MORE POLICE DELIVERED TO KILCOY FRONTLINE TO MAKE SOMERSET REGION SAFER

BRISBANE, Queensland, Oct. 5 -- The Queensland Department of the Premier and Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

Minister for Police and Emergency Services

The Honourable Dan Purdie

* The Crisafulli Government is doubling the number of frontline policeat Kilcoy Police Station to make the Somerset region safer. * The number of permanent full-time officers is increasing from two officers to four, bolstering community safety and disaster readiness ahead of the high-risk weather season. * The increased police presence is part of theCrisafulli Government's plan to bolster the frontline, with more than 2,100 new police now sworn in and Queensland's frontline workforce surpassing 13,000 officers. * TheCrisafulli Government's stro...