Information asset register

Information Asset    

Description

Within the Queensland Government’s Open Data Initiative, the QPS is releasing speed camera sites used for (portable devices, marked and covert) mobile speed cameras. 

For more information on the ‘Open Data Initiative’ - Queensland Government data.

For additional information on mobile speed cameras  – Mobile Speed Cameras - Department of Transport and Main Roads.

For information on fixed camera locations  – Fixed Camera Locations - Department of Transport and Main Roads.

Calls for Service

The QPS records and retains information collected for calls for service from internal and external sources. This information is used to access and provide appropriate policing responses, create occurrence reporting, and provide general information across the state. Access to these records is available through the RTI process. 

An Australian child protection offender reporting scheme has been established by legislation in each Australian state and territory. The Queensland component of the scheme is established by the Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004 . This national scheme requires child sex offenders, and other defined categories of serious offenders against children, to keep police informed of their whereabouts and other personal details for a period of time after they are released into the community. This register is not intended to be punitive in nature but is implemented to protect the community by reducing the likelihood that an offender will re-offend and to facilitate the investigation and prosecution of any future offences.

Client service    

The QPS maintains a record of favourable comments and complaints relating to staff behaviour and performance. Access to these records is available through the RTI process. 

Community partnership programs

The QPS maintains records of partnership programs between police and the community, such as  PCYC, Crime Stoppers and Neighbourhood Watch. 

Corporate records

The QPS maintains corporate records relating to the general administration of the Service as well as communications with the public across governments. These records relate to:

• Staff

• Property

• Equipment

• Finances

• Planning

• Projects

• Risk

• Surveys

• Service delivery

• Policy matters

Access to these records may be available through the publication scheme, see the RTI process on this site.

The PSBA Frontline and Digital Services have developed a crime statistics portal providing a geographical analysis of crime in your area. Searches can be made by entering a suburb, street name, post code, a specific time period or an offence. An area map will appear with red dots that represent where the crimes have occurred, what type of offences they were, and if solved or unsolved. Information can be represented as heat maps, graphs or interrogated through a 24-hour wheel function. Data contained in the portal dates back 13 years with the up-to-date information being a week in arrears. ​

The Right to Information Act 2009 commenced on 1 July 2009. Our disclosure log provides details of information released in response to non-personal Right to Information requests made to the QPS. It contains a description of the information released and, where possible, a link to that information. Should you have any questions please contact the QPS Right to Information and Privacy Unit.

Honours and awards

The QPS maintains a record of honours and awards granted to members of the QPS. Access to these records is through the RTI process.

Installed software    

The QPS maintains a record of installed software. Access to these records is through the RTI process. 

Library

The QPS maintains a collection of highly specialised library materials, in hardcopy (books, journals) and electronic (e-books, online databases, e-journals) format. The library broadly collects in the following areas of:

• Computers/IT

• Crime

• Education and training

• Forensics

• Health and well being

• Intelligence

• Counter terrorism and major events

• Law

• Management and leadership

• Policing

Maintenance of traffic management equipment

The QPS maintains records of repairs, testing, calibration and certification relating to accuracy of traffic management equipment including:

• Roadside breath testing devices

• Evidentiary breath analysis instruments

• Mobile radar speed detection devices

• Laser speed detection devices

• Fixed speed camera systems

• Mobile speed camera systems

• Red light camera systems

Access to these records is available through the RTI process.

Occurrence and incident records

The QPS maintains records relating to people, property, locations and other information related to an occurrence or incident. QPS retains a comprehensive collection of information relating to crime and other incidents e.g. traffic crashes reported to police and the police involvement in investigating or responding to them in Queensland. Access to these records is restricted but may be available through an administrative scheme as outlined below or through the RTI process.

Our administrative access schemes provide information available for purchase on application to either the QPS or other agency holding the information. Fees associated with the purchase of documents within administrative access schemes are provided on our QPS schedule of fees.

The QPS and Police​link offer a number of online forms to report non-urgent crimes or incidents. As an alternative to phoning 131 444, you can complete these forms in your own time. A Policelink client service officer w​ill reply to you via email with a police reference number or confirmation. 

Police station locations

The QPS maintains a record of police station locations. 

Publication scheme

The publication scheme describes and categorises information routinely available from the QPS. It has been developed to give the community greater access to information held by the QPS. All information and documents accessible via the QPS publication scheme are provided free of charge except where otherwise stipulated.

The QPS provides information on reported crime trend data including district and region reported offences, reported victim data, reported offender data, missing person data, and active mobile speed camera sites.​

Statistics

The QPS has published a minimum of 15 years of official statistics relating to reported and detected crime and incidents as well as active mobile speed camera sites. These can be accessed through the Qld Government Open Data initiative.

QPS has provided an online crime statistics portal which provides spatially located crime in an aggregated format.

System Access Records

The QPS maintains records of staff's use of selected operational policing system. Access to these records is available through the RTI process.

Training

The QPS maintains records relating to the training of its staff and certifications. Access to these records is available through the RTI process.