- Crisafulli Government has welcomed the release of the Queensland Police Commissioner's 100-Day Review.
- Cabinet will now consider the recommendations of the Review.
- Government supports putting the focus back on bolstering the frontline.
The Crisafulli Government has today welcomed the release of the Commissioner's 100-Day Review of the Queensland Police Service, with key recommendations outlining a bold reform agenda to return officers to the frontline.
The Commissioner's 100-Day Review was driven by a need for urgent action to fix a broken system that was losing more officers than it could recruit under a decade of Labor failings.
The 65 recommendations will now be considered by Cabinet as the Crisafulli Government continues to deliver its $5.2 billion Making Our Community Safer Plan, to restore safety where you live.
The Commissioner's Review – which began in August 2024 and has been shaped by feedback from more than 500 frontline officers – lays bare a decade of compounding issues under Labor that saw police hamstrung by weak laws and a thinning blue line.
An Independent Advisory Panel chaired by Mischa Fahl and consisting of former high-ranking police officers, made 65 recommendations to return Queensland Police to their core responsibilities.
The Crisafulli Government's Budget is laying the foundation to restore safety where you live with $147.9 million to give the front line new state-of-the-art police equipment to ensure they can do their jobs properly and $290.3 million in upgrades to police stations, facilities and beats to support 1,600 new police recruits.
Since being elected, the Crisafulli Government has also delivered additional funding for high-visibility police operations targeting crime hotspots, locked-in the Youth Crime Group, tripled the size of the State Flying Squad and bolstered the police mental health framework to give officers the support they need.
The Crisafulli Government has also strengthened Queensland's crime laws, delivering the Making Queensland Safer Laws, including Adult Crime, Adult Time, to provide gives police the support they need to start turning the tide on Labor's Youth Crime Crisis.
Minister for Police and Emergency Services Dan Purdie welcomed the Review and said we need to return our Police Service back to a world class organisation.
"The Review paints a clear picture that our police have been asked to do too much with too little," Minister Purdie said.
"After a decade of the blue line thinning, we need more police on the beat to make Queensland safer – that's what we promised, and that's what we will deliver.
"I thank the Commissioner, the Independent Advisory Panel, the police unions and everyone from Queensland Police who participated for their work and support of this vital review."
