Queensland Police Service
State police service in Queensland, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland. In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto of "Firmness with Courtesy" was changed to "With Honour We Serve". The headquarters of the Queensland Police Service is located at 200 Roma Street, Brisbane.
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Motto | With Honour We Serve "Firmness with Courtesy" until 1990 |
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Formed | 1 January 1864 (1864-01-01) |
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Operations jurisdiction | Queensland, Australia |
Queensland Police jurisdiction | |
Size | 1,727,000 square kilometres (667,000 sq mi) |
Population | 5,160,023 (2020) |
Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
Governing body | Queensland Government |
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Headquarters | 200 Roma Street, Brisbane |
27.4664°S 153.0182°E / -27.4664; 153.0182 (Queensland Police headquarters) | |
Police officers | 11,702 (June 2023)[1] |
Total employees | Over 17,000 (June 2023)[2] |
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Units | List
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Stations | 335 (May 2020) |
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The current Commissioner is Stephan (Steve) Gollschewski.[3] The Commissioner reports to the Minister for Police, presently Mark Ryan.