BRISBANE, Queensland, Sept. 18 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:
Minister for Police and Emergency Services
The Honourable Dan Purdie
* 30 experienced police officers have graduated from the Queensland Police Service and will return to frontline duties across Queensland, as part of the Crisafulli Government's commitment to restore safety where you live.
* The graduates bring valuable policing experience to communities from Cairns andMackay to Brisbane, Logan and Ipswich.
* More than 2,100 police have now been sworn in since theCrisafulli Government came to office, with victim numbers down 9.6 per cent.
* TheCrisafulli Government is making Queensland safer with stronger laws,...