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  2. History of the Queensland Police - Wikipedia

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    Queensland Police were officially linked to a central Finger-print Bureau in Sydney, which gives computer access to millions of prints throughout Australia and overseas. [1] The Department operates 1,092 vehicles. [1] There were 309 computer terminals in 121 locations. Training in computers was offered to cadets and probationaries at the Police ...

  3. David Thompson Seymour - Wikipedia

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    Seymour was born on 5 November 1831 at Ballymore Castle, County Galway, Ireland, son of Thomas Seymour and his wife Matilda Margaret, née Lawrence.Educated at Ennis College, he entered the British Army as an ensign on 1 February 1856, was promoted to lieutenant in the 12th Regiment on 23 February 1858, and served at Limerick and Deal before he arrived in Sydney on 7 July 1859 in command of a ...

  4. Queensland Police Service - Wikipedia

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    The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is the principal law enforcement agency responsible for policing the Australian state of Queensland.In 1990, the Queensland Police Force was officially renamed the Queensland Police Service and the old motto of "Firmness with Courtesy" was changed to "With Honour We Serve".

  5. Special Emergency Response Team (Queensland) - Wikipedia

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    The three-day selection course is regarded as the most difficult and physically demanding course within the Queensland Police Service. It tests physical and mental endurance through individual and team tasks, problem solving, sleep deprivation, basic survival skills and by challenging phobias for example heights and closed spaces. [ 20 ]

  6. Frederick Walker (native police commandant) - Wikipedia

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    Frederick Walker (14 April 1820 – 19 November 1866) was a British public servant of the Colony of New South Wales, property manager, Commandant of the Native Police, squatter and explorer, today best known as the first and much feared Commandant of the death squads known as the Native Police Force that operated in the colonies of New South Wales and Queensland.

  7. Australian police ranks - Wikipedia

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    Queensland Police Service [13] [19] 1997–2001 No equivalent: No equivalent: Commissioner Deputy commissioner Assistant commissioner Chief superintendent: Superintendent: Inspector: Senior sergeant Sergeant first class Sergeant second class: Senior constable Constable Queensland Police Service [20] [21] 2002–2019 No equivalent: No equivalent ...

  8. Patrick Short (police commissioner) - Wikipedia

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    On 14 May 1878, Short joined the very small Queensland Police Force, training in Brisbane, before being posted to the then-most distant south-western station of Saint George. [ 2 ] Within his first few weeks, Short's first arrest was a naked man with a firearm terrifying the people at a property.

  9. Frank Bischof - Wikipedia

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    Frank Bischof was born at Gowrie Junction, Queensland, on 12 October 1904, the fourth child in a family of nine, and grew up on a dairy farm.He attended Toowoomba Grammar School, and worked in a cheese factory before joining the Queensland Police Force in 1925.