page_title: Queensland Police Service
section_title: Regions
hierarchical_section_title: Queensland Police Service / Regions
caption_attribution_description: English: Police officers of Queensland Police Service, on the beat, in Brisbane Australia
context_page_description: The Queensland Police Service is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland. In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto of "Firmness with Courtesy" was changed to "With Honour We Serve". The headquarters of the Queensland Police Service is located at 200 Roma Street, Brisbane.
  The current Commissioner is Katarina Carroll APM. The Commissioner reports to the Minister for Police, presently the Hon. Mark Ryan MP.
context_section_description: Between 1991 and 2013 there were eight geographic regions (Far Northern, Northern, Central, North Coast, Metropolitan North, Metropolitan South, Southern, and South Eastern), three commands (State Crime Operations, Operations Support, and Ethical Standards), and four divisions (Human Resources, Finance, Administration, and Information Management).
  As of 2017, there are five police regions and eight commands in the State of Queensland, each under command of an assistant commissioner:
  Regional Operations
  Northern Region
  Central Region
  Brisbane Region
  Southern Region
  South Eastern Region
  Specialist Operations
  Community Contact Command
  Intelligence, Counter-Terrorism and Major Events Command
  Operations Support Command
  State Crime Command
  Road Policing Command
  Commonwealth Games Group
  Strategy, Policy and Performance
  Crime and Corruption Commission Police Group
  Ethical Standards Command
  Legal Division
  Organisational Capability Command
  People Capability Command
  These regions are further divided into districts and further still into divisions. Separately, a new government department, Public Safety Business Agency took over the portfolios of human resources, finance, administration, education and training, and information technology).
caption: Officers on patrol in Brisbane
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