- The QPS will look after its employees.
- The community expects that police officers will be fit and capable of exercising their powers to respond to community needs.
- Police will put themselves and their personal safety in harm’s way to protect the community.
- Policing is inherently dangerous and officers are placed in situations that put their personal safety at risk.
- Employees can be exposed to disturbing death, trauma, brutality and cruelty within the community.
- Employees are required to work 24/7 rotational shifts, long hours and in a range of locations and environments that can be in conflict with their home life.
- Many employees are not pro-actively looking after themselves and don’t attend their treating practitioners often enough.
- Employees could better utilise QPS internal and external services and supports that are not available to the majority of public and private sector employees.
- Our supervisors at all levels require support and development in people management.
- Our work design, workforce planning, rostering, and human resource policies and practices must be improved to better meet the needs of our people, their families, our workplaces and the community.
- Our culture has lost some protective health attributes that once existed in the police family.
- Current culture inhibits safety.
- Supervisors at all levels of the organisation need to lead and support their staff.
- 1 in 4 QPS employees are injured at work each year resulting in more than a day’s absence.
- 1 in 2 QPS employees will have at least one debilitating mental health condition to manage in their lifetime and 1 in 5 this year.
- Our workforce is ageing.
- Our workforce experiences significant levels of poor mental health and chronic disease.
- The physical activity level of our employees is declining.
- Many QPS employees have failed relationships with their domestic partners resulting in significant distress.