Young people's safety

The Queensland Police Service wants young people to be safe.

We aim to provide the community with a greater awareness of personal safety issues facing young people and offer information and strategies to help keep them safe.

ThinkUKnow Program

The ThinkUKnow program provides evidenced based internet safety information for children, young people and adults. Presentations educate students from Years P-12 about safe and responsible use of technology. The program is in line with national curriculum standards. Youth presentations are only delivered by sworn QPS members in Queensland.

Adult presentations are designed for parents, carers and teachers and are available for schools, community groups, and organisations across Queensland.

• More information and how to book a ThinkUKnow presentation

Who’s chatting to your kids?

‘Who’s chatting to your kids’ provides practical information about internet safety, including the technology being used by children and how you can reduce the risk of your child becoming a victim.

• Information on the safe use of social media, smart phones and devices, and web cams: Who’s chatting to your kids

Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum

The Queensland Police Service supports Education Queensland's Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum.  The Department of Education, in partnership with the Daniel Morcombe Foundation, has developed the Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum for Queensland students.

The Curriculum consists of classroom lessons across 3 phases of learning: Prep to Year 2, Years 3 to 6 and Years 7 to 9.

The Curriculum is aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Health and Physical Education (Version 8.1) and is available to all Australian teachers through password-protected websites.

It aims to teach children about personal safety and awareness, including cyber safety and phone safety, by focusing on three key safety messages: Recognise, React and Report.

• More information on the Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum and how your school may provide this training to your child. 

Daniel Morcombe Foundation 'Keeping Kids Safe' program.

The Queensland Police Service uses the resources of the Daniel Morcombe Foundation 'Keeping Kids Safe' program.  Program resources are written for a diverse range of students from prep to senior years and the suite contains over 20 videos and activities and are aligned with: 

• Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA)
• Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum
• Health Promoting Schools Framework
• Respectful Relationships Education

The Queensland Police Service offers free ‘Keeping Kids Safe’ school presentations right across Queensland. If you would like to request a ‘Keeping Kids Safe’ presentation for your school or youth group, contact your District Crime Prevention Coordinator.  

Adopt-a-Cop

Adopt-a-Cops are police officers and Police Liaison Officers (‘Adopt-a-PLOs’) who volunteer to participate in the program. 

Adopt-a-Cops are generally appointed to primary and secondary schools, but may also be appointed to special schools, early childhood centres and community groups. The role of an Adopt-a-Cop includes:

• Rapport-building and educational role within the school, with functions including:
• Delivering classroom presentations in partnership with teachers. The Adopt-a-Cop is not to be used or viewed as a teacher but as a resource with specialised knowledge and skills which may be used in the school;
• Delivering presentations to parents, carers, teachers and other school staff;
• Attending key school events, such as fetes, swimming carnivals and/or sports days.

More information about Adopt-a-Cop

Party Safe

Party Safe allows you to register a party and provides police with the details they need to know if they are called to your party to deal with an incident.

• More information on Party Safe and how you can register your party