- $31.1 million in additional funding for high visibility police operations to target high-crime locations to restore community safety.
- Boosted patrols to disrupt and deter offending and drive down victims of crime.
- A dedicated police presence at crime hotspots like shopping centres, business, retail and restaurant precincts, service stations and other public spaces.
The Crisafulli Government has delivered long term funding for high-visibility police operations across Queensland to restore community safety.
The $31.1 million in new funding will deliver boosted patrols in crime hotspots to disrupt and deter offending after a decade of Labor inaction.
Patrols largely involve a dedicated police presence using marked cars, mobile police beats, and foot patrols in hot spots such as shopping centres, business, retail and restaurant precincts, service stations and other public spaces.
Funding will comprise $25 million for high visibility police patrols and $6.1 million for Police Liaison Officers proactive patrols.
The announcement builds on the Crisafulli Government's bolstering of the State Flying Squad - which has already charged hundreds of criminals - and making permanent the Youth Crime Taskforce, which leads operations in targeting young offenders.
For a decade, Labor failed to support police and created the Youth Crime Crisis.
The police front-line was stretched to breaking point due to Labor's lack of support and their watering down of the laws meant a generation of hardcore repeat offenders treated the justice system as a revolving door.
The Crisafulli Government is restoring community safety through more police boots on the ground and giving them the firepower they need to hold a generation of serious repeat offenders to account through Adult Crime, Adult Time.
Minister for Police and Emergency Services Dan Purdie said the government was delivering on its promise to equip police with the resources they need and restore safety to our communities.
"We promised Queenslanders we would bolster our police service and that's exactly what we are doing," Minister Purdie said.
"After a decade of runaway crime under Labor, Queenslanders voted for a fresh start and a government to restore community safety, and the highly visible police patrolling their communities is delivering that change.
"It also encourages members of the community to speak with police directly about issues and concerns they may be experiencing.
"Increasing police operations and equipping officers with our Making Queensland Safer Laws, are just some of the methods we are using to turn the tide on Labor's Youth Crime Crisis and have fewer victims in Queensland."
Assistant Commissioner Far Northern Region Brett Schafferius said the Queensland Police Service had already seen the tremendous success of high-visibility policing operations and patrols.
"We welcome additional funding to expand these operations and patrols to support communities across Queensland," Assistant Commissioner Schafferius said.
"Every day frontline police are working hard to protect our community; this additional funding allows officers to go out and conduct additional proactive patrols and saturate any emerging crime hotspots.
"This all contributes to reducing, deterring, and disrupting crime and seeking justice for victims".
