Preservation of public safety - Queensland Police Service
Preservation of public safety - Queensland Police Service
Preservation of public safety - Queensland Police Service
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• The <strong>Police</strong> Major Event Planning Unit coordinated the policing response to the Royal<br />
Visit by arranging and coordinating resources with respect to:<br />
- outside agencies;<br />
- 24-hour venue security, motorcades and security in transit;<br />
- crowd control;<br />
- explosive ordinance searching at venues and routes; and<br />
- ensuring protocols for the Royal Couple were maintained.<br />
• Also coincidental to CHOGM 2002 was a visit to Brisbane by former United States<br />
President Bill Clinton. Mr Clinton’s visit was the subject <strong>of</strong> a separate security<br />
operation undertaken by the <strong>Service</strong> which, because <strong>of</strong> heightened security, included<br />
the coordination <strong>of</strong> police resources with the United States Secret <strong>Service</strong>.<br />
• The Goodwill Games were held at venues in South East <strong>Queensland</strong> during<br />
August/September 2001. The security and crowd control operation was a major<br />
success and the culmination <strong>of</strong> eighteen months <strong>of</strong> planning and implementation.<br />
• The Public Safety Response Team, in conjunction with Major Events and Planning<br />
Unit, planned the policing response to the Brisbane M1 demonstration on 1 May 2002.<br />
• In total, the <strong>Service</strong> planned, implemented and coordinated the policing response to<br />
eighty-five major events and training exercises in 2001-02.<br />
• The Railway Squad provided continued support and patrols on the Citytrain network.<br />
• The Brisbane Water <strong>Police</strong> continued to perform successful support functions to<br />
provide marine enforcement to inland waterways and dams. Brisbane Water <strong>Police</strong><br />
<strong>of</strong>ficers assisted <strong>Queensland</strong> Boating and Fisheries personnel with the enforcement <strong>of</strong><br />
the Fisheries Act 1994 as part <strong>of</strong> a combined strategy to control illegal fishing activities<br />
on Moreton Bay.<br />
• The Marine Technical Section recently finalised calls for <strong>of</strong>fers on ten new replacement<br />
vessels and a major re-fit <strong>of</strong> an 18 metre vessel from Thursday Island.<br />
• The <strong>Service</strong> continues to promote responsible firearms possession and use in strict<br />
compliance with legislative requirements. January 2002 saw the commencement <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Weapons Relicensing Program. This is the first year in which the new five-year<br />
firearms licences will become eligible for renewal.<br />
Future Developments<br />
• A core <strong>of</strong> staff from the CHOGM Planning Unit have been retained to conduct a debrief<br />
program, prepare a post-operation report and develop good practice guidelines in<br />
relation to major events planning. The Unit will undertake the reconciliation and<br />
reallocation <strong>of</strong> CHOGM assets, archiving <strong>of</strong> CHOGM records, preservation <strong>of</strong><br />
historical information and the finalisation <strong>of</strong> all administrative matters. The Unit will<br />
also examine the future application <strong>of</strong> computer programs developed for the <strong>Service</strong>’s<br />
CHOGM activities. It will continue to function until 31 July 2002.<br />
2002-03 <strong>Queensland</strong> State Budget – Ministerial Portfolio Statement – Department <strong>of</strong> <strong>Police</strong> 1-27