Queensland Police Service: Difference between revisions

| chief1name = [[KatarinaSteve Carroll]]Gollschewski

| minister1name = [[MarkDaniel Ryan (Australian politician)|Mark RyanPurdie]]

| minister1pfo = Minister for Police and Community Safety

| unsworntype = StaffTotal membersemployees

The current [[Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service|Commissioner]] is [[KatarinaStephan (Steve) Carroll]]Gollschewski.<ref name="MinStmt20240422>{{cite web |title=Steve Gollschewski appointed as Queensland Police Commissioner |url=https:7"//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 [[Mark Ryan (Australian politician)|MarkDaniel RyanPurdie]].

[[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>

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>

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 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>

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>

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>

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=== Non-commissionedSergeant ranks ===

* [[Senior sergeant|Senior Sergeant]] (embroidered crown with laurels)

** [[Chief inspector|Chief Inspector]] (one crown) (rank re-introduced as a title in 2023)

* [[Chief superintendent|Chief Superintendent]] (one crown and two pips)

* [[Assistant commissioner (police)|Assistant commissionerCommissioner]] (crossed tipstaves with laurels)

* [[Deputy commissioner|Deputy Commissioner]] (one pip and crossed tipstaves with laurels)

== CommissionersLeadership ==

|[[File:Terence Murray Lewis, Queensland Police Commissioner b.jpg|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>

|[[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" />

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)

* [[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>

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 />

File:AUS'S_police_car_S police car (2).jpg|[[Holden Commodore]] Evoke

File:Police_Truck_Police Truck (30880263980).jpg|[[Isuzu D-Max]] 'paddy wagon'

File:Queensland_Police_Vehicles_01Queensland Police Vehicles 01.jpg|[[Hyundai iLoad]] (rear) and [[Hyundai ix35]] (front)

File:Queensland_Police_Queensland Police -_Kia_Stinger Kia Stinger.jpg|[[Kia Stinger]] Highway Patrol

File:QPS_Yamaha_FJR_motorcycleQPS Yamaha FJR motorcycle.jpg|[[Yamaha FJR1300]]

File:Queensland_Police_vessel_entering_Scarborough_marinaQueensland Police vessel entering Scarborough marina-1=.jpg|Queensland Police patrol boat

File:QPS_Xmas_2018_road_safety_launch_MG_8637_QPS Xmas 2018 road safety launch MG 8637 (cropped).jpg|Polair 2

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>

* 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>

* 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>

* [[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]]

* 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>