4.2 Senior Executive Conference

The function of the Senior Executive Conference is to advise the Commissioner on strategic issues with respect to:

•  Providing strategic focus and direction for the QPS regarding operational efficiency and effectiveness and medium to long-term planning;
• Ensuring cohesion, integration and coordination of the Service's strategic direction, especially with regard to the efficiency, effectiveness, equity and consistency of the provision of policing services to the Queensland community;
• Setting the direction for development, review and improvement of the Service's Strategic Plan, including –

        • The program structure;
        • Strategic planning processes;
        • Appropriate program performance indicators; and
        • The scope and conduct of program evaluations;

• Addressing strategic policy issues, including –

    • Emerging issues of significance to the Service;
    • Changing Service or government policy priorities;
    • Information sharing on regional issues and priorities; and
    • Identifying, prioritising, overviewing and determining the scope and conduct of Service policy and project   evaluations; and

• Addressing issues relating to the management of the Service, including –

• Operational issues;
• Human resource management issues;
• Information management issues;
• Budget and financial resource management issues; and
• Physical resource management issues.

Meetings of the Senior Executive Conference are held approximately every three months.

Membership of the Senior Executive Conference consists of:

• Commissioner
• Deputy Commissioner (Specialist Operations)
• Deputy Commissioner (Regional Operations)
• Deputy Chief Executive (Resource Management)
• All Assistant Commissioners and Directors
• Senior Police Chaplains

Two representatives of the Women's Network.