'Extraordinarily high' demand for police as Queensland officer turnover doubles amid increased workloads

Queensland police officers are leaving the force at an unprecedented rate as workloads continue to grow, according to the state's police commissioner. Key points: Queensland police officers are leaving the service twice as quickly as the long-term average The state's police commissioner says she has never seen such a high demand for police officers in her entire career She says domestic violence, mental health call-outs, and youth crime were driving up police workloads Katarina Carroll said the current attrition rate for police officers had more than doubled to 5.7 per cent, having historically hovered around 2.7 per cent. Commissioner Carroll said there was an "extraordinarily high" demand for police officers amid an ever-growing workload. Commissioner Carroll said many detention centres were overflowing, with several police watch houses in north Queensland at more than 170 per cent capacity. A Working for Queensland survey found 50 per cent of police officers said they were likely to quit their jobs over the next two years.