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 continuing its major rebuild of the Queensland Police Service which deteriorated under Labor, with 35 new police officers graduating and heading tofrontline duties across Queensland.
* The newest officers will be deployed to communities from Cairns and Port Douglas toTownsville, Mount Isa, Mackay,Brisbaneand the Darling Downs.
* More police and stronger laws have delivered a 9.6 per cent reduction in the number of victims of crime in Queensland, under the Crisafulli Government, after they skyrocketed 193 per cent u...