Crisafulli Government delivers first police graduates for 2026

• The Crisafulli Government delivers 79 new police officers in the first graduating cohort of 2026.
• Latest boost to the police frontline follows a huge intake of 1,180 new officers in 2025, reversing Labor’s recruitment failures.
• 79 new police officers will be deployed across Brisbane, regional and remote Queensland.
• The Crisafulli Government is making Queensland safer and rebuilding the frontline after a decade of decline under Labor. 

The Crisafulli Government is restoring safety where you live and rebuilding the police frontline with 79 new officers sworn into the Queensland Police Service as part of the first graduating cohort of 2026.  

It’s just one of the ways the Crisafulli Government is making Queensland safer, strengthening the frontline and putting more officers where they are needed most.  

The new officers – 56 men and 23 women – will be deployed immediately to communities across the State, strengthening policing capacity from Brisbane to Cairns, Mount Isa, Townsville, Mackay, Sunshine Coast, Wide Bay and the Gold Coast. 

Last night's graduation follows an exceptional year for police recruitment in 2025, when 1,180 new officers were sworn in, reversing a decade of decline under Labor that saw police leaving in droves due to mounting frustration over weak laws and a lack of support. 

The new graduates will bolster frontline policing across every corner of Queensland, with officers deployed to the following Districts: 

• North Brisbane – 14 officers
• South Brisbane – 11 officers
• Far North – 10 officers
• Townsville – 8 officers
• Logan – 7 officers
• Gold Coast – 5 officers
• Mackay Whitsunday– 5 officers
• Ipswich – 5 officers
• Capricornia – 4 officers
• Moreton – 4 officers
• Sunshine Coast – 3 officers
• Wide Bay Burnett – 2 officers
• Mount Isa – 1 officer

The cohort includes recruits aged 18 to 50 from all over the world, with previous careers in defence, health, engineering, trades, hospitality and customer service. 

Minister for Police and Emergency Services Dan Purdie said the graduation followed a breakout year of recruitment under the Crisafulli Government.  

“The Crisafulli Government is putting 79 new police officers on the frontline – the first graduates of 2026 and the next wave in our plan to restore safety where you live and rebuild the frontline,” Minister Purdie said. 

“We know that officers were leaving the Queensland Police Service in droves under the former Labor Government and we remain committed to strengthening the frontline following a decade of neglect.