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Delivering services to the community Queensland Government priorities and objectives QPS service delivery is aligned with the Queensland Government’s priorities, in particular: • fostering healthy individuals and communities • strengthening Indigenous communities. The Service contributed to these priorities by providing safety and security to the State’s 4.2 million residents and 18 million domestic and international visitors. Our strategic plan The Service has key outputs for the delivery of its core activities and services. These are: • Community Safety and Engagement • Crime Management • Traffic Management • Professional Standards and Ethical Practice Corporate Resource Management is included as an additional component of the Queensland Police Service Strategic Plan 2004-08. The costing of corporate resource management is distributed across the outputs for external financial reporting purposes. Operational Performance Reviews The QPS strategic direction is reinforced through Operational Performance Review (OPR) discussions. Reviews are facilitated by the Commissioner and two Deputy Commissioners, and assisted by other members of the Senior Executive as necessary. Reviews entail comprehensive structured discussion centred on all aspects of service delivery and support operations for the particular area under review. After seven continuous years of operation, OPR is now firmly embedded within the governance and overall performance management processes of the QPS, with policing emphasis on OPR priority areas now everyday practice across the State’s 30 police districts. This year the use of ‘themed’ OPRs increased focusing on specific areas of functional or management practice, or service delivery. OPRs covering the Stock and Rural Crime Investigation Squad, regional traffic coordination functions, and school based police officers were conducted. These reviews inform future planning for the Service and foster an ongoing culture of evaluation and organisational improvement. Fostering innovation OPR is underpinned by the problem solving policing philosophy, which promotes problem identification, and the application of innovative solutions to bring about sustainable, enduring outcomes. To this end, the Organisational Performance and Improvement Branch manages a central funding initiative to support the development and implementation of innovative policing practice. Initiatives which have received assistance in 2007-08 included: • the development of an on-line multicultural awareness project to assist front-line police to understand the diversity of cultures within Queensland • the “Weed it out” cannabis supply and reduction initiative within the Far Northern Region, in collaboration with both the James Cook University and the Elders of Cape York Indigenous communities More on page 83 • Project ID-IT, which utilises microdot technology for purposes of community property identification More on page 81 • The development of a shoe scanning initiative within watchhouse environments to develop better forensic linkages of possible offenders to crime scenes • The Safehands initiative, developed within the Southern Region, targeting child abuse More on page 83 Funding these types of initiatives helps facilitate the Service’s commitment to improvement and better practice generally. 14 With honour we serve Delivering services to the community
Performance report Reviewed by each output The services delivered by the QPS are identified in the strategic plan as outputs. To enhance the safety and security of the community, the QPS has identified a range of service delivery strategies that support the outputs in the QPS Strategic Plan 2004–2008. In the next section we review what has been achieved under each of these outputs—including our achievements funded and detailed in the 2007–08 Ministerial Portfolio Statement. Our four outputs Community Safety and Engagement Pages 16-27 Crime Management Pages 28-37 Traffic Management Pages 38-47 Professional Standards and Ethical Practice Pages 48-57 Supported by: Corporate Resource Management Pages 58-79 In July 2007, Police Dogs Tyson and Hutch were presented with a top award from the German Shepherd Dog Council of Australia for their work tracking offenders for the Queensland Police Service. The dogs have tracked more than 185 offenders between them wanted for armed hold up, break and enter, murder and other offences. They have also located missing persons and assisted to resolve siege situations. Tyson was stabbed in the chest during a home invasion a few years ago, but made a full recovery. As a result, the German Shepherd received the Commissioner’s Certificate for Bravery in 2001 and has now retired from general duties, but continues to work in drug detection. Hutch is an exceptional tracker and continues to work in general duties as well as more specialised scent detections. Performance report With honour we serve 15
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Page 5 and 6: Our staff The Service employed 13 9
Page 7 and 8: Strategic priorities Key strategic
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Page 11 and 12: Corporate governance Our approach t
Page 13: Committees Several strategic commit
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Page 21 and 22: Crime prevention initiatives Crime
Page 23 and 24: Safety and security for seniors Two
Page 25 and 26: Flood relief operations The recent
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Page 29 and 30: Crime Management Key priority areas
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Page 41 and 42: Save a Life a Week Campaign the 200
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Page 49 and 50: Professional Standards and Ethical
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The table below provides informatio
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Shared Service Initiative The Share
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Environmental sustainability and in
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Carbon emissions The QPS is committ
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The Logan Police District is the la
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Financial position Assets The net a
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Financial statements 2007-08 Page N
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Travel 5,648 11,845 Communications
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Department of Police Certificate of
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Appendices Appendix 1: Performance
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Output: Crime Management Measures N
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Australian Police Medal Awarded for
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Awards for Excellence Lantern Award
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