Our people
Staffing
Police numbers are increasing each year and at 30
|
30 June 2010 |
30 June 2009 | |
| Police Officers |
10 458 |
10 277 |
| Police Recruits |
244 |
368 |
| Staff Members |
4 109 |
3 982 |
Notes:
- Staffing numbers refer to actual employees, not ‘full time equivalent’ employees.
- Staff members means employees other than police officers or police recruits.
Queensland has experienced strong growth in police numbers over recent years. This has been essential to keep pace with Queensland’s rapid population growth. Queensland’s police to population ratio for 2009-10 was 1:434.
Attrition and separation rates
In the 2009-10 financial year, 350 police officers separated from the Service—a separation rate of 3.4%. The 2009-10 permanent retention rate for police officers was 96.6%.
The retention rate for permanent civilian staff member employees was 91.6% and the separation rate was 8.4%.
During 2009-10:
- no employees accepted redundancy packages
- six employees accepted early retirement packages
The total value of these packages was $784 641.10.
Retrenchments
There were no employees retrenched in the 2009-10 financial year.
Since 2004-05, the number of police has increased by 1 447 or 16%.
Secondments
As at 30 June 2010, there were 181 police officers seconded to other agencies to perform law enforcement
| Agency |
Officers |
|
Crime and Misconduct Commission |
68 |
| Australian Federal Police |
2 |
|
Australian Federal Police |
96 |
|
Australian Federal Police |
2 |
| Australian Federal Police (Joint Airport Investigation Team) |
1 |
|
Australian Federal Police |
5 |
|
Queensland Corrective Services Intelligence Group |
2 |
|
Queensland Police Union of Employees |
1 |
|
The Queensland Commission for Children and Young People and Child Guardian |
1 |
|
Department of Mines and Energy |
1 |
| Queensland Health |
1 |
| Department of Communities |
1 |
| Total |
181 |
