Katarina Carroll

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Commissioner
Katarina Carroll
APM
Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll.jpg
Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service
Assumed office
8 July 2019
Preceded byIan Stewart
Commissioner of Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
In office
1 August 2015 – 5 June 2019
Preceded byLee Johnson
Succeeded byGreg Leach
Personal details
Born
Katarina Ruzh Bošnjak

(1963-11-17) 17 November 1963 (age 58)
Innisfail, Queensland, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Alma materGriffith University
OccupationPolice officer

Katarina Ruzh Carroll APM (born 17 November 1963) is an Australian police officer and the Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service since July 2019. She is the first female commissioner of QPS. She was formerly the Commissioner of the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services from August 2015 until July 2019.

Early life and education[]

Carroll was born on 17 November 1963 in Innisfail, Queensland, to Bosnian Croat parents, Ivan and Antonia Bošnjak from Ljubuški and Trebižat, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and raised on a tobacco farm in Innot Hot Springs.[1][2] She was educated at Mount Garnet State School, and then boarded at Mount St Bernard College, Herberton before completing an associate diploma in community welfare at James Cook University in Townsville.[3] She also holds a Bachelor of Arts in criminology and criminal justice from Griffith University, which awarded her its Outstanding Alumnus Award in 2018.[4]

Career[]

Carroll joined the Queensland Police Service in 1983, working in general duties, then as a detective in the drug squad, crime operations and ethical standards.[1][5] She was awarded the Australian Police Medal in the 2008 Australia Day Honours.[6] In 2014, Carroll served as Operations Commander for the G20 summit in Brisbane.[3]

Carroll joined the new Queensland Fire and Emergency Services in December 2014 as acting commissioner,[7] and was officially appointed to the role on 1 August 2015.[8]

On 23 April 2019, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced that Carroll would succeed Ian Stewart as Commissioner of Queensland Police upon Stewart's retirement in July 2019. Carroll was appointed Commissioner of the Queensland Police Service on 8 July.[9]

In October 2019 Carroll was named one of The Australian Financial Review's 100 Women of Influence in the Public Policy category.[10]

Honours and awards[]

Carroll wears the following Australian and Queensland awards and unit citations on the uniform:

APM Australia ribbon.png AUS National Emergency Medal ribbon bar.png NPSM Ribbon.jpg National Medal (Australia) ribbon.png

QPS G20 Citation.jpg

QPS 150 Year Citation.jpg 2010-2011 Queensland Flood and Cyclone Citation device.jpg QPS Commonwealth Games Citation.jpg

Queensland-Police-Service-Medal-ribbon.png Queensland-Police-Service-Exemplary-Conduct-Medal-ribbon.png Queensland-Police-Service-Meritorious-Conduct-Medal-ribbon.png

Honours and awards
APM Australia ribbon.png Australian Police Medal (APM)
AUS National Emergency Medal ribbon bar.png National Emergency Medal
NPSM Ribbon.jpg National Police Service Medal
National Medal (Australia) ribbon.png National Medal
Queensland-Police-Service-Meritorious-Conduct-Medal-ribbon.png Queensland Police Meritorious Service Medal
Queensland-Police-Service-Exemplary-Conduct-Medal-ribbon.png Queensland Police Exemplary Conduct Medal (with category clasp)
Queensland-Police-Service-Medal-ribbon.png Queensland Police Service Medal (with relevant years of service clasp)
QPS G20 Citation.jpg G20 Citation
QPS Commonwealth Games Citation.jpg Commonwealth Games Citation
2010-2011 Queensland Flood and Cyclone Citation device.jpg 2010-2011 Queensland Flood and Cyclone Citation
QPS 150 Year Citation.jpg QPS 150 Years Citation

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Bosnian Katarina Carroll is the First Female Commissioner of Police in Queensland". Sarajevo Times. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ Who's Who in Australia. ConnectWeb. 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Meet our G20 peacemaker". The Courier-Mail. 12 November 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Katarina Carroll". Griffith University. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Katarina Carroll appointed Queensland Police Commissioner". Queensland Government ministerial statement. The State of Queensland (Premier and Minister for Trade). 23 April 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Superintendent Katarina Ruzh CARROLL". honours.pmc.gov.au. Australian Government. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Katarina Carroll: bringing QFES into the 21st century". The Mandarin. 9 October 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  8. ^ "QEFS executive profiles". Fire and Emergency Services. Queensland Government. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  9. ^ Horn, Allyson (23 April 2019). "'A privilege and honour': Katarina Carroll appointed new Qld Police Commissioner". ABC News. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  10. ^ "AFR's 11 most influential women revealed". Australian Financial Review. 22 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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