Glossary

Clandestine drug laboratory - a clandestine drug laboratory (clan lab) is an illicit operation involving a combination of apparatus and chemicals that have been or could be used in the manufacture of dangerous drugs. The most prevalent drug produced in clandestine laboratories in Queensland is methylamphetamine.

Client Service System (CSS) - a program used by the Service to record client service issues including complaints and favourable reports.

Conducted Energy Devices - a hand held neuro-muscular disruption device capable of incapacitating a person through the application of an electrical current.

Consolidated fund - the whole-of-Government operating fund into which administered funds collected by the QPS are paid.

Contingent assets and liabilities - items which are not recognised in the balance sheet because they cannot be measured reliably or because there is a degree of uncertainty as to whether they will be realised.

Controlled items - assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses that are directly controlled by the QPS, in that they relate directly to the QPS's operational objectives.

Coordinated Response to Young People at Risk (CRYPAR) Program - a whole-of-Government early intervention/prevention initiative which aims to intervene early with young people who are 'at risk' of involvement in the Juvenile Justice system.

CPTED - Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design - a program which offers training for local councils and community groups on ways to reduce crime, including graffiti offences, through changes to the urban environment.

Depreciation - the periodic allocation of the cost of physical assets, representing the amount of the asset consumed during a particular period of time.

Employee entitlements - benefits that employees accrue during their employment, such as annual and long service leave.

Equity - the surplus of assets over liabilities which represents the QPS' net worth.

Expenses - the full accrual cost of delivering services to the community reported in the income statement. Controlled expenses include costs such as employee costs, supplies and services, grant expenses, and noncash costs such as depreciation. Administered expenses generally relate to activities over which the QPS does not exercise control.

Financial statements - collective description for the income statement, cash flow statement, balance sheet and other statements along with associated notes resulting from financial and non-financial operations by the QPS.

Financing activities - activities such as borrowing and equity adjustments which provide additional balance sheet financing for an agency.

Helping Hand - a registered charitable organisation which aims to render aid, assistance and benefits to members of the QPS and their immediate families who are faced with serious, terminal, life threatening injuries or significant personal trauma.

HTCIDER Symposium - the Hi Tech Crime Investigations and Digital Evidence Recovery Symposium shares information between Law Enforcement and industry.

ICARE - Interviewing Children and Recording Evidence - a nationally accredited forensic interview training course delivered by the QPS.

Intelligent Traffic Analysis System (I-TAS) - a system that automatically analyses information from multiple sources, providing locations for police operations based upon best intelligence practice.

Legacy Migration Program - a scope of work required to successfully decommission legacy applications, interfaces and infrastructure inclusive of the mainframe and Polaris infrastructures.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) - a program aimed at providing a professional, non discriminatory, accessible policing service to members of LGBTI communities.

Liabilities - amounts the QPS owes to another entity which are incurred in the course of its activities. Liabilities include items such as accounts payable, borrowings, employee entitlements and other provisions.

Machinery of Government Changes - the redistribution of the public business of one government department to another government department.

Mobile police facilities - state-of-the-art police vans with the key elements of a police station.

OMCGs - Outlaw Motor Cycle Gangs

OMCG Task Force Hydra - in ancient Greek mythology Hercules needed all his strength and ingenuity to slay the many-headed Hydra. Task Force Hydra is a unit of the Organised Crime Group dedicated to disrupting and dismantling the many-headed menace that is outlaw motorcycle gangs (OMCG) in Queensland.

One Punch Can Kill - a campaign aimed at preventing senseless violence among young people. Glossary

Operating result - the accounting surplus or deficit of the QPS. It provides an indication of whether the QPS has sufficient revenue to meet expenses in the current year, including non-cash costs such as depreciation. Due to the inclusion of non-cash revenues and expenses, this differs from a cash surplus or deficit. A surplus indicates that revenues earned during the year are greater than the expenses incurred for the year, while a deficit indicates that expenses exceed revenues.

Output funding - funding for a service or product provided by a department and purchased by the Government through the State Budget process. For the QPS, this is the appropriations provided to fund the four outputs.

Outputs - services that are provided by the QPS for clients such as the community.

Own source revenue - revenue generated by an agency, generally through the sale of goods or services but may also include grants and contributions and noncash revenues such as gains on sale of assets and the recognition of below fair value or free services received.

Party Safe - this initiative provides information and resources for the community to ensure people are informed about how to hold a successful, enjoyable and safe party.

Policelink - a police contact centre which will enhance QPS service delivery through providing additional ways to report a range of non-urgent matters directly to police. Community members will have the choice of being able to contact Policelink 24/7 or call or visit their local station directly for non-urgent assistance.

Q-Cars - non-standard unmarked police vehicles that target serial and high risk traffic offenders where conventional traffic enforcement strategies may not be effective.

QPRIME - Queensland Police Records and Information Management Exchange computer system.

Queensland Indigenous Alcohol Diversion Program (QIADP) is designed to address Indigenous overrepresentation in the criminal justice and child protection systems.

Queensland Magistrates Early Referral into Treatment Program (QMERIT) - a pre-sentence bail based program which refer defendants into treatment and rehabilitation for 3 - 4 months prior to sentencing.

Revenues - the full accrual income arising from operations during the year, recorded in the income statement. Controlled revenues include revenue from the State Government in the form of payments for outputs, and own-source revenue such as user charges. Administered revenues are revenues which are forwarded to the Consolidated Fund and generally comprise taxes, fees and fines collected by the QPS.

Shared service providers - a whole-of-Government approach to the delivery of corporate services across Government. These services include financial processing and also payroll services. CorpTech and the Shared-Service Agency are the primary shared service providers for the QPS.

System Preview and Data Acquisition (SPADA) - a QPS developed initiative providing in-field computer examination software to assist in the investigation of computer facilitated crimes against children.

Taskforce Argos - a multi-disciplinary task force which is principally responsible for the investigation of organised paedophilia, institutionalised abuse, child exploitation and computer facilitated child exploitation.

Youth Violence Taskforce - a taskforce consisting of Government representatives, community members and young people who examine ways to reduce violence among young people.