2008 Annual Report - Queensland Police Service - Queensland ...

Crime Management
Key priority areas:
• Personal safety
• Property security
• Significant criminal networks
Crime Management includes the initial response to
crime by police officers involving responding to
requests for assistance, preliminary investigations,
detection of offenders and the commencement of
prosecutions.
Crime Management also targets major and serious crime
conducted throughout the State.
General duties police focus on the initial response
to calls for service, conducting preliminary
investigations and detecting offenders. Officers in
criminal investigation branches, child protection
and investigation units and State Crime Operations
Command focus on major and organised criminal
activity.
Percentage of time directed to Crime Management
2004-05 35.6%
2005-06 34.8%
2006-07 33.4%
2007-08 32.2%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40%
Output expenditure:
2007-08 $457M
2006-07 $428M
2005-06 $412M
2004-05 $374M
Strategies
• Develop capacity and procedures to provide a timely and appropriate response to incidents.
• Work with the community to detect, investigate and solve crime.
• Reduce the incidence of crime through contemporary policing strategies including targeting repeat offenders.
• Analyse and use the opportunities, causes and outcomes of crime to assist crime prevention.
• Use information systems and intelligence to prevent and respond to crime effectively.
• Promote the effective use of technology and evidence gathering techniques in criminal investigations.
• Maximise resources by utilising a cooperative and multidisciplinary approach to crime management.
• Assist victims and keep them and other stakeholders informed.
• Work with other law enforcement agencies to target major criminal enterprises by focusing on major crime and
significant criminal networks.
Output 2: Crime Management
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