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FROM DEPUTY COMMISSIONER CONDER
Problem-Oriented and Partnership Policing and
the District Officer's Conference
The release of this Police Bulletin coincides with
Crime Prevention Week 2004. Through Crime
Prevention Week the Queensland Police Service
aims to raise community awareness of crime
prevention strategies and partnerships and to
encourage community participation in crime
prevention.
The Police Service has long promoted to its
members and the community, that participation in
crime prevention strategies is essential to increasing
the effectiveness of police in reducing crime.
One of the major partnership initiatives introduced
in recent years is the Problem-Oriented and
Partnership Policing (POPP). There have recently
been some changes to the oversight and
management of POPP and given the focus of this
issue of the Police Bulletin it is timely to provide
advice on these changes.
Recently the QPS Board of Management approved
changes to the way in which funds are to be
approved for expenditure on problem solving
(POPP) initiatives. Responsibility for the approval of
this funding now lies with the QPS Operational
Performance Review Unit (OPR) who are currently
developing protocols for both the identification of
suitable initiatives and also for the granting of
monies to progress those initiatives. The change in
the management of POPP funding will allow the
OPR process to not only further expand its
emphasis on problem solving, but importantly, give
promising initiatives a greater chance of progressing
to the point where they can be more effectively
disseminated across the State.
To this end, the identification and development of
suitable problem solving projects was considered in
some depth by delegates at the recent District
Officers’ and Command Managers’ Conference
hosted by the OPR Unit at Police Headquarters in
Brisbane. Delegates were asked to consider how
they would identify initiatives within their area of
responsibility which would benefit from the
allocation of funds, in order to progress their
development.
Additionally, this conference delivered an
outstanding opportunity for delegates to discuss
emerging issues of both a strategic and operational
nature, while at the same time gain valuable
briefings on a number of initiatives underway across
the Police Service including the Operational Policing
Program, Counter Terrorism, Police
Communications, Human Resources Management
and an array of other equally important issues.
The opportunity for managers to share their
experiences and learning with each other in this
environment is also invaluable given the critical role
that District Officers and Command Managers play
in terms of front line policing service delivery.
I would like to thank the District Officers for their
participation in this forum and the members of the
Operational Performance Review Unit for its
facilitation. I would also like to commend Crime
Prevention Week and the Problem-Oriented and
Partnership Policing program to you and encourage
you - whether a member of the QPS or community -
to participate in these initiatives.
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