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The ribbon was cut on a $52 million police training facility built in honour of Queenslands former top cop.

The Bob Atkinson Operational Capabilities Centre at Wacol in Brisbanes West will be a training base for eight thousand officers a year.

Mr Atkinson said police need to be well equipped for their job.

"We owe it to the male and female officers who go out there everyday to protect our communities to ensure they have the best training the best equipment and to prepare them as best as possible for the dangerous job that they do", he said. 

Image supplied by Queensland Police Service - below are two links relating to this article.  We congratulate our QRPA member Bob Atkinson

https://www.river949.com.au/news/local-news/114128-new-police-training-centre-officially-open-in-wacol

https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/crime/see-the-video-of-queensland-polices-new-hollywood-backlot-set-for-training-in-the-fight-against-terrorism/news-story/175eae5fb829fb57f9b388de39c265ac

Notice of QRPA Annual General Meeting 

to be held on Monday 7 September 2020

at Ground Floor Conference Room, Police Headquarters

commencing at 12.30 pm.

Nominations for the elections must be correctly completed and lodged with the State Secretary at least fourteen days before the AGM, that is by Monday 24 August 2020 (Rule 4).

Tonight we (State Secretary Patricia Holden, Webmaster Bradley Smith and State Treasurer Jillian Stienkamp) launched the Members Restricted Area of the QRPA website.