 Now greet the parade host, Tony Wright, Education and Training Command. The arrival now of the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service, Mr Bob Atkinson, and the Commissioner's Staff Officer, Acting Superintendent Ian Thompson, Government of Queensland, the Honourable Julie Atwood MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Member Accompanied by the Ministerial Liaison Officer, Inspector Peter Brewer. I'll answer, sung by Acting Sergeant Nicky Steele. Police officers in uniform are requested to salute. Ladies and gentlemen, the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service, Mr Bob Atkinson, will now address the parade. Queensland Police Academy for this special occasion, this graduation parade. I'd like to start by acknowledging the traditional owners of this land, the Jagera people. The traditional owners in the land on the south side of the Brisbane River. I acknowledge as well their ancestors and any representatives who may be here today. I acknowledge our principal guest today representing the Minister for Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services, the Honourable Neo Roberts, and that is the Parliamentary Secretary for Health and the member for Mount Omni, Mrs Julie Atwood. Mr Atwood, thank you for being here today and joining us in representing our Minister on this occasion. We have a number of other state political representatives here today as well. The Shadow Minister for Police and Emergency Services, the Minister for New Certains, Mr Glenn Ellupers, the member for Springwood, Barbara O'Stone, and the member for Chatsworth, Stephen Kilburn. We thank all of you for your attendance. I acknowledge all of my colleagues in the senior executive of the Queensland Police Service that particularly our three deputies who are here today, Ian Stewart, Ross Barnett, Paul Brown, Mr Tony Wright, who is the Assistant Commissioner for our newly appointed education and training, has responsibility obviously for this academy and for our training statewide. I acknowledge as well today all of our colleagues in other state government departments representing the Department of Community Safety today as Mr Allen Butler. As well, we acknowledge our colleagues in the Australian Federal Police and they are represented today by the local commander, Mark Wallace. The magnificent work of the Australian Defence Forces in recent months will be through floods and cyclones. And we particularly welcome today the representatives of the Australian Defence Forces, Commander of the Seventh Brigade, Paul McLaughlin, and representing the Navy, Lockwin King. We also welcome today a number of representatives from the Crime and Misconduct Commission, the Chair, the Honourable Martin Mayanian, Assistant Commissioner Warren Strange, and Miss Helen Cooper. Also today we have the Presidents of both Police Unions, the Queensland Police Union Employee's President, Mr Ian Leavers, and the President of the Queensland Police Commission Officers Union, Mr Tony Cross. Soon you will see a number of awards that are presented for outstanding achievement for all 95 officers who are graduating and some have received special awards. And I'd like to acknowledge the providers of those awards, wonderful supporters who have been with us for many, many years. Queensland Police Credit Union, Metro Forward, the RACQ, the Lena Family, the Women's Network, Scouts Queensland, the Bowdoin Family, the Butler Family, and the Community's Council, the Police Citizens Youth Club, the Buddhist Compassion Relief Foundation. As well, excuse me, some very special guests here today. One of our officers speaking, sworn in today is Chelsea McCluskey, her father, Superintendent Tom McCluskey from the Vancouver Police in Canada, who is here for that occasion, just over here in the dark uniform. And his wife, Lea, who is also a Sergeant at the Vancouver Police, that's very special. I understand that Tom also has a son at the Vancouver Police, Tom, how Chelsea has seen the light, so join us here in Queensland. And another officer whose daughter is being sworn in today is Sergeant Glen Wecker, and here, Mrs Wecker, are here, and their daughter is Christy Wecker, so that's special as well. So, as indicated today, we swear in 95 new police officers. We also swear in five new police service dogs. Four General Judy's dogs. Han, he'll be based at Bundaberg. Yoshi and Z, he'll be based on the Sunshine Coast. Herge, he'll be based at Ipswich. And a bomb dog, or more properly titled, an explosive ordinance response team dog, named Fanta, who is his handler, Mark Menfolder, who worked from Brisbane but throughout Queensland in that role. So, 95 new officers and five dogs, that's 100 in total. And if there's going to be any publicity, it's a bit of an abrain, really. You may have read the Gloria Mail today, and see that the publicity went to the Labrador, the bomb dog Fanta. So, one dog outweighed 95 new police officers by the sound of it. Unfortunately, that tends to go with the truth. What a special day this is for all of the officers before you. Today is a start of a new career and a whole new life for them. They've spent almost the last seven months here at the Police Academy being trained and prepared for what they are about to do. And in that context, can we also acknowledge the wonderful work of the training facilitators here at the Police Academy-based Horn and staff member officers. These officers before you are as well prepared as they can be to face and deal with what they are about to undertake. But they can't stay here forever. They have to go out and do the work. The first 12 months though will be spent together with the training officer in the field, operationally in that support. Today is also a milestone for us in the Police Service because the swearing of these officers today will take our sworn numbers in Queensland to over 10,500. So can I say to all 95 of you, thank you for choosing this is your occupation, but by so doing you have taken on a great responsibility. Not only is it a major change for you, but also for your families. And in that sense, it's wonderful to see so many family members and friends here today to share this occasion. And thank you for your support for these 95 new police officers. That's been important in the last seven months. It'll be equally important, if not more so, into the future. To be selected as a police recruit is of itself an achievement. To get to this point is a greater achievement. The standards are high and only a small proportion of those will fly reach this point where they are today. And the journey they start today can take them anywhere in Queensland, can take them to any area of the service. They can all aspire to reach any rank in the service. There are many worthwhile occupations, but what we basically and fundamentally do is provide for the safety and security of the four and a quarter million people in Queensland, and we think that's a very worthwhile thing to do. And on behalf of all my colleagues and senior executives, there are many, many things will ask of you that some of the most important of them are these. That you always honor your oath of office and the statement of ethics that will soon be adopted on your behalf by Constable Anne Smolders. That you be professional at all times. That you treat the public as you would want members of your own family to be treated by other police officers. That you place a high value on teamwork, people, our performance and our partnership with the community. And that accepting that unavoidably with the work you're about to do, there is an element of risk and danger that you do all you can to minimize that risk, avoid being complacent, and stay alert and be aware. And finally, even though you will see the darkest side of life starting from Monday, we ask you not to become cynical by that, but rather be inspired by the importance of the work you do and the very many good things that you will see as well as the dark things. There are a few things that you can be certain of that I believe, and I know my colleagues and the senior executive believe, that the future of policing is in good hands. The evidence of that is in the calibre, the character and future ability of the 95 people before you. Having said that, we know that retained community support, we must work hard and ourselves never become complacent and continue with the ways to improve. So in closing, again, to all of you, congratulations. Well done, stay safe, and welcome to the Queensland Police Family. Thank you, Commissioner. The Commissioner will now formalize the graduation of five police dogs into the service. The police dogs and their handlers have undertaken a 14-week training course at the Queensland Police Dog Squad, where they have been trained in general purpose and explosive ordinance duties and will be deployed within Brisbane and regional locations. The courses are completed in Brisbane under the guidance of the State Coordinator, Senior Sergeant Terry Tangewell. Senior Instructor Steve Palmer will leave the graduating dogs on parade today. Dog Yoshi is the first police dog for his handler, Senior Constable, Trent Reynolds, and they will be stationed at the Sunshine Coast Dog Squad, where they will perform general duties as a police dog team. Police dog Fanta is the first police dog for his handler, Senior Constable, Mark Tenfold and are stationed at the explosive ordinance response team where they will perform explosive detection duties as a police dog team. Police dog Harm is the second police dog for his handler, Senior Constable, Shane Kavanaugh. They are stationed at the Bundaberg Dog Squad, where they will perform general purpose duties as a police dog team. Harm and Shane have made their television debut on Channel 9, Sending the Dogs of Australia and will feature later in this year. Dog Z is the first police dog for his handler, Senior Constable, Martin Wilson. They are also stationed at the Sunshine Coast Dog Squad, where they will perform general purpose duties as a police dog team. For his handler, Senior Constable, Steve Lindsay. They are stationed at the Excrete Dog Squad, where they will perform general purpose duties as a police dog team. Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes the induction of the police dog conference, Honourable Julie Atwood, MP, Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Member for Mount Omany will now address the parade. Good evening, everyone. It's great to be here tonight. Your witness is wonderful parade and can I say that all of the 95 recruits standing in front of me look absolutely wonderful. I'd like to first acknowledge a number of important people here tonight. Commissioner for Police, Bob Atkinson, Commissioner for Special Operations, Ross Barnett, Deputy Commissioner for Regional Operations, Ian Stewart, Chairperson of Crime Income, Ms Conduct Commission, Martin Moynihan, Member for NUSA, Glenn Elms, who is the Shadow Minister for Police, Member for Springwood, Barbara Stone, Member for Chatsworth, Steve Kilburn, not employees, is commissioned officers Union, Tony Cross, members of the QTS Senior Executive, commissioned officers, distinguished guests, police officers, ladies and gentlemen, and our new recruits. We're pleased to be here tonight to represent Police Minister Neil Roberts to officially welcome these recruits into the Queensland Police Service. Tonight, 95 new constables will begin their careers as police officers. Throughout their careers, the principal duty of these officers will be to serve and protect the people of Queensland. They will play a very important role in maintaining law and order in the communities to which they are stationed. A role that I, like the large majority of the communities that they will serve, deeply appreciates and respects. They will be expected to exhibit impeccable integrity, professionalism and accountability. They will be required to work as much with their local communities as with their peers. You foster a safe and secure Queensland. I'd like to thank each and every one of these new inductees in advance for their commitment to this cause. I'd also like to acknowledge their achievements in making it this far and acknowledge the challenges that still lie ahead for them. The Queensland community takes great pride in the quality of recruits who graduate from this academy. And you should all be very, very proud of your achievements to date. I'd also like to extend my thanks to all those who assisted these recruits to get where they are tonight. The support they've received, not only from the QPS but also from their families and friends during their journey has no doubt been indispensable. Apart from inducting the new police officers, however, tonight also sees another key achievement of our police service. As a result of these recruits being stored, sworn in, Queensland Police Service are willing to bolster these ranks to be 10,500 strong. This has been a fantastic experience throughout Queensland. And we are committed to doing all we can to ensure the number of police on our streets will continue to grow in the future. Thank you again all for your attention and good luck to each and every one of those who are responsible. Thank you. Now, as members of the Queensland Police Service thank our sponsors for their ongoing support for recruitment training and for all professionalism to recruit as many as they can. By the good of communication, we are committed to returning to the highest aggregate score in personal and property order during recruitment training. We've been a different team whilst we were making some presentations on the part of the foundation. Ladies and gentlemen, our sponsors, our employees will present you to a backup floor to study. We're going to acknowledge the Police Union who just presented a medal to the Michael, the Art Manager and Patryl Staker's colleagues who were stretching their constipation. We thank our community for their support and their understanding and in particular to the students today for making the presentation. Ladies and gentlemen, for our sponsors' union will present you to the Board of Colleges to recruit to recruit as many as they can. We will recognise the issues that we have to face throughout the generation of the recruitment program. To be able to test to your standard problems on this occasion, we will make a new presentation on the part of the Delivered Camp on the Police and Police Research Union. We will present you to the Board to recruit as many as they can. We will make the presentation to the Board to recruit as many as they can. We will make the presentation to the Board to recruit as many as they can. We will present you the documentation on the part of the breaths for the workforce. Finally, we'd like to please put this network to the group called Titan, who's alive in the light of duty and employment. With that industry, this is the end of the context of support today. It's the only opportunity left for a leader in the group, Titan, who's doing his education at work, to recruit a speaker at the bar. With that, we'd like to grant you the Scouts Association's funds for this course and for making presentations today and give you a copy of us, which is to predict if Deputy Commissioner for Regional Operations in Stuart are in public safety through collaborations with the community. We thank the Department of Community Safety and to Deputy Commissioner Stuart for making the presentation today. Ladies and gentlemen, the group named the President of the Indian Community Council of Queensland's Cultural Awareness Board to recruit from the UNHCR. We're going to demonstrate cross-cultural awareness throughout the duration of training with the Indian Community Council for the Sponsorship Office Award and to the Department of Community Safety for making the presentation today. The sector called Deputy, representing the Chairperson of the Indian Community District Club, will present the City District Club Award to recruit from the UNHCR. This award acknowledges the recruit who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the UNHCR through their involvement in new activities during the recruit training. With that happening, we'd like to dedicate you to making today's presentation on behalf of the Police District Youth Club. Ladies and gentlemen, the group's members, please be your presentations. Good for second. Party Commanders this afternoon is Sergeant Lisa Duncan, a Sergeant Charmaine Leith and Acting Sergeant of CACS-Matic. My name is Ryan, this is Judy Scott, this is Nellie Stelton and Mr Nick Zersh. On the 27th of May 2011, on that parade we expect to have 120 balloons of Leith's recruits inducted into the service. Superintendent of the CACS-Matic, a team with the Royal Canadian Mountain Police 25 years with the Vancouver Police Department and 15 years with experience teaching major crime investigations. Today we would also like to acknowledge the recruit, Chris E. Wecker. His father is also a serving member of the Queensland Police Service. On February 9th, Tom Malloy will conduct a group parade before his return. My name is Chris E. Wecker. We know that it is true a seven seat process is for justice, kids and good order. The caring committee works to keep track of our pro-voluntary interests. The special blessing on the newly graduated constables is that they commit their careers for members of the Queensland Police Service. We thank you for your willingness to serve the community and display it. We are thankful for the hard work and the personal passion they have given of preparing themselves for the duties of leading a police officer. We pray that they may always exercise the powers of the officers responsible and that they may be aware of the influence of police officers. For the capabilities of the officers and the courage from their photographer manager if the integrity of the product with ethical choices without ever compassion or assisting those suffering and victimised grant them impartiality when it comes to the law. Blessed are the present of these officers and the challenges of the new government and may the God bless you. Thank you very much and part of this ceremony of funds will join our call for first advance and future retreats to prepare in line with motions to learn as beyond the course of slowings and that they should return. On completion of the program of drum meeting the drummers will retire to rejoin the pilots. The pilots and drummers will then commit to the ceremonial sunset by playing Hecht as a hero. They try to do the next 25 spottings in front of that and sitting up in 1903. It was written and attributed to major general Hecht as a gold body schedule around the turn of the century. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Queen's Land Police pilot and drum tradition of the traditional ceremonial sunset.