspector]]</small>
|<small>[[Chief inspector|Chief]]</small> <small>[[Chief inspector|Inspector]]</small>
|<small>[[Superintendent (police)|Superintendent]]</small>||<small>Chief<br /> Superintendent</small>||<small>Assistant<br /> Commissioner</small>||<small>Deputy<br /> Commissioner</small>||<small>[[Police Commissioner|Commissioner]]</small>
|-
|[[File:QPSInspector2024.png|frameless|111x111px]]
|[[File:QPSChiefInspector2024.png|frameless|113x113px]]||[[File:QPSSuperintendent2024.png|frameless|112x112px]]||[[File:QPSChiefSuperintendent2024.png|frameless|113x113px]]||[[File:QPSAssistantCommissioner2024.png|frameless|113x113px]]||[[File:QPSDeputyCommissioner2024.png|frameless|116x116px]]||[[File:QPSCommissioner2024.png|frameless|117x117px]]
|}

=== Staff member epaulettes ===

Several staff member roles wear a uniform similar to police officers. 

In 2016 the State Government Protective Security Service (SGPSS), then under the Department of Public Works, was transferred to the Queensland Police Service and renamed the Protective Services Group. Protective services officers are sworn or affirmed{{efn|Protective services officers swear a different oath or make a different affirmation than that made by sworn or affirmed police officers, under Part 2 of the Police Service Administration Regulation 2016.}} staff members, and wear an ink-navy shirt with a maroon-coloured police shoulder patch with 'Protective Services' above it, and maroon epaulettes.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Protective Services Group |url=https://www.protectiveservicesgroup.qld.gov.au/about/Pages/default.aspx |website=Protective Services Group |publisher=The State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service) |access-date=25 May 2022 |archive-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820063912/https://www.protectiveservicesgroup.qld.gov.au/about/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

Staff member uniform includes: 

* assistant watchhouse officers (grey epaulettes stating 'watchhouse officer') 
* pipes and drums musicians (hard board epaulettes and with pipes and drums wording)
* police liaison officer (PLO)  (yellow epaulettes with embroidered 'POLICE LIAISON OFFICER' or 'SENIOR POLICE LIAISON OFFICER'; a 'Police Liaison Officer' hat badge, with a [[Sillitoe tartan|yellow-chequered]] hat band)
* protective services officer (maroon epaulettes with embroidered 'PROTECTIVE SERVICES' and 'PROTECTIVE SERVICES OFFICER' OR 'SENIOR PROTECTIVE SERVICES OFFICER'. Additionally, horizontal white bars indicate the officer's public service pay grade.)
* Torres Strait Island police liaison officer (green/white/blue epaulettes with embroidered 'TORRES STRAIT ISLAND POLICE LIAISON OFFICER' and rank) 

Chaplains, whilst not employed by the Service, wear a uniform with purple epaulettes with embroidered 'POLICE CHAPLAIN'.<ref>{{cite web |title=Police farewell motto maven |url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/riverside/2021/12/17/police-farewell-motto-maven/ |website=myPolice |publisher=The State of Queensland (Queensland Police Service) |access-date=14 July 2024 |date=17 December 2021}}</ref>  

== Specialist areas ==
[[File:Police Bikes 2 (30738809600).jpg|thumb|Officers patrolling on bicycles]]
Officers must serve a minimum of three years in general duties before being permitted to serve in specialist areas such as:
* [[Child protection|Child Protection and Investigation Unit (CPIU)]], formerly the Juvenile Aid Bureau (JAB)
* [[Detective|Criminal Investigation Branch]] (CIB)
* [[Police dog|Dog Squad]]
* [[Explosive ordnance disposal|Explosive Ordnance Response Team]] (EORT)
* [[Motor-vehicle collision|Forensic Crash Unit]], formerly the Accident Investigation Squad (AIS), and before that, the Traffic Accident Investigation Squad (TAIS)
* [[Forensics|Forensic Services Branch]]
* [[Mounted police|Mounted]] Unit[[File:Brisbane Anti-Racism Protest - 6 June 2020 - AndrewMercer - DSC05433.jpg|alt=|thumb|[[Mounted Police]] at a protest (2020).]]
* Police [[Police prosecutor|Prosecutions]] Corps (PPC)
* [[Transit police|Railway Squad]]
* [[Scenes of Crime Officer|Scenes of Crime]]
* [[Special Emergency Response Team (Queensland)|Special Emergency Response Team]] (SERT)
* [[Livestock|Major and Organised Crime (Rural) (MOCS)]], formerly Stock and Regional Crime Investigation Squad (SARCIS), formerly the Stock Squad
* Taskforce Maxima (investigating, disrupting and dismantling outlaw motorcycle gangs)
* [[Traffic|Highway Patrol]], formerly road policing units (RPU), formerly Traffic Branch
* [[Intelligence analysis|Intelligence analyst]]
* [[Water police|Water Police]]
* [[Riot police|Public Safety Response Team]] (PSRT), including the [[Special Emergency Response Team (Queensland)#Mobile Response Capability|Mobile Response Capability]] (MRC)
* District Education and Training Office (DETO)
* [[Police Citizens Youth Club]] (PCYC)
* Tactical Crime Squad (TCS)
* Rapid Action and Patrol (RAP)
* [[Police aviation|{{Not a typo|Polair}}]], relating to helicopters and [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|remote pilotless aircraft]], separate to a police airwing which are [[Fixed-wing aircraft|fixed wing]] transport aircraft.

== Leadership ==
=== Commissioners ===
The following list chronologically records those who have held the post of Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Photo
!  Name || Post-nominals || Term began || Term ended || Notes
|-
|[[File:David Thompson Seymour, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|frameless|alt=|70px]]
| [[David Thompson Seymour]] || ||align=right| {{dts|1864}} ||align=right| {{dts|1895}} ||Commissioner Seymour established the detective force in 1864, one of the many reforms he undertook in his thirty-one years as Commissioner. He travelled extensively to the far reaches of the state and brought the concerns of his men to the Government. He was in charge of the [[Native Police]] throughout his tenure, a period in which around 40,000 Aboriginal people were estimated to be killed by this force.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=Raymond |title="I cannot say the numbers that were killed": Assessing Violent Mortality on the Queensland Frontier. |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2467836 |website=SSRN |year=2014 |ssrn=2467836 |access-date=4 April 2020 |archive-date=28 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328170751/https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2467836 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1879, some of these troopers were sent to Victoria to participate in the location of the Kelly gang. On retiring in 1895, Commissioner Seymour had increased police numbers from 275 to 907.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/facilities/museum/celebrate/Queensland-Police-Commissioners.htm|title=Queensland Police Commissioners|date=22 June 2017|website=[[Queensland Police Museum]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423045054/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/facilities/museum/celebrate/Queensland-Police-Commissioners.htm|archive-date=23 April 2019|url-status=live|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:William Edward Parry-Okeden, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
| [[William Parry-Okeden]] || ||align=right| {{dts|1895}} ||align=right| {{dts|1905}} ||Commissioner Parry-Okeden was responsible for many reforms during his ten-year tenure. He reorganised the force into seven districts, initiated the grades of Constable 1/c and Chief Inspector, oversaw the formation of the Criminal Investigation Branch, devised more appropriate country uniforms, introduced the use of police bicycles and established the Fingerprint Bureau.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:William Geoffrey Cahill, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
| [[William Geoffrey Cahill]] || ||align=right| {{dts|1905}} ||align=right| {{dts|1916}} ||Commissioner Cahill supervised a period of expansion and introduced reforms including free uniforms and a better pension scheme, as well as improved arms and ammunition. He established a police horse breeding site and improved training conditions, modernised the Criminal Investigation Branch and pushed for the closer supervision of liquor licensing and gambling.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:Frederic Charles Urquhart, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
| [[Frederic Charles Urquhart]] || ||align=right| {{dts|1917}} ||align=right| {{dts|1921}} ||Frederic Urquhart was the first sworn police officer to rise the rank of Commissioner. His tenure was punctuated by the flow-on effects of the First World War and subsequent industrial unrest. He pushed the Government for a closer approximation between police pay and the rates of industrial wages to slow the loss of men to other occupations. He oversaw the establishment of the Border Patrol during the 1919 Influenza Epidemic and was injured during police action against the 'Red Flag' rioters in Brisbane in the same year.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:Patrick Short, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
|[[Patrick Short (police commissioner)|Patrick Short]]||  ||align=right| {{dts|1921}} ||align=right| {{dts|1925}} ||Patrick Short was the first native born Queenslander to reach the rank of Commissioner. During his tenure he condensed the number of police districts from twelve to ten and oversaw changes to the 'Police Act' in regard to improving police pensions and family allowances. In 1924 Commissioner Short witnessed legislation which provided a system of appeal against promotions to members of the Queensland Police Union up to and including the rank of Senior Sergeant.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:William Harold Ryan, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
|[[William Harold Ryan]]||  ||align=right| {{dts|1925}} ||align=right| {{dts|1934}} ||Commissioner Ryan's tenure included a push for pay increases for all police officers. He established night duty bicycle patrols in the Metropolitan District and bought two motorised prison vans to replace the horse drawn 'Black Maria'. In 1931 Mr Ryan sanctioned the recruitment of the first two policewomen. He embraced motorisation of the force and at the end of his tenure there were thirteen motorcycles and three vehicles available for use across the state.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:Cecil James Carroll, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
|[[Cecil James Carroll]]||{{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|MVO|MC}} ||align=right| {{dts|1934}} ||align=right| {{dts|1949}} ||Commissioner Carroll introduced many reforms including qualifying examinations for promotion, an improved training system for recruits and a new Cadet system of admission. He approved the extensive renovation of police buildings and the opening of the Queensland Police Garage and the Police Welfare Club. Mr Carroll oversaw the establishment of a wireless radio station, the installation of radio receivers in police cars, the introduction of the 'modus operandi' recording system, the single fingerprint system, the Scientific Section and the Traffic Squad.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:John Smith, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
|[[John Smith (police commissioner)|John Smith]]||{{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|LVO}} ||align=right| {{dts|1949}} ||align=right| {{dts|1954}} ||Commissioner Smith oversaw the creation of the position of Deputy Commissioner and on 29 November 1951 appointed Chief Inspector Glynn as the state's first Deputy Commissioner. He represented Australia at the general assembly of the International Criminal Police Commission in Norway in 1953 and the arrangements for the visit of Her Majesty, the Queen, and the Duke of Edinburgh in 1954.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:Patrick Glynn, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
|[[Patrick Glynn (police commissioner)|Patrick Glynn]]|| ||align=right| {{dts|1955}} ||align=right| {{dts|1957}} ||Before Glynn became Commissioner his commitment to the Queensland Police was evident in suggestions made to improve operations of the Criminal Investigation Branch. Improvements to zoning, wireless patrol, and 'murder bags' (equipment used to secure evidence) were considered, with continued development on these aspects taking place today. Glynn also organised and took charge of a 'Detective College' for the specific training of Detectives during his tenure.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:Thomas William Harold, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
|[[Thomas William Harrold]]|| ||align=right| {{dts|1957}} ||align=right| {{dts|1957}} ||Prior to taking on the role of Commissioner, Mr Harold headed up the Crime Investigation Branch. During World War II he was in charge of the Metropolitan Air Raids Precaution and later directed security for Queensland's hosting of the Royal Tour in 1954. Commissioner Harold, as President of the Queensland Police-Citizens Youth Welfare Association, worked energetically for the advancement of the association. On retirement he continued to serve as Director of the QPCYWA until his death in 1961.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:Francis Erich Bischof, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
| [[Frank Bischof]] || {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|LVO|QPMd}} ||align=right| {{dts|1958}} ||align=right| {{dts|1969}} ||Commissioner Bischof appeared frequently at public functions throughout the countryside, encouraging the community to support and co-operate with police activities. He became well known for his interest in the welfare of children, particularly through the expansion of youth clubs, which led to him being named Queensland's first 'Father of the Year' in 1959, although he was childless. Mr Bischof was responsible for the formation of the Queensland Police Pipe Band in 1958, established the Police Public Relations Bureau in 1959, the Warrant Bureau in 1963 and the Crime Prevention Bureau in 1968.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:Norwin William Bauer, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
|[[Norm Bauer]]||{{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|LVO|QPMd}} ||align=right| {{dts|1969}} ||align=right| {{dts|1970}} ||Commissioner Bauer's began his administration in the middle of the political and public debate about the random use of breathalysers, with the Government being accused of using the police simply as revenue collectors. Bauer took up the request of Callaghan, the Police Union secretary, for an extra 400 police so that Queensland's size, distances and dispersal of population could be adequately serviced. In 1970, Bauer oversaw the purchase of land at Chelmer and the development of the Queensland Police College for in-service training.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:Raymond Wells Whitrod, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
| [[Ray Whitrod]] || {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|CVO|QPMd}} ||align=right| {{dts|1970}} ||align=right| {{dts|1976}} ||Commissioner Whitrod called for a greater professionalisation and modernisation of the Force and for promotion based on merit, not seniority and a preference for policemen with higher educational standards. During his tenure as Commissioner he was responsible for the formation of the Crime Intelligence Unit, the Police Air Wing becoming operational, the commencement of construction of a new Police Headquarters building in Makerston Street, and the commencement of construction of the Driver Training Wing at Mt Cotton.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:Terence Murray Lewis, Queensland Police Commissioner b.jpg|70px]]
| [[Terry Lewis (police officer)|Sir Terence Murray Lewis]] || {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|OBE|GM|QPMd}} ||align=right| {{dts|1976}} ||align=right| {{dts|1987}} || During his tenure, Commissioner Terry Lewis was responsible for opening the Police Museum to the public, the overhaul and expansion of the training regime that included the introduction of the new eighteen month Cadet training course. On 21 September 1987 he was stood down on full pay by the then Police Minister Bill Gunn and Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen. On 19 April 1989, by virtue of the Commissioner of Police (Vacation of Office) Act, the office of Commissioner of Police was declared vacant and from that date the Commissioner of Police (then Sir Terence Murray Lewis) ceased to be a member of the Police Force. In 1991 Mr Lewis was convicted on fifteen counts of corruption and one count of forgery and was sentenced to a total of twenty-five years in prison.<ref name=":8" /> Lewis was subsequently stripped of his knighthood, OBE and QPM in 1993.
|-
|[[File:Ronald Joseph Redmond, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
|[[Ron Redmond]]||{{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|APM|QPMd}} ||align=right| {{dts|1987}} ||align=right| {{dts|1989}} || Deputy Commissioner Redmond took over as Acting Commissioner after the Police Minister directed Terry Lewis to step down as Police Commissioner on 21 September 1987. Redmond guided the destiny of the Queensland Police through two of the most turbulent years in its history.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:Noel Newnham, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
|[[Noel Newnham]]||{{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|APM}} ||align=right| {{dts|1989}} ||align=right| {{dts|1992}} ||Commissioner Newnham was contracted as recommended by corruption commissioner Mr Tony Fitzgerald QC, to enact the Fitzgerald Inquiry recommendations. Mr Newnham advocated community policing and decentralisation of the Service. Under this model the headquarters echelon determined and disseminated values, policy, principles and broad objectives that gave regional commanders a greater deal of discretion in deciding on particular programs suited to their geographical area. Mr Newnham oversaw the appointment of the first female commissioned officers, the creation of Queensland Crime Stoppers Unit in 1989 and implemented a new two year Police Recruit Program and professional development program for the entire Service in 1990.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:James Patrick O'Sullivan, Queensland Police Commissioner.jpg|70px]]
|[[Jim O'Sullivan (police commissioner)|Jim O'Sullivan]]||{{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|APM}} ||align=right| {{dts|1992}} ||align=right| {{dts|2000}} ||Commissioner O'Sullivan's substantial record of achievement had a far reaching impact on the policy and operational direction of policing in Queensland. Mr O'Sullivan oversaw the introduction of the 'Police Beat Project' piloted in Toowoomba in 1993. He launched the 'Identify It' property marking project in 1995. Mr O'Sullivan believed public confidence could be achieved by directing more resources towards operational policing needs and by improving the professional image through developing professional policing competencies.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:Queensland Police Comissioner 2000-2012, Robert (Bob) Atkinson.jpg|70px]]
| [[Bob Atkinson (police officer)|Bob Atkinson]] || {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|APM}} ||align=right| {{dts|2000}} ||align=right| {{dts|2012}} ||In 2002 Commissioner Atkinson presided over security arrangements and the successful hosting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Coolum. He continually focused on community safety and providing a professional police service to protect the people of Queensland and their property. Atkinson is credited with reducing both the crime rate and road toll during his tenure.<ref name=":8" />
|-
|[[File:Queensland Police Commissioner, Ian Stewart, 2017.jpg|alt=|70px]]
|[[Ian Stewart (police commissioner)|Ian Stewart]]||{{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|APM}} ||align=right| {{dts|2012}} ||align=right| {{dts|2019}} ||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-03/qld27s-new-police-commissioner/4240100|title=Stewart named as new Qld Police Commissioner|newspaper=ABC News|date=3 September 2012|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|access-date=9 June 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031003252/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-09-03/qld27s-new-police-commissioner/4240100|archive-date=31 October 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
|[[File:Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll.jpg|alt=|70px]]
|[[Katarina Carroll]]||{{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|APM}} ||align=right| {{dts|2019}} ||align=right| {{dts|2024}} ||<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/queensland/katarina-carroll-to-be-queensland-s-first-female-police-commissioner-20190423-p51ggq.html?ref=rss|title=Katarina Carroll to be Queensland's first female police commissioner|date=23 April 2019|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423033241/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/queensland/katarina-carroll-to-be-queensland-s-first-female-police-commissioner-20190423-p51ggq.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed&js-chunk-not-found-refresh=true|archive-date=23 April 2019|url-status=live|access-date=23 April 2019}}</ref><ref name=":0" />  Carroll resigned on Friday 1 March 2024, before her contract was due.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=2024-02-19 |title=Live Moment: Queensland's police commissioner to step down from top job, says it is time for 'new leadership' |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-20/queensland-police-commissioner-katarina-carroll-uncertain-future/103459280 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240221145048/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-20/queensland-police-commissioner-katarina-carroll-uncertain-future/103459280 |archive-date=21 February 2024 |access-date=2024-02-20 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":7" /> 
|-
|[[File:Stephan (Steve) Gollschewski, 2019.jpg|alt=|70px]]
|Steve Gollschewski||{{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100%|sep=,|APM}} ||align=right| {{dts|2024}} ||align=right|  ||Appointed acting commissioner in March 2024 until a new commissioner was selected,<ref name=":9">{{cite web |title=Experienced Senior officer named Acting Police Commissioner |url=https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/99771 |website=The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory |access-date=2 March 2024 |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519234605/https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/99771 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite news |last=Hamilton-Smith |first=Lexy |date=2024-02-21 |title=Acting Queensland police commissioner appointed as advocates demand 'line in the sand' on DV |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-22/domestic-violence-convention-queensland-police-dv-victims-change/103494630 |access-date=2024-03-18 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=18 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318231235/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-22/domestic-violence-convention-queensland-police-dv-victims-change/103494630 |url-status=live }}</ref> he was appointed to the role on Monday 22 April 2024.<ref name=MinStmt20240422 />  
|}

=== Chief officers ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Period
! Name
! Notes
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" style="background:white;" | '''Chief Officer, Queensland State Emergency Service'''
|-
| 5 February 2024
| Mark Armstrong
|First ever appointed Chief Officer of the [[Queensland State Emergency Service|State Emergency Service]].<ref name="Chief Officers">{{cite web |title=Chief Officers announced for Queensland's State Emergency Service (SES) and Marine Rescue Queensland (MRQ) |url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/rockhampton/2024/02/06/chief-officers-announced-for-queenslands-state-emergency-service-ses-and-marine-rescue-queensland-mrq/#:~:text=SES%20will%20transition%20away%20from,structure%20and%20associated%20support%20services. |website=QPS Media |access-date=17 February 2024 |archive-date=17 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217061749/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/rockhampton/2024/02/06/chief-officers-announced-for-queenslands-state-emergency-service-ses-and-marine-rescue-queensland-mrq/#:~:text=SES%20will%20transition%20away%20from,structure%20and%20associated%20support%20services. |url-status=live }}</ref> He was formerly a [[colonel]] in the [[Australian Army]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark Armstrong Biography |url=https://researchcentre.army.gov.au/about-us/contributor-biographies/mark-armstrong |website=Australian Army |access-date=17 February 2024 |archive-date=17 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240217055652/https://researchcentre.army.gov.au/about-us/contributor-biographies/mark-armstrong |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" style="background:white;" | '''Chief Officer, Marine Rescue Queensland'''
|-
|19 February 2024
|Tony Wulff
|First ever appointed Chief Officer of the newly-formed [[Marine Rescue Queensland]].<ref name="Chief Officers"/>
|-
|}

== Equipment ==
Standard equipment issued and worn on duty belt or load-bearing vest by a uniformed police officer:
* [[Glock 22]] pistol [[.40 S&W|.40-calibre]], with three magazines (45 rounds of ammunition) 
* Extendable [[aton (law enforcement)|baton]] ({{convert|21|in}}) concealed within pouch
* [[Lithgow Arms]] SAF-LOK Mark 5 hinged [[handcuffs]]
* [[Motorola]] APX 8000 radio and radio pouch
* [[Pepper spray|OC]] (oleoresin capsicum) spray within pouch
* [[Axon Enterprise|Axon]] TASERs (X26, TASER 10<ref name=2024T10>{{cite web |title=Community Safety Plan delivers world first for Queensland Police |url=https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/100215 |website=Queensland Government media statements |publisher=The State of Queensland (Department of the Premier and Cabinet) |access-date=14 July 2024 |date=1 May 2024}}</ref>)
* [[Axon Enterprise|Axon]] Body 2, Flex 2, Body 3 [[body worn video|body worn camera]]s (BWC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://images.defence.gov.au/assets/Home/Search?Query=20220719army8663881_0303.jpg&Type=Filename|title=Ex Brolga Run 22 - Joint Patrols|date=July 2022|access-date=4 January 2023|archive-date=19 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519234606/https://images.defence.gov.au/assets/Home/Search?Query=20220719army8663881_0303.jpg&Type=Filename|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] iPads and iPhones to access the operational computer QPRIME, given the name 'Q[[LTE (telecommunication)|LiTE]]'.
* Load bearing vest

Officers, if necessary, can access the Remington [[Remington R4|Patrolman R4]] carbine service rifle if qualified.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chamberlin |first1=Thomas |title=Cops want this rifle to even the odds against crime |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/cops-want-this-rifle-to-even-the-odds-against-crime/news-story/d5024e5ae11276c1183f8ec835be2c4f |access-date=28 August 2019 |work=The Courier Mail |date=2 December 2012 |archive-date=10 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310141212/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/cops-want-this-rifle-to-even-the-odds-against-crime/news-story/d5024e5ae11276c1183f8ec835be2c4f |url-status=live }}</ref>

Supplier of belt and pouches is [http://www.tripleb.com.au TripleB] Leathercraft and Tote Systems.

Other equipment provided to officers include:
* [[Maglite]]
* Lightweight medic gloves and voice recording devices

An equipment vest was created called the general accoutrement vest (GAV) which proved extremely unpopular and rarely used by officers, and in the 2010s was replaced by the load bearing vest (LBV) which is worn by most operational officers.  The LBV was designed to transfer the weight from the hips to the torso, and held the radio, handcuffs and OC spray.  In early 2023, an integrated load-bearing vest (ILBV) was being rolled out to replace the LBV, and included an overt ballistic vest into one vest, designed to increase officer safety, as well as visibility.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ryan |first=Mark |date=14 August 2022 |title=Frontline police to get latest protective vests |url=https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/95965 |access-date=28 March 2023 |website=Queensland Government Statements |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328053431/https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/95965 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Body-worn video technology was introduced following a trial in 2015.  The TASER 10 was introduced in 2024.<ref name=2024T10 />  

== Fleet ==

In the 1980s to 2010s, the [[Holden Commodore]], [[Ford Falcon (Australia)|Ford Falcon]] and [[Toyota Aurion]] made up most of the fleet of both general duties and highway patrol operations.  In more recent years the ceasing of Australian-produced models has meant overseas alternatives. The [[Hyundai Sonata]] have been used as general duties vehicles, while the [[Subaru Levorg]] and [[Kia Stinger]] have been employed for use as highway patrol vehicles. [[Hyundai iLoad]]s and modified [[Toyota Hilux|Toyota Hiluxes]] are used as prisoner transport vehicles, or commonly referred to as "[[Police van|paddy wagons]]". <gallery widths="150" heights="150">
File:AUS'S police car (2).jpg|[[Holden Commodore]] Evoke
File:Police Truck (30880263980).jpg|[[Isuzu D-Max]] 'paddy wagon'
File:Queensland Police Vehicles 01.jpg|[[Hyundai iLoad]] (rear) and [[Hyundai ix35]] (front)
File:Queensland Police - Kia Stinger.jpg|[[Kia Stinger]] Highway Patrol
File:QPS Yamaha FJR motorcycle.jpg|[[Yamaha FJR1300]]
File:Queensland Police vessel entering Scarborough marina-1=.jpg|Queensland Police patrol boat
File:QPS Xmas 2018 road safety launch MG 8637 (cropped).jpg|Polair 2
File:Townsville District Tactical Crime Squad (TCS) Senior Constable John Robinson.jpg|Polair [[Townsville]]
</gallery>The [[Toyota Camry (XV70)|Toyota Camry]] Hybrid and [[Kia Sorento|Kia Sorento Hybrid]] has become the primary general duties vehicles in metropolitan areas, replacing the remaining Holden Commodores, as well as older Hyundai Sonatas. Queensland Police aims to have a 100% hybrid sedans and [[SUV]] fleet by 2025.<ref>{{cite news |first=William |last=Stopford |date=10 July 2021 |title=Queensland Police Service recruits more hybrids to replace last Commodores |url=https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/queensland-police-service-recruits-more-hybrids-to-replace-last-commodores |work=CarExpert |access-date=30 September 2021 |archive-date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930053502/https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-news/queensland-police-service-recruits-more-hybrids-to-replace-last-commodores}}</ref>

In 2023, US-built [[pickup truck]]s have been spotted in service, with vehicles such as the [[Chevrolet Silverado]] being utilised by the Mounted Unit.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}

The SERT (Special Emergency Response Team) unit also has two specialised armoured vehicles, [[Lenco BearCat]]s, at its disposal for use in riot control and other potentially dangerous situations throughout the Brisbane/South Eastern and northern police regions, with one vehicle stationed in Brisbane and [[Cairns]] each. Additionally, the EORT (Explosive Ordnance Response Team) in 2017 purchased a Lenco BombCat, a bigger and stronger vehicle based on a BearCat.<ref>{{cite web |title=New EORT armoured vehicle |url=https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/80481 |website=The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory: Media statements |publisher=The State of Queensland (Department of the Premier and Cabinet) |access-date=2 April 2023 |date=22 March 2017 |archive-date=2 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402085750/https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/80481 |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 1996 to 2015, nominated vehicles were fitted with other 200 in-car computers supplied by the state transport department, the Mobile Integrated Network Data Access ([http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/bill_en/psaaolab2008580/psaaolab2008580.html MINDA]) units. From April 2012, [[automatic number plate recognition]] technology was fitted to road policing unit vehicles, follow earlier trials.<ref>{{cite web |last1 = Queensland Government |url = http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-committees/former-committees/TSAFE/inquiries/past-inquiries/anpr_technology |title = Inquiry into Automatic Number Plate Recognition technology |website = Queensland parliamentary committees |access-date = 26 April 2015 |date = September 2008 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150505073310/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-committees/former-committees/TSAFE/inquiries/past-inquiries/anpr_technology |archive-date = 5 May 2015 |df = dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Queensland Government |url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/Id/74433 |title=Automatic number plate recognition technology to be rolled out on Qld roads |website=Ministerial statements |access-date=26 April 2015 |date=15 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505075137/http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/Id/74433 |archive-date=5 May 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Queensland Government |title=Police target crime with new technology |url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2013/8/7/police-target-crime-with-new-technology |website=Ministerial statements |access-date=26 April 2015 |date=7 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505075134/http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2013/8/7/police-target-crime-with-new-technology |archive-date=5 May 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Queensland Police has received its first police helicopter, based on the Gold Coast in 2012. The helicopter was used for a six-month trial period. The highly anticipated $1.6 million [[Bell 206]] Long Ranger has already been hailed a success, assisting police in 24 different dispatches in its first three days of operation, and will be used extensively during major events such as [[Schoolies Week]] and the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]] 600. The helicopter is fitted out with state-of-the-art equipment such as infrared and thermal imaging cameras, and other equipment based on the NSW Police Force helicopters. A second helicopter a [[BO 105]] was introduced by July 2014 in time for the [[2014 G20 Brisbane summit|G20]] summit in November, responsible for patrolling Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Queensland Government|title=Queensland's second police helicopter launched|url=http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2014/7/1/queenslands-second-police-helicopter-launched|website=Ministerial statements|access-date=26 April 2015|date=1 July 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619134604/http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2014/7/1/queenslands-second-police-helicopter-launched|archive-date=19 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The helicopters have [[Forward-looking infrared|Forward Looking Infrared]] (FLIR) and Searchlight (TRAKKA beam) capabilities.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2018/09/25/sunday-lecture-series-polair-policing-by-air/|title=SUNDAY LECTURE SERIES: POLAIR – Policing By Air|date=25 September 2018|publisher=[[Queensland Police Museum]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129190753/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2018/09/25/sunday-lecture-series-polair-policing-by-air/|archive-date=29 November 2018|url-status=live|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref>
In January of 2024 the Queensland Government announced the arrival of a third helicopter allocated to the Far North, to be based in [[Townsville]], alongside a $13 million ([[Australian dollar|AUD]]) role-out of digitally encrypted radios in the region.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-01-16 |title=New police chopper and $13 million encrypted radio system to fight crime in north Queensland |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-16/polair-helicopter-encrypted-radios-townsville-crime-prevention/103324952 |access-date=2024-02-09 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=9 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209173018/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-16/polair-helicopter-encrypted-radios-townsville-crime-prevention/103324952 |url-status=live }}</ref> This new air capability consisted of a leased [[Eurocopter EC135|Airbus EC135T2]] while a permanent system was procured.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New police aerial crime fighting capability sets flight in North Queensland |url=https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/99496 |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Ministerial Media Statements |language=en |archive-date=29 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240129114100/https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/99496 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a first for an Australian police department, Queensland Police have purchased numerous [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s (UAVs, also known as 'drones') which have already been used for surveillance purposes in numerous situations where sending in officers is deemed too risky such as during sieges or hostage rescue operations. They can also be used to aerially examine crime scenes.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=McLaughlin |first=Andrew |title=Queensland Police receives new helicopter for Townsville and North Queensland |url=https://psnews.com.au/queensland-police-receives-new-helicopter-for-townsville-and-north-queensland/125679/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=PS News |language=en |archive-date=19 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519234606/https://psnews.com.au/queensland-police-receives-new-helicopter-for-townsville-and-north-queensland/125679/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Queensland Water Police operate three purpose-designed {{convert|23|m}} [[patrol boat|patrol vessels]] and numerous smaller [[rigid-hulled inflatable boat]]s.

== Officers killed in the line of duty ==
[[File:Constable Matthew Arnold and Constable Rachel McCrow, police officers killed on duty at Wieambilla, Queensland on 12 December 2022.jpg|thumb|Constable Matthew Arnold and Constable Rachel McCrow, police officers killed on duty at Wieambilla, Queensland on 12 December 2022]]
* 12 December 2022: Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow were killed in a shooting [[Wieambilla police shootings|ambush]] in [[Wieambilla]], near Dalby, southern Queensland.  A neighbour was also killed, and two other officers injured.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-12-12 |title=Six dead in rural Queensland after 'targeted execution' of police officers |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-12/qld-police-emergency-declaration-wieambilla-unfolding-incident/101763662 |access-date=2022-12-15 |archive-date=14 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214180513/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-12/qld-police-emergency-declaration-wieambilla-unfolding-incident/101763662 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 26 June 2021: Senior Constable David Masters, 53, was struck and killed by a stolen vehicle on the [[Bruce Highway]] in [[Burpengary, Queensland|Burpengary]], north of Brisbane.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-26/qld-police-david-masters-killed-traffic-bruce-highway-burpengary/100246240 |title=Police officer Senior Constable David Masters killed on Bruce Highway near Brisbane as driver flees scene |date=26 June 2021 |website=ABC News |last=Gramenz |first=Emilie |access-date=26 June 2021 |archive-date=26 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626004107/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-26/qld-police-david-masters-killed-traffic-bruce-highway-burpengary/100246240 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/police-officer-hit-by-car-and-killed-in-queensland/0cff0e62-e311-424e-9f3e-0f47340948a5 |title=Queensland officer killed after being hit by car while investigating stolen vehicle |date=26 June 2021 |website=9 News |last=Attanasio |first=Joe |access-date=26 June 2021 |archive-date=25 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625234223/https://www.9news.com.au/national/police-officer-hit-by-car-and-killed-in-queensland/0cff0e62-e311-424e-9f3e-0f47340948a5 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 29 May 2017: Senior Constable Brett Forte was shot and killed at [[Adare, Queensland|Adare]], north of [[Gatton, Queensland|Gatton]], after attempting to apprehend a suspected offender. The gunman, Rick Maddison, was shot and killed the next day by police while trying to escape after a siege in a farmhouse at [[Ringwood, Queensland|Ringwood]], north-west of Gatton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/crime-and-justice/police-officer-brett-forte-shot-dead-in-lockyer-valley-west-of-brisbane/news-story/70e3a7f04d28845de973b519def0d2dd|title=Cop killer shot dead by police|author=Kate Kyriacou|author2=Thomas Chamberlin|date=30 May 2017|work=[[The Courier Mail]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602034334/http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/crime-and-justice/police-officer-brett-forte-shot-dead-in-lockyer-valley-west-of-brisbane/news-story/70e3a7f04d28845de973b519def0d2dd|archive-date=2 June 2017|url-status=live|access-date=9 June 2017|author3=Chris Clarke|author4=David Sigston|df=dmy-all}}</ref> On 8 June 2018, the police helicopter Polair 2 was named Brett A. Forte in his honour.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.qt.com.au/news/police-helicopter-polair-2-named-brett-forte/3436922/|title=Polair 2 honour for slain Brett Forte|date=8 June 2018|work=[[The Queensland Times]]|access-date=30 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129225245/https://www.qt.com.au/news/police-helicopter-polair-2-named-brett-forte/3436922/|archive-date=29 November 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Polair 2 had provided air support during the siege.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/moreton/polair-2-has-been-named-after-senior-constable-brett-forte-who-was-shot-and-killed-on-duty/news-story/fe5a28255dc9d3cc4788c30fa0a74178|title=Polair 2 has been named after Senior Constable Brett Forte who was shot and killed on duty|last=Smith|first=Erin|date=8 June 2018|work=[[The Courier-Mail]]|access-date=30 November 2018|archive-date=10 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310070029/https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/moreton/polair-2-has-been-named-after-senior-constable-brett-forte-who-was-shot-and-killed-on-duty/news-story/fe5a28255dc9d3cc4788c30fa0a74178|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 29 May 2011: Detective Senior Constable Damien Leeding (CIB) was shot when he confronted an armed offender at the [[Pacific Pines, Queensland|Pacific Pines]] Tavern on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]. Leeding died in hospital on 1 June three days after being shot.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/honour/roll05.htm|title=ROLL OF HONOUR 1989 - 2011|publisher=[[Queensland Police]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601043606/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/honour/roll05.htm|archive-date=1 June 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref>
* 1 December 2010: Sergeant Daniel Stiller, 33, was killed when his motorcycle collided with a jack-knifing truck on the Bruce Highway while on 'wide load' escort duty.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Queensland Police{{!}} Police Memorial -- Daniel A. STILLER |url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/daniel-stiller |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=www.police.qld.gov.au |archive-date=13 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913130257/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/daniel-stiller |url-status=live }}</ref>
* 18 July 2007: Constable Brett Irwin, 33, was shot while executing an arrest warrant for breach of bail at [[Keperra]], in northwest Brisbane.<ref name=":1" />
* 22 August 2003: Senior Sergeant Perry Irwin, 42, was shot while investigating reports of gunfire in bushland at [[Caboolture]], north of Brisbane.<ref name=":1" />
* 21 July 2000: Senior Constable Norman Watt, 33, was shot during an armed stand-off at [[Alton Downs, Queensland|Alton Downs]] near [[Rockhampton]], Central Queensland.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/norman-j-watt|title=Norman James Watt|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=|website=Police Memorial|publisher=Queensland Police Service|access-date=29 June 2021|quote=|archive-date=20 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520223821/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/police-memorial/norman-j-watt|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 21 May 1996: Constable Shayne Gill, Struck by a motor vehicle while on radar duty on the Bruce Highway near [[Glasshouse Mountains]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/inRemembrance/1986-1996.htm|title=In Remembrance: 1986-1996|publisher=[[Queensland Police]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608214939/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/inRemembrance/1986-1996.htm|archive-date=8 June 2017|url-status=live|access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref>
* 29 June 1989: Constable Brett Handran was shot attending a domestic dispute in [[Wynnum]], in east Brisbane.<ref name=":1" />
* 29 July 1987: Senior Constable Peter Kidd was shot in a raid at [[Virginia, Queensland|Virginia]], in north Brisbane.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/honour/roll04.htm|title=ROLL OF HONOUR 1964 - 1987|publisher=[[Queensland Police]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601044201/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/honour/roll05.htmv|archive-date=1 June 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref>
* 29 February 1984: Constable Michael Low was shot attending a domestic dispute at [[Rockhampton|North Rockhampton]], central Queensland.<ref name=":2" />
* 2 November 1975: Senior Constable Lyle Hoey was deliberately run down by a car near [[Mount Molloy]] in North Queensland.<ref name=":2" />
* 9 April 1969: Senior Constable Colin Brown was shot while investigating the behaviour of a farm employee on a property near [[Dayboro]], north of Brisbane.<ref name=":2" />
* 27 March 1968: Constable Douglas Gordon was shot attending a domestic disturbance at [[Inala, Queensland|Inala]], in south Brisbane.<ref name=":2" />
* 26 October 1964: Senior Constable Desmond Trannore was shot attending a domestic disturbance near [[Gordonvale]], North Queensland.<ref name=":2" />
* 14 February 1963: Senior Constable Cecil Bagley was electrocuted when he tried to rescue a neighbour being electrocuted in his car at [[Mount Gravatt, Queensland|Mount Gravatt]], south Brisbane. Although at home, his death was deemed to have occurred while on duty because, as a police officer, he was always expected to respond in an emergency situation.<ref name=":3" />
* 16 August 1962: Constable Douglas Wrembeck stopped to question a motorist in South Brisbane and was killed when he was struck by a car driven by a hit-and-run driver.<ref name=":3" />
* 19 February 1962: Constable Gregory Olive was shot in the chest at close range when he knocked on a front door to make inquiries at [[Kelvin Grove, Queensland|Kelvin Grove]], Brisbane.<ref name=":3" />
* 1 April 1956: Constable First Class Roy Doyle died in hospital at [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] from head injuries sustained when he hit a submerged block of concrete while attempting a rescue in the flooded [[Pioneer River]] at [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] on 29 March 1956.<ref name=":3" />
* [[File:Portrait of Constable George Robert Young wearing his Water Police uniform, c1922.jpg|thumb|Constable George Robert Young in his water police uniform circa 1922; Young died searching for a missing woman in 1938|284x284px]]28 November 1938: Constable George Robert Young of the water police was one of four men on a [[RAAF]] amphibious aircraft which crashed killing all on board. They were searching for the body of missing woman Marjorie Norval in the estuaries of [[Moreton Bay]] when the aircraft hit high tension wires.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71359321|title=TERRIBLE QUEENSLAND AIR DISASTER|date=29 November 1938|newspaper=[[The Worker (Brisbane)|Worker]]|access-date=12 September 2018|issue=2682|location=Queensland, Australia|volume=49|page=28|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=20 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520223823/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71359321|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2013/10/22/from-the-vault-the-death-of-constable-george-young-1938/|title=FROM the VAULT – The death of Constable George Young, 1938|date=22 October 2013|publisher=Queensland Police Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912044327/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2013/10/22/from-the-vault-the-death-of-constable-george-young-1938/|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref>
* [[File:Constable Ernest Dawson and a cat at a camp near Ayr, circa 1930.jpg|thumb|Constable Ernest Dawson playing with a cat at a camp near [[Ayr, Queensland|Ayr]], circa 1930|180x180px]]6 August 1930: Constable Ernest James Dawson was on traffic duty on the Yungaburra Road near [[Lake Barrine]] when he lost control of his motorcycle. Despite emergency surgery which appeared initially successful, complications arose and he died in [[Brisbane General Hospital]] on 18 January 1931.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2018/09/11/from-the-vault-a-fitting-farewell/|title=From the Vault – A Fitting Farewell|date=11 September 2018|publisher=[[Queensland Police Museum]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912031057/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2018/09/11/from-the-vault-a-fitting-farewell/|archive-date=12 September 2018|url-status=live|access-date=12 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article180973699|title=CONSTABLE'S DEATH.|date=19 January 1931|newspaper=[[The Daily Standard (Brisbane)|Daily Standard]]|access-date=12 September 2018|issue=5620|location=Queensland, Australia|page=15|via=National Library of Australia|archive-date=20 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520223824/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/180973699|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:The funeral procession for Constable Ernest Dawson.jpg|thumb|The funeral procession for Constable Ernest Dawson, Ann Street, Brisbane, 19 January 1931|180x180px]]
* 27 September 1906: Sergeant Thomas Heaney died at [[South Brisbane, Queensland|South Brisbane]] from head fractures sustained when he was hit multiple times over the head with a metal bar during an arrest on 7 June 1905 at [[Woolloongabba]], Brisbane.<ref name=":3" />
* 23 December 1905: Constable Albert Price was stabbed while making an arrest at [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]].<ref name=":3" />
* 16 September 1904: Constable First Class Charles O'Kearney was knocked down by a horse being deliberately ridden towards him in retaliation for an arrest in [[Laidley, Queensland|Laidley]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/honour/roll03.htm|title=ROLL OF HONOUR 1904 - 1963|publisher=[[Queensland Police]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601044802/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/honour/roll03.htm|archive-date=1 June 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref>
* 29 March 1903: Acting Sergeant David Johnston was killed by being hit on the head with an axe by a prisoner in the watchhouse at [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]].<ref name=":4" />
* 30 March 1902: Constable George Doyle was shot while attempting to capture the [[Kenniff brothers]], who had a long history of stealing cattle and horses, in [[Upper Warrego]].<ref name=":4" />
* 2 July 1895: Senior Constable William Conroy was stabbed several times trying to prevent a man from stabbing the man's wife on [[Thursday Island]].<ref name=":4" />
* 6 September 1894: Constable Edward Lanigan was shot in the chest while trying to prevent another policeman from being shot during an arrest at [[Montalbion, Queensland|Montalbion]] (a mining town near [[Irvinebank]]).<ref name=":4" />
* 10 May 1894: Constable Benjamin Ebbitt died at [[South Brisbane, Queensland|South Brisbane]] having never recovered from an assault during an arrest on 9 November 1890 at [[Croydon, Queensland|Croydon]].<ref name=":4" />
* 4 February 1893: Constable James Sangster, 25, drowned while attempting a rescue of two members of the Jackson family during the [[1893 Brisbane flood|1893 flood]] of the [[Bremer River (Queensland)|Bremer River]] at [[North Ipswich, Queensland|North Ipswich]].<ref name=":4" /> He is commemorated by the [[James Sangster Memorial]] at North Ipswich, which was initiated by the Jackson family and funded by public subscription.<ref name="qhr">{{cite QHR|21160|James Sangster Memorial|602581|access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref> [[File:James Sangster Memorial, circa 1940.jpg|thumb|James Sangster Memorial, circa 1940|271x271px]]
* 27 October 1889: Senior Constable Alfred Wavell was shot at Corinda (southwest of [[Burketown, Queensland|Burketown]]) by a man who had escaped from the Normanton lock-up.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/honour/roll02.htm|title=ROLL OF HONOUR 1889 - 1903|publisher=[[Queensland Police]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601051751/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/honour/roll02.htm|archive-date=1 June 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref>
* 26 January 1883: Constable William Dwyer was struck on the head by a tomahawk by an [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] near Juandah Station via [[Taroom]].<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-24 |title=FROM THE VAULT – The murder of Constable William Dwyer, January 26, 1883 |url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2024/09/24/from-the-vault-the-murder-of-constable-william-dwyer-january-26-1883/ |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=Queensland Police Museum}}</ref>
* 24 January 1883: Cadet Sub-Inspector Mark Beresford was speared in the thigh and hit on the head by [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginals]] in the [[Selwyn Range (Australia)|Selwyn Ranges]] to the south of [[Cloncurry, Queensland|Cloncurry]].<ref name=":5" />
* 24 September 1881: Sub-Inspector Henry Kaye was speared through the chest by [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginals]] at Woolgar gold fields (100&nbsp;km north of [[Richmond, Queensland|Richmond]]).<ref name=":5" />
* 24 January 1881: Sub-Inspector George Dyas was found buried after being speared in the back by [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginals]] while he camped near the 40 Mile Waterhole near [[Normanton, Queensland|Normanton]].<ref name=":5" />
* 6 November 1867: Constable Patrick Cahill and Constable John Power were poisoned and shot in the head at the [[Mackenzie River (Queensland)|Mackenzie River Crossing]] while escorting a consignment of bank notes and bullion from [[Rockhampton]] to [[Clermont, Queensland|Clermont]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/honour/roll.htm|title=ROLL OF HONOUR 1867 - 1883|publisher=[[Queensland Police]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601055253/https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/commemoration/honour/roll.htm|archive-date=1 June 2017|url-status=dead|access-date=1 June 2017}}</ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Crime in Brisbane]]
* [[Crime in Australia]]
* [[Lucas Inquiry]]
* [[Queensland Council for Civil Liberties]]
* [[History of the Queensland Police]]

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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=== Attribution ===
This article was originally based on material from [https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/facilities/museum/celebrate/Queensland-Police-Commissioners.htm Queensland Police Commissioners], © [[State of Queensland]] (Queensland Police Service) 2019, released under [[CC BY 4.0|CC-BY-4.0]] [https://www.police.qld.gov.au/copyright.htm licence], accessed on 23 April 2019.

== External links ==
* [http://www.police.qld.gov.au/ Queensland Police Service]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110610173426/http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/view/legislativeAssembly/tableOffice/documents/TabledPapers/2009/5309T489.pdf Dangerous Liaisons – CMC investigation, July 2009]
* G. E. Fitzgerald (1989) [http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/research-and-publications/publications/police/the-fitzgerald-inquiry-report-1987201389 "Report of a Commission of Inquiry Pursuant to Orders in Council" ''Commission of Inquiry into Possible Illegal Activities and Associated Police Misconduct''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223173352/http://www.cmc.qld.gov.au/research-and-publications/publications/police/the-fitzgerald-inquiry-report-1987201389 |date=23 February 2012 }} Queensland Government Printer.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140419012100/http://www.goldcoastwriters.org/may-meeting-domenico-mick-cacciola/ Two books about crime and corruption in the Queensland police] – Gold Coast Writers Association, 2014.
* [https://www.police.qld.gov.au/corporatedocs/reportsPublications/other/Documents/QPSSocialMediaCaseStudy.pdf Queensland Police Service: Disaster management and social media: a case study]
* {{Cite web|url = https://www.police.qld.gov.au/aboutUs/history/commissioners.htm|title = Queensland Police Commissioners|access-date = 23 February 2016|publisher = [[Queensland Police]]}}

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