Preservation of public safety - Queensland Police Service

OUTPUT STATEMENT
Output: Preservation of Public Safety
Measures
Notes
2001-02
Est.
Quantity
Percentage of resources allocated to this
output
Number of hours spent on this output 2,400,000
-2,700,000
1 50,000
-60,000
Number of calls for service related to the
preservation of public safety
Quality
Public satisfaction with police
management of public order problems
Good order offences: 4,5
Number detected 20,000
-22,000
2001-02
Estimated
Actual
2002-03 Est.
13.4% 12.7% 12.7%
2,540,324 2,500,000
-2,700,000
150,764 145,000
-155,000
2,3 50%-60% 48.1% 45%-55%
25,842 24,000
-27,000
Rate detected 600-625 713 675-730
Perception of persons aged 18 years and
over of local issues impacting on public
order and safety (major problem and
somewhat a problem)
2,3
Speeding cars or dangerous, noisy
70%-80% 74.0% 70%-80%
driving
Louts or gangs 25%-35% 42.9% 40%-50%
Drunken or disorderly behaviours 25%-35% 42.3% 40%-50%
State Contribution ($’000) 111,641 106,669 112,791
Other Revenue ($’000) 4,694 5,741 3,488
Total Cost ($’000) 116,335 112,410 116,279
Notes:
1. Data for this indicator relates only to areas covered by the computer aided dispatch database. These areas include
Cairns, Townsville, Metropolitan North, Metropolitan South, Logan and the Gold Coast. The increase in the 2001-02
estimated actual figure is due to expansion of the format and definition of this measure.
2. Derived from the AC Nielsen National Survey of Community Satisfaction with Policing July to December 2001.
3. 2001-02 estimate was based on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Population Survey Monitor: 2000 Calendar Year:
Community Perceptions of Police Services results. In 2001 the Population Survey Monitor ceased and was replaced
with the AC Nielsen National Survey of Community Satisfaction with Policing. Caution should be shown in comparing
results from the two surveys due to survey methodology differences.
4. Due to the time frames for the 2002-03 Budget, it is not possible to provide good order offence data for the full 2001-02
financial year. Therefore, good order offence data are based on an estimation of July 2001-March 2002 statistics.
5. Good order offences include offences relating to indecent behaviour, obscene language, disorderly behaviour, obstruct
police, fare evasion and other offences against good order. The rate of offences refers to the number of offences per
100,000 population. The estimate for 2002-03 reflects the anticipated net balance of increases in detected good order
offences associated with the deployment of additional police resources, and the impact of strategies directed toward
reducing the incidence of good order offences such as diversion.
2002-03 Queensland State Budget – Ministerial Portfolio Statement – Department of Police 1-29