Adopt a School QPS Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities

QPS Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities
QPS Stakeholder Role Responsibilities
Officers in charge of regions
Support regional implementation of the
Adopt-a-School (AAS) and the Adopt-a-Cop
(AAC) programs.
Ensure all regional personnel, including officers in charge of districts, perform
their roles and responsibilities.
Officers in charge of districts
Officers in charge of stations
District Crime Prevention
Coordinators (DCPCs)
OIC, Child Protection and
Investigation Unit (CPIU)
Regional Crime Prevention
Coordinators (RCPCs)
Provide strategic direction and support to
address policing issues impacting school
communities across the District.
Support District implementation of the AAS
and AAC programs.
To engage with local school communities
with a view to building positive relationships
and to facilitating the identification and
resolution of police related issues.
To support local implementation of the
Adopt-a-Cop (AAC) program.
Provide advice and support to officers in
charge of stations and districts in the
performance of their roles and
responsibilities, as needed.
Chair annual meetings with officers in charge of stations, or more frequently as
desired.
Ensure officers in charge of stations perform the below-listed roles and
responsibilities.
Host and chair annual meetings with principals and other relevant
stakeholders.
Attend annual meetings* with the officer in charge of the district (and other
OICs of stations). (*or more frequently as desired by the OIC, district).
Engage in informal consultation with schools, as necessary.
Select and appoint an AAC for every school wishing to participate in the
program (organisational capacity permitting).
Support the AAC program by ensuring the appropriate rostering, supervision
and performance management of AACs within the Division. Ensure AACs
attend the relevant training and receive the necessary resource materials (as
provided by the Community Safety and Crime Prevention Branch [CSCPB]).
Attend meetings with school principals and/or officers in charge of stations,
when required.
Provide relevant information, advice and support to officers in charge of
districts and stations, as required.

Station Community Crime
Reduction Officers
Adopt-a-Cops
To assist the officer in charge of the station
in the performance of their roles and
responsibilities.
To assist the officer in charge of the station
and the school principal in the performance
of their roles and responsibilities.
Support local implementation of the AAC
program.
Assist the officer in charge of the station in the performance of their above- listed
roles and responsibilities, as delegated.
Assist in conveying relevant information and advice between the officer in charge of
the station and the school principal, as needed.
Perform the roles and responsibilities of an AAC, as outlined below:
Plan AAC visits in conjunction with the school principal (or other relevant school
representative);
Attend the school regularly as rostered and planned;
Update the Crime Prevention Database with AAC activities conducted;
Advise the officer in charge of the relevant station* of any changes to AAC arrangements;
Seek information or advice from the respective DCPC as needed; and
Resolve any local issues in conjunction with the officer in charge of the relevant station*.
Where these issues are unable to be resolved with the officer in charge, AACs are
encouraged to seek advice from the respective DCPC.
AACs perform a range of functions including, but not limited to:
(i) Delivering classroom presentations in partnership with teachers. Note: The Adopt-a-
Cop is not to be used or viewed as a teacher but as a resource with specialised
knowledge and skills which may be used in the school.
(ii) Delivering presentations to parents, carers, teachers and other school staff;
(iii) Attending key school events, such as fetes, swimming carnivals and/or sports days;
(iv) Addressing school parades;
(v) Coordinating QPS events and QPS representation at relevant events, e.g. under 8s
day;
(vi) Attending graduations and/or presentation nights;
(vii) Conducting informal “drop in” visits, particularly during break times;
(viii) Attending meetings, such as Parents and Citizens and/or Parents and Friends
meetings; and
(ix) Attending school excursions and/or camps (subject to gaining necessary prior
approvals).
Adopt-a-PLOs may also provide an additional role to promote cultural awareness and
celebrate cultural diversity within the school community.
*Where officer in charge of the relevant station is referred to, reference is made to the officer
in charge of the division in which the school is located.

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Community Safety and Crime
Prevention Branch
Support the statewide implementation of
the AAS and AAC programs.
Develop, and maintain, policy and guidelines to guide the implementation of the
AAS program.
Provide officers in charge of stations with a list of schools within each division.
Provide information, advice and support to regional personnel in the performance of
their roles and responsibilities, as needed.
Maintain communication with education sectors to provide and receive information,
advice and support, as required, and to address issues as they arise.
Develop standardised AAC training and a framework to facilitate its statewide
delivery.
Develop and maintain AAC classroom resources for Prep – Year 12.
Develop and distribute AAC educational resources.
Maintain the AAC Database.
Maintain up-to-date AAS and AAC information on the intranet and internet.
Coordinate the annual AAC awards program.
Arrange for an independent evaluation of the AAS program.