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1 May, 2025
Fully staffed stations
EVERY police station in the Douglas Shire will be fully manned by the end of May.
That’s according to Member for Cook David Kempton.
“We’ve resourced the police in Cook and every police station will be fully manned by the end of May,” he said.
Mr Kempton said the new expanded ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws were critical in holding serious youth offenders to account.
“We’ve brought in the electronic monitoring system, which means young offenders can be fitted with a monitoring device, so we know where they are and what they are up to,” he said.
Since the introduction of adult crime, adult time, early police data has shown a decline in key offences, such as stolen cars, robberies, and break-ins between December and February compared to last year.
An additional 20 serious offences will now be included under the adult crime, adult time laws, bringing the total to 33. The expanded offences include attempted murder, rape and attempted rape, torture, aggravated attempted robbery, trafficking in dangerous drugs, kidnapping, arson and ramming a police vehicle while driving.
These new offences follow recommendations from the expert legal panel, which the Crisafulli government established to guide the next phase of tougher youth crime laws.
Premier David Crisafulli said expanding adult crime, adult time was the next step in the government’s promise to deliver the strong laws needed to turn the tide on youth crime.
“This delivers on our commitment to expand adult crime, adult time with additional offences, as recommended by the experts,” Mr Crisafulli said.
“This is the next stage, but it won’t be the last stage. We won’t rest until we arrest the youth crime crisis.
“Victims must come first and adult crime, adult time is just one way we are shifting the focus back to supporting victims and driving down youth crime.
“After 10 years of weakened laws this won’t be fixed overnight, but we are making progress, and this is the next critical step in winding back a decade of decline under Labor.”
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