Indigenous Community & Police Consultative Groups

​Indigenous Community/Police Consultative Groups (ICPCGs) have been established to improve relationships between police and First Nations communities in Queensland. The goal is to allow police to serve these communities in an informed and co-operative way.

For further information on 'best practice' models, or to find out more about setting up and running an ICPCG, see the ICPCG Charter.

Indigenous Community/Police Consultative Groups are committed to:

• providing a forum for discussing matters of concern relating to the policing of our community
• arriving at decisions resulting from those discussions and where necessary, acting upon such decisions 
• promoting and developing a genuine partnership between the Queensland Police Service (QPS) and the First Nations Community as outlined in various department and state government policies and strategies 
• acting as a facilitator for representations at a local level to improve the service provided by police
• Giving the First Nations Community an awareness of QPS policies, ideas and directions
• providing access to any member of the community requiring police information or assistance, particularly those unable to voice their concerns directly to a police officer.

Purpose of the ICPCGs

Community policing in Queensland involves consultation with people from affected communities on issues that will benefit from appropriate service from police. These may include:

• the effectiveness or otherwise of community-based initiatives and assistance that might be required
• the problems and opportunities within the community about reduction or prevention of crime and increased public safety
• strategies, support or projects to achieve the objectives of community policing
• local policies in the balanced use of police resources
• sponsorship for approved initiatives aiming at preventing or reducing crime or protecting life and property
• assisting with research to identify causes of crime or social dysfunction and actions that might be appropriate, and,
• coordinated action, involving people or organisations other than police, aimed at solving policing-related problems and not merely addressing the outcomes or symptoms of those problems.

Relevant ICPCG activities

ICPCGs may engage in public projects, fund-raising or publicity campaigns.

ICPCGs may not engage in party-political or sectarian activities and may not be, directly or indirectly, used as a political, industrial or commercial pressure group, or afford any bias toward any particular group or groups within the community.