First Nations Division

Our Purpose

Deliver specialist capabilities to strengthen trust and confidence among our people and the community we serve.

Our Vision

Acknowledge, embrace, respect and celebrate Queensland’s First Nations People.

Our Division

The First Nations Division is dedicated to building cultural safety, capability, trust, transparency and strengthening relationships between the Queensland Police Service, and First Nations communities across Queensland.

This is achieved by sharing information and developing initiative in a collaborative approach to prevent harm, and together develop a safer Queensland for everyone.

Our People

Led by an Executive Director, the Division is made up of a diverse team of specialists’ members including First Nations peoples who bring extensive policing and cultural knowledge and, through their passion and lived experiences, drive transformative change. 

Key portfolios within the Division include: 

• Cultural Engagement
• Strategy and Recruitment
• Policy and Research
• Truth Telling and Healing
• Taskforce Maiwah
• Transformation Program Team 

Queensland Police Service Reframing the Relationship Plan 2024 – 2027

• On 27 May 2024, the ‘Queensland Police Service - Reframing the Relationship Plan 2024-2027’ was launched publicly as a commitment to strive towards improving policing services, outcomes and relationships for First Nations people and communities of Queensland.
• This ‘Reframing the Relationship Plan’ outlines eight key principles that highlight the important of providing a professional service to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and communities built on partnerships and meaningful relationships, pursuant to the Public Sector Act 2022.
• Read more about the QPS Reframing the Relationship plan 2024 – 2027.