The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is a statewide organisation responsible for providing police services to the Queensland community. The QPS currently comprises approximately 9500 police officers and 3000 staff members. Police officers are located at numerous stations and establishments throughout the State, including single-officer and two-officer stations and a number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the North Coast, Central, Northern and Far Northern regions.
A career with the QPS offers daily variety; meaningful challenges; opportunities to help people; and a broad range of opportunities to select a specialised vocational path.
Police officers provide operational policing services to the community by protecting life and property, preserving peace and safety, preventing crime and upholding laws in a manner that has regard for the public good and the rights of the individual.
During patrols, police officers are expected to manage a wide range of situations, including burglaries, stolen vehicle offences, noise complaints, fires, street demonstrations, traffic accidents, assaults, homicides, domestic violence incidents and deal with armed offenders. Police officers are constantly confronted by incidents that require the application of maturity, life experience, social awareness and strength of character.
Police officers' face many challenges including working 24-hour rotational shifts (incorporating weekends and public holidays) and serving at police stations/establishments anywhere in Queensland. They may be transferred to a variety of locations across the State, including coastal, country and far northern areas.
