Following concerns raised by community members, Member for Burdekin and former Police Officer, Dale Last MP, has called for a review of Police numbers in the Burdekin.
Mr Last said the district has seen more than 200 premises broken into in the last year and people are concerned for their safety and the safety of local Police Officers.
“By and large the community supports our local Police and believe that, currently, there are not enough resources to address the issues we are seeing in the community,” he said.
“People deserve to feel safe and our local Police need the resources to be able to round up offenders and put them before a court.
“Over recent years we have seen Police called on to respond to a wider range of incidents and that has increased the workload substantially.
“In smaller centres like the Burdekin, there simply aren’t the number of Police to easily absorb a substantial increase in the workload.
“We need to see staffing levels assessed to ensure that when people in the Burdekin need assistance, we have adequate Police to ensure a timely response.”
Mr Last said a large part of the assessment would focus on ‘calls for service’ and stressed the importance of crimes being reported.
“In the last financial year the number of Police Officers in Queensland fell by 204 so Officers are in high demand,” he said.
“The fact is that, if people don’t report crime, we won’t see an increase in Police numbers and then, when people need Police, there is a higher chance that they won’t be able to respond as quickly.
“I know from experience that, when a community works cooperatively with their local Police, the outcomes are better for both Police and the community.”
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