Today, Commissioner Katarina Carroll welcomed 83 new officers to the Queensland Police Service (QPS) following a graduation ceremony at the Oxley Police Academy.
This is the first group of Police Recruits to fast-track their graduation following a statement from Commissioner Carroll today.
The decision came to reduce the risk of the transmission of COVID-19 in Queensland Police Academies, which house over 750 recruits and training staff across three campuses.
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Commissioner Carroll said by fast-tracking the graduation ceremony, it will immediately bolster the number of front-line police officers.
“These decisions have not been taken lightly by the leadership of the Queensland Police Service, however they achieve two key objectives – they remove a significant number of people out of the Academy thus removing some of the risks,” Commissioner Carroll said.
“And it also provides much needed police officers for the front line at a critical time not only