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Twenty-one days, 3,046 push-ups and over 300 Queensland Police Service (QPS) members participating from across the state.
That puts a cap on the defined numbers, however the meaning behind the physical effort QPS members went to throughout this challenge is not so easily quantified.
From dealing with their own challenges to helping individuals and families come to terms with theirs, the aim of the ‘Push-Up Challenge’ rings true to them.
The 3,046 push-ups represent the number of lives lost to suicide in 2018 and is the number of push-ups participants aimed to do within the challenge timeframe, either themselves or as part of a team.
Five of the 63 officers who make up the Bayside Patrol Group team, including Redland Bay Water Police Officer Senior Constable Steve Middleton
From Kowanyama to Rathdowney and Southport, our QPS members formed teams to take on the challenge