Queensland Police Academy

The vision of the Queensland Police Service is to help make Queensland a safe and secure place to live, visit and do business with a mission to deliver high quality, innovative, progressive and responsive policing services.

The QPS is responsible for the development of strategies and the delivery of services relating to law enforcement and community policing initiatives across the State of Queensland.

The Service employs more than 15,000 employees.

Our key organisational challenges include:

maintaining the safety and security of people in Queensland;
demographic changes, rising demands for service, limited police numbers and higher labour costs;
increase in the environmental and financial cost of natural resources;
alcohol-related antisocial behaviour and violence;
the number of victims of domestic violence;
globalisation, and increased use and accessibility of technology, which are facilitating serious and organised crime;
increase in the use of the Queensland road network, which brings the risk of more road crashes;
the levels of complaints and community confidence in, and perceptions of, police;
continued over-representation of vulnerable persons in the criminal justice system;
an increase in the severity and consequential aspects of natural disasters; and
planned and desirable major projects and known funding constraints.

Our key stakeholders include: the Queensland community (including residents and visitors), victims of crime, anyone requesting police assistance, suspects, and people charged with committing offences. Other stakeholders include the Queensland Government, other government agencies, and business, industry and community groups.