School-based Policing
The School Based Policing programme is a joint initiative of the Queensland Police Service and Education Queensland. The programme aims to assist school communities achieve educational, developmental and preventative outcomes to locally identified policing issues through the provision of a police officer to that community.
The appointment of a school-based police officer to a school cluster (a group of schools comprising of one or two high schools and their feeder primary schools) is to assist the schools and the community by:
| (i) | addressing identified needs within the school community; |
| (ii) | assisting teachers in developing and presenting curriculum material to meet police and school community needs; and |
| (iii) | undertaking initial response and investigation of offences within the perimeters of the school. |
Participation by school-based officers in the education of students is an integral part of the current approach to policing which places a greater emphasis on community involvement. It is not the intention of the programme for school-based police officers to undertake functions which would ordinarily be carried out by teaching staff.
These officers report directly to:
| (i) | the Officer in Charge, Juvenile Aid Bureau in the division where the cluster is located; or |
| (ii) | where there is no Juvenile Aid Bureau, the Officer in Charge of the nominated division where the school cluster is located. |
Last Updated: 09/12/2005