BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 27 -- The Queensland Cabinet issued text of the following statement:

Published Yesterday at 11:23 AM

Minister for Police and Emergency Services

The Honourable Dan Purdie

Crisafulli Government delivers reinforcements to the police frontline in regional Queensland

* 55 new police officers will be sent to regional Queensland as part of the Crisafulli Government's commitment to makethe community safe. * Thenew officers are just the start of a pipeline of hundreds of recruits to reinforce the police frontline across Queensland. * TheCrisafulli Government is delivering police the tools they need to do their jobs properly in the Making Queensland Safer Laws.

The Crisafulli Government is delivering safer communiti...