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FROM DEPUTY COMMISSIONER barnett (specialist operations)
Information management
to reduce road trauma
I-TAS
Implementation
The I-TAS Project commenced
in a staged roll out to all
regions in June 2011. It is now
reaching its conclusion, with
the final region (Northern
Region) trained in September
2011. All I-TAS Project related
activities are scheduled to be
completed and handed over
for Operational management
as at 30 September 2011.
The I-TAS Project has
provided Operational Traffic
Police with an integrated,
traffic-related intelligencebased
application that
will allow better asset
management and deployment
of resources. It provides a
replacement for the legacy
state-wide Traffic Returns
and Complaints System
(TRACS) and Random Road
Watch Program. It also draws
information from various local
databases to ensure that
the information used by all
operational officers is from the
‘source of truth’, improving
data integrity, quality
reporting and enhanced
analytical capabilities.
I-TAS contains a rich mapping
component which can be
used by supervisors and
Officers in Charge to visually
display current trends in
crashes and proactive
enforcement activities relating
to their organisational unit.
It also interfaces with traffic
related applications such
as TSRS and TINMS so that
speed camera and ticket
enforcement activities can
be easily reviewed on a daily
basis.
The Queensland Police
Service plays an integral role
in the regulation and control
of traffic within Queensland
with the overall aim of
reducing the incidence of
road trauma.
The costs of road trauma to
the Queensland community is
in excess of $1 billion per year.
Combined with a significant
projected population growth
in Queensland, it is expected
that licence holders will
reach 3.1 million by 2011.
The demands to maintain
advanced traffic policing
services over approximately
175,000km of public roads are
ever increasing.
I know that once officers
become familiar with the
I-TAS application their own
ingenuity and skills will allow
full utilisation of the I-TAS
system. This will allow us to
reduce road trauma through
the delivery of improved
information management
which supports more accurate
and timely decision making.
CHOGM
The next Commonwealth
Heads of Government
Meeting (CHOGM) will
be held in Perth, Western
Australia in October 2011.
As a result of a request
from the Western Australia
Government and Police, the
QPS will deploy 125 members
to CHOGM, ranging from
general duties police to
specialist police including
close personal protection
staff, intelligence officers,
specialist response staff and
media and public affairs
officers.
These officers will be involved
in a range of functions
including venue security, traffic
duties, media support, close
personal protection duties
and specialist response.
The deployment of these
specialist officers provides
for an excellent opportunity
to develop and exercise our
interoperability with other
States and Territories, and
for the Queensland Police to
further enhance our capability
for dealing with major events.
Support is also being
provided to Western Australia
in various forms from all States
and Territories to ensure this
important event is successful.
The Queensland contingent
will be supported by an
appropriate command
structure lead by a
contingent commander who
is a Superintendent from
within Operations Support
Command. Additionally
Assistant Commissioner
Pointing, Operations Support
Command will be attending
Western Australia during the
actual meeting dates as the
overall Commander of the
contingent and in an observer
capacity for the event.
I am confident that all
members attending will
continue to enhance the
professional reputation of
the Service during their
deployment.
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