Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services, the Honourable Mark Ryan MP and Commissioner Katarina Carroll recently welcomed 45 new police officers to the Queensland Police Service during an induction ceremony held at the QPS Academy, Townsville campus.
Graduating as First Year Constables, the new officers have completed 25 weeks of intensive training, preparing them for their new roles serving the community.
The recruit training program provides recruits with a high quality foundation so they can deliver an excellent level of service to the community and ensure their policing skills have developed to a level necessary for operational policing as First Year Constables (FYCs) under supervision.
Commissioner Carroll congratulated the FYCs on their graduation and announced they would commence their careers in the Central, Northern and Southern regions.
With this being her first induction as Commissioner of the QPS, Commissioner Carroll reflected on her own graduation.
“My memories from my own induction are some