Assistant Commissioner Steve Gollschewski. Toowoomba flood and other awards ceremony at Empire Church Theatre. Photo Nev Madsen / The Chronicle Nev Madsen INCREASED efforts to curb crime in our region will be a major focus for the Queensland Police Service as it re-shapes in the coming months.
On July 1, Queensland's police districts will change radically for the first time in 20 years.
Assistant Commissioner Steve Gollschewski has spelled out what it will mean for residents in Caboolture and Bribie Island.
Caboolture and Bribie will move from the North Coast Region to the Southern Region and the old Caboolture and Redcliffe districts will be collapsed into Moreton District.
Overall, eight regions will become five and 31 police districts will merge to 15.
The district will have its own detective inspector for the first time, a commissioned officer in charge of plain-clothes staff.
"It gives them better leadership and direction and strategy in terms of trying to attack crime issues," Mr Gollschewski said.
"We recognise that in that area, because of a significant growth in the area, changing demographics, crime is a thing of concern to the community.
"We want to get ahead of the game by having a better structure for our people responding to crime."
But the changes don't stop there. The area is in line for plenty more police on the frontline as part of the State Government's commitment to add another 1100 officers.
Mr Gollschewski said there would be a "fairly sophisticated analysis" of each district's needs but that Moreton would probably be high on the list.
"You've got to expect that something like Moreton district has got big growth, lots of traffic movement, lots of things happening, that it would probably be one of the ones that would do quite well out of any growth that comes," he said.
"It's right at the top of the priority for the organisation to get (the process) right so we are thinking about that and looking for what we can do to get it right."
The assistant commissioner brushed off concerns that the restructure, which would see senior police officers let go and less-experienced officers promoted in management roles, would affect quality of service.
"We see that as a renewal opportunity anyway," he said.
"The people that will come in are very experienced officers."
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