Professional Standards and Ethical Practice
Key focus areas:
The Queensland community has the right to expect a professional, ethical and accountable police service. The Service commits significant resources towards monitoring and enhancing the ethical standards of its employees.
This output describes the activities that contribute to professional and publicly accountable service delivery. They include training, internal investigations, audit, risk management, strategic planning research, review and integrated policy development. The Service provides both pre-service and in-service training designed to establish and maintain a professional standard of policing for the Queensland community.
Strategies
- Identify and adopt innovative and effective approaches to professional development for all Service employees
- Provide appropriate and effective pre-service training for police recruits
- Promote professionalism and ethical behaviour to all QPS employees
- Support and monitor high standards of ethical conduct and educate staff in maintaining ethical practices
- Ensure a timely, measured and consistent response to potential, alleged and actual inappropriate behaviour
- Support witnesses who identify inappropriate or unethical conduct
- Demonstrate public accountability by providing appropriate, accurate and timely information to government and the community
- Provide advice to government on policing matters
- Provide appropriate and timely advice and support community awareness programs through the use of media and public relations
- Constantly review and support coordinated and accountable corporate governance arrangements
Last updated 13/11/2009
