On top of the 2,025 extra police personnel over five years, the Palaszczuk Government is supporting a record roll-out of more police resources for frontline police.
Member for Capalaba, Don Brown, said frontline police across Queensland would benefit from a record $77 million investment over five years in extra police resources.
“This means more body worn video cameras, more police patrol vehicles, introducing integrated load-bearing ballistic vests and more QLiTE iPads – all fully funded by the Palaszczuk Government,” Mr Brown said.
“Unlike the previous LNP Government, the Palaszczuk Government backs our frontline police. And when we promise, we deliver.
“No one wants to see a return to the former LNP regime when police were forced to fund their own body worn cameras out of their own pockets.
“It was an LNP regime that sacked more than 300 police personnel, cut vital police services, cut training, cut funding for police cars and computers, and stopped monitoring more than 1,700 child sex offenders,” Mr Brown said.
MPs Don Brown and Kim Richards with Police Minister Mark Ryan. Image: Redland City Bulletin
This fully funded record roll-out of new police resources includes:
5,000 additional QLiTE iPads for frontline police officers (takes the total fleet size to 12,000);
250 additional police patrol vehicles (takes the total fleet size to almost 3,000);
4,500 additional body worn video cameras to bring the total fleet to 12,000 – one of the largest in the world; and
in a first for police, 12,000 new integrated load bearing ballistic vests to protect police while they protect the community.
“This is a record $77 million investment in the 12,000-plus Queensland police who work hard, day and night, to keep communities safe in every corner of the State.
Importantly, these vital tools of the trade for police officers across Queensland are fully funded.
The LNP has a poor track record when it comes to keeping promises to police.
It’s always important to remember that it’s not what they say, it’s what they’ll do.
And the LNP will do exactly what they did last time they were in government.
They will sack police. They will cut police resources. They will cut police training.
How else will they fund the $24 billion they have notched up in unfunded election commitments so far?
As the President of the Police Union himself has said: “Police have been badly burnt by previous sneaky governments who made commitments and didn’t fund them properly”.
The Palaszczuk Government’s record shows that we can be trusted when it comes to delivering more police and more police resources,” Mr Brown said.
