Appendix 4: Overseas travel
| Details relating to personnel who travelled overseas during 2008-09 on official business or for professional development purposes are shown below: | ||||||||
Name of officer and position |
Destination |
Reason for travel |
Agency cost |
Contribution from other agencies or sources | ||||
July 2008 | ||||||||
| Ian Stewart Deputy Commissioner |
USA | To participate in the 59th session of the Law Enforcement Executive Development seminar conducted by the FBI in Virginia. | $4 990.00 (Estimated) |
Nil | ||||
| John North Senior Constable |
USA | To attend a Forensic Taphonomy course. | $6 155.00 (Estimated) |
Nil | ||||
| Ross Barnett Detective Chief Superintendent and Carol McNamara Research Officer Drug & Alcohol Coordination Unit |
Indonesia | To attend the 11th Retrainer of the Federal Bureau of Investigation National Academy Associates Asia Pacific Chapter. | $2 906.00 | $2 000.00 (Estimated) (Funded by FBI) | ||||
| Donna Sturgess Inspector Specialist Services Branch |
Hong Kong, Canada, USA, United Kingdom and Russia |
To participate in the Churchill Trustfunded study tour. | Nil | $28 000.00 (Estimated) (Funded by the Churchill Trust) | ||||
| Geoff Zeith Senior Sergeant Officer in Charge Explosive Ordnance Response Team |
USA | To attend the Critical Incident Response Technology Seminar, Person- Borne Improvised Explosive Devices Seminar. |
Nil | $3 182.50 (Estimated) (Funded by US Government) | ||||
| Peter Martin Assistant Commissioner |
New Zealand | To represent the Queensland Police Service at a funeral for a New Zealand Police Officer. | $1 588.00 | Nil | ||||
August 2008 | ||||||||
| Wayne Steinhardt Detective Senior Sergeant |
USA | To attend training of the Microsoft Child Exploitation Tracking System. | $663.00 | $4 400.00 (Funded by Microsoft Corporation) | ||||
| Ross Barnett Assistant Commissioner and Paul Ready Senior Sergeant Officer in Charge, Crime Stoppers |
USA | To attend the Crime Stoppers International Training Conference. | $1 991.00 | $7 751.00 (Funded by Crime Stoppers Qld Ltd) | ||||
| David Hutchinson Acting Detective Superintendent |
New Zealand | To attend the New Zealand Leadership Conference. | $1 418.26 | $450.00 (Estimated) (Funded by New Zealand Police) | ||||
September 2008 | ||||||||
| David Lucas Sergeant |
Korea | To attend and present at the Korean National Police Agency International Cooperation Meeting. | $544.00 | $4 170.00 (Funded by Korean National Police Agency) | ||||
| Ross Barnett Assistant Commissioner |
New Zealand | To represent the Queensland Police Service at a funeral for a New Zealand Police Officer. | $1 201.66 | Nil | ||||
October 2008 | ||||||||
| Jade Hill Research Officer |
Canada, United Kingdom |
To undertake training in the Association of Chief Police Officers five-tier investigative interviewing strategy in connection with the 2008 Courier Mail Police Scholarship. | $4 323.00 | $14 700.00 (Funded by Courier Mail Police Scholarship) | ||||
| Brian Hay Detective Superintendent |
USA | To attend the Digital PhishNet Conference concerning emerging high-tech crime trends and treatment strategies. | $5 410.00 | Nil | ||||
| Peter Flexman Senior Sergeant (plus 16 QPS members) Block Report |
Japan | To represent the State of Queensland and the Queensland Police Service at the 50th Anniversary of the Pipes and Drums and 20th Anniversary of the sister state relationship between Queensland and Osaka Prefecture. | $6 130.00 | $59 551.00 (Estimated) (Funded by Qld Police Pipes and Drums Supporters’ Association Inc) | ||||
| Paull Houston Uniform Quality and Development Officer (Tailor) |
China, Hong Kong |
To inspect production facilities and uniform specifications and endorse pre-production samples. | $660.00 | $3 081.00 (Estimated) (Funded by PCC, Division of Pacific Brands) | ||||
| Stephen Vokes Detective Sergeant |
New Zealand | To liaise with New Zealand on a current operational matter. | $1 759.00 | Nil | ||||
November 2008 | ||||||||
| Brett Pointing Assistant Commissioner and Tony Wright Chief Superintendent |
USA | To attend the Leadership in Counter- Terrorism Pacific Program concerning counter-terrorism operations and strategies. | $11 263.47 | Nil | ||||
| Brian Codd Superintendent and Denis Luttrell Director |
New Zealand | To attend the National Emergency Communications Working Group and National Police Communications Group. | $5 381.52 | Nil | ||||
| John Pointing Detective Superintendent and Andrew Massingham Detective Senior Sergeant and Mick Walker Detective Senior Sergeant and Adam Frost Sergeant |
New Zealand | To attend the 12th National Chemical Diversion Congress and facilitate training to international law enforcement agencies. | $10 716.00 | Nil | ||||
| Jon Rouse Acting Detective Inspector Canada |
To attend and present to senior Norwegian and European police officials concerning an international police operation. |
$1 045.00 | $5 855 (Funded by Ontario Provincial Police) | |||||
| Brian Swan Detective Senior Sergeant |
New Zealand | To liaise with New Zealand on a current operational matter. | $2 113.00 | Nil | ||||
December 2008 | ||||||||
| Murray O’Connell Detective Sergeant Senior Investigator and Sean Ryan Detective Senior Constable |
New Zealand | To liaise with New Zealand on a current operational matter. | $4 770.74 | Nil | ||||
| Ian Stewart Deputy Commissioner and Brad Wright Acting Superintendent |
New Zealand | To attend the National Counter- Terrorism Committee. | $5 654.18 | Nil | ||||
January 2009 | ||||||||
| Mark Plath Inspector |
USA | To attend a FBI National Academy session. | $8 340.00 | $7 700.00 (Funded by FBI) | ||||
February 2009 | ||||||||
| Brett Pointing Assistant Commissioner and Des Lacy District Inspector |
USA | To attend the FBI National Academy Associates (Asia Pacific Chapter). | Nil | $7 200.00 (Estimated) (Funded by FBI) | ||||
| Brendan Power Senior Constable |
USA | To liaise with international police on a current operational matter. | $543.00 | $11 775.00 (Funded by FBI) | ||||
| Wendy O’Neill Sergeant |
USA | To represent the Queensland Police Service at the Law Enforcement Torch Run, Special Olympics, 2009 World Winter Games. | Nil | $4 390.00 (Estimated) (Funded by Special Olympics Australia and Law Enforcement Torch Run International) | ||||
| Duncan Gorrie Detective Sergeant |
Canada | To attend the 2009 Annual Fraud Investigators Conference. | $6 679.00 | Nil | ||||
| Simon Garrett Detective Sergeant and Peter Robb Detective Sergeant |
New Zealand | To liaise with international police on a current operational matter. | $3 459.12 | Nil | ||||
| Robert Atkinson Commissioner and Paul Doyle Chief Superintendent and Daniel Bragg Acting Inspector |
China, Hong Kong |
To meet representatives from Chinese police jurisdictions to promote and negotiate agreements for the export of the QPS Management Development Program. | $19 759.73 | Nil | ||||
March 2009 | ||||||||
| Christopher Taylor Police Air Wing Pilot |
USA | To undertake simulator training on the Cessna Caravan C-208 simulator at Flight Safety International, Kansas. | $6 986.00 (Estimated) |
Nil | ||||
| Tony Pattemore Detective Sergeant |
New Zealand | To liaise with international police on a current operational matter. | $3 923.50 | Nil | ||||
April 2009 | ||||||||
| Michael Mitchell Senior Sergeant |
Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Canada, USA |
To participate in the Churchill Trustfunded study tour. | Nil | $22 989.00 (Estimated) (Funded by the Churchill Trust) | ||||
May 2009 | ||||||||
| Michael Ackery Detective Sergeant |
USA | To research preventative, investigative and education strategies as part of the QPS State Crime Operations Command 2008-09 Bursary Award. | Nil | $15 000.00 (Funded by the 2007 Australasian Drug Strategy Conference). | ||||
| Kathleen Rynders Deputy Commissioner (Regional Operations) |
New Zealand | To represent the Queensland Police Service at a funeral for a New Zealand Police Officer. | $1 748.57 (Estimated) |
Nil | ||||
| Peter Kingsley Senior Sergeant |
USA | To attend and lecture at the 2009 International Association of Computer Investigative Specialists (IACIS). | Nil | $4 400.00 (Funded by IACIS) | ||||
| Gary Campbell Detective Sergeant |
USA | To visit the United States of America on a current operational matter. | $6 478.00 (Estimated) |
Nil | ||||
| Jason Saunders Detective Inspector |
Malaysia | To attend and accept an award at the 2009 Asia Pacific Visa Security Summit. | $2 179.00 | $832.00 (Funded by VISA) | ||||
| Bruce Graydon Inspector |
United Kingdom, USA, Canada |
To participate in the Churchill Trustfunded study tour. | Nil | $24 740.00 (Estimated) (Funded by the Churchill Trust) | ||||
| Steven Holahan Detective Inspector and Tony Pattemore Detective Sergeant and Grant Lutz Detective Constable |
New Zealand | To liaise with international police on a current operational matter. | $6 089.00 | Nil | ||||
July 2009 | ||||||||
| Paul Friedman Manager Community Safety & Crime Prevention Branch |
Ireland, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands |
To participate in the Churchill Trustfunded study tour. | Nil | $25 000.00 (Estimated) (Funded by the Churchill Trust) | ||||
| Wayne Steinhardt Detective Senior Sergeant |
Canada | To attend the 2009 Child Exploitation Tracking System International Users Forum. | $891.05 | $4 100.00 | ||||
| Peter Ziser Detective Sergeant |
New Zealand | To attend the 2009 Annual International Association of Auto Theft Investigators Conference. |
$1 690.40 | Nil | ||||
| Richard Gillespie Senior Constable |
New Zealand | To visit New Zealand on a current operational matter. | Nil | $1 400.00 (Estimated) (Funded by New Zealand Police) | ||||
| Ian Gregory Senior Base Pilot |
USA | To undertake simulator training at Flight Safety International, Kansas. | $36 525.00 (Estimated) |
Nil | ||||
| Rachel Whitford Sergeant |
United Kingdom, France |
Invited to attend a ‘not-for-profit’ leaders’ study tour by the Assisting Collaborative Community Employment Support Services (ACCES) Inc, in partnership with the Police Citizens Youth Club (PCYC). | Nil | $7 600.00 (Estimated) (Funded by ACCES Inc and PCYC) | ||||
| Totals | $185 974.20 | $270 266.50 | ||||||
Last updated 13/11/2009
