 Hi, my name is Letitia. I'm a police officer. So I joined the service in 2010 as an AO and before that I did some admin duties. I then got inducted into the Queensland Police Service as a recruit and I'm here to talk to you today about some of the things that you've asked. Absolutely. The QPS accepts applications from anyone who is 17 years or older. If you're a young person who's got the desire and drive to become a police officer, applying now will enable you to explore a lifelong career. Although it's challenging, it's also rewarding and it allows you to give back to the community that you work in. So when I joined, I was only 21 and I have found myself 10 years of policing now and I've loved every single moment of it. The recruiting timeframe depends on your history and also your personal circumstances. So please be patient with our recruiting process. Accept applicants all year round. So there has never been a better time for you to apply. When you start your training at one of our Queensland Police Academies, you'll be advised where you'll be posted after graduation. You could be posted anywhere within Queensland because you must remember you are a Queensland Police Officer. This means that you could be posted up North or you could be posted in the Southeast region of Queensland. Now QPS does consider your family circumstances. They consider whether you've got loved ones that you must stay close to if they're sick. These are all things that they consider when they are posting you to your first location. For psychometric testing, you'll be expected to do a written test with a variety of different questions to create a profile about your personality. During the interview process, there will be a panel and those panel members will identify what you can bring to the QPS like your values and what kind of attributes you have as a person. Before the testing, I highly recommend that you have a good think about why you've applied to join the QPS and what has inspired you to become a police officer. We know that nearly half of Australians experience mental illness at some point in their life and QPS, we don't discriminate. So we'll absolutely consider your application and it's case by case. So we know that as a police officer, we look at how physically fit you are, but we also look at how mentally fit you are because it's important. So this means during your recruitment process, the recruiting team will inquire about your mental health and they may request a report from your treating psychologist, psychiatrist, or a mental health practitioner. They just want to make sure that this job is not going to be harmful to you. As a police officer, you will need to give evidence in court. You may need to identify someone in a red shirt, for example, or driving a blue car, which may be difficult for someone who is colorblind. If you're considering a Korean policing, you will need to have appropriate color vision so that you can carry out your duties effectively. If you're colorblind, you will need to undertake further testing. Absolutely, you can have tattoos. However, they can't be offensive. QPS reflects society and there's not very many people in today's society that you'll meet that doesn't have a tattoo like me. Also, QPS really do promote inclusiveness and culturally significant tattoos are absolutely accepted. After completing the recruit program and graduating, you'll do 12 months as a first year constable. And then after that, you'll be staying at the same station for three years in general duties. You may even get exposure to different types of areas within the QPS, such as TCS, which is our tactical crime squad. After that, you are eligible to apply for promotion and also maybe even the specialized roles that you have your eye on, such as the dog squad, dive squad, may even be the water police. After all of this, if you're still interested in becoming a police officer, please head over to our website and take our eligibility quiz. The recruiting team are always open to answer any of your questions, so please don't hesitate to contact them.