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New flying squad the largest rapid response unit in Queensland Police history
The Queensland Government has today launched the largest rapid response unit in Queensland Police history – an integrated ‘State Flying Squad’ to swoop on crime hotspots across the state.
The squad of 58 specialist officers will be deployed to high-risk areas to strategically target Queensland’s worst juvenile and adult offenders.
The Crisafulli Government has committed $32.4 million in funding over five years to the squad, which will absorb officers who are currently attached to operations including Taskforce Guardian and Operation Whiskey Legion.
The State Flying Squad will bolster the police frontline across Queensland and have the firepower to ensure teenage criminals are held to account through the Making Queensland Safer Laws.
Premier David Crisafulli said bolstering Queensland’s crime offensive with the largest ever police flying squad was just one of the ways the Government was delivering on its commitment to restore safety where you live.
“This squad will strike at the heart of crime and help restore community safety across the state,” Premier Crisafulli said.
“Backed by our tough Making Queensland Safer Laws, the State Flying Squad represents a new era of policing and will give communities the backup needed, when they need it.