Deputy Commissioner
Role / OfficeReferenced in 4 bills
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
This bill strengthens Queensland police powers across several areas: extending monitoring periods for convicted child sex offenders, expanding covert investigation tools for cybercrime, allowing civilians to assist in undercover police operations, and introducing new offences to crack down on hooning events and their spectators.
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
This bill makes several changes to policing and emergency services law. Its centrepiece is a major expansion of the Police Drug Diversion Program, allowing people caught with small quantities of any dangerous drug to be diverted to health-based programs instead of going to court. It also increases the maximum penalty for drug trafficking to life imprisonment, creates tougher penalties for evading police in aggravated circumstances, and introduces a standalone assault offence for attacks on fire and emergency services workers.
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019
This bill amends ten pieces of legislation to update police powers, strengthen domestic violence protections, give the Prostitution Licensing Authority proper enforcement tools, and modernise weapons licensing rules. It also clarifies that law enforcement access to electronic devices extends to cloud-based and social media information.
Police Service Administration (Discipline Reform) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019
This bill overhauls the Queensland Police Service discipline system, which had remained largely unchanged since 1990. It introduces faster complaint resolution processes, modernised sanctions that focus on rehabilitation alongside punishment, expanded oversight by the Crime and Corruption Commission, and formalises professional development strategies as responses to officer misconduct.