The 32nd annual National Police Remembrance Day will be commemorated on Wednesday, September 29, with a service to be held at Faith Lutheran College in Thornlands.
The Redlands branch of the Queensland Retired Police Association has arranged a service for National Police Remembrance Day in the Redlands for the past eight years.
This year the main service will be held at Faith Lutheran College in Thornlands at 2pm. Members of the public are welcome.
Secretary of the branch Eddie Gallo said to his knowledge this was the first time that a National Police Remembrance Day service would be held at a school and students would take an active role in the service despite the date being during school holidays.
There would be two school-based services at the college, one at the senior campus and another at the junior school on September 14. These events will be for staff, parents and students from the school.
"It is hoped that through these school-based services, the students and young adults can be better informed and educated in relation to the sacrifices made by police officers as they strive to protect the communities they serve and make them a safer place," said president of the Redlands QRPA Paul Fitzpatrick.
Unlike most occupations and professions all police officers go to work every day not knowing what the day will bring.
By hosting the service at a school, the association hopes to build trust and teach children to respect the police.
Mr Fitzpatrick who joined the police service when he was just 15 years old said he wanted the youth to know what a career in the police was all about and expose them to the diverse employment opportunities in the service.
"I think many of us take police officers as someone who will always be there when we need protection from those who would harm us both physically and materially, but we often forget that the job is itself one that carries many dangers," he said.
From small beginnings in Queensland 1987 the Remembrance Day has grown to now encompass all Australian State and Territory police along with federal police and forces from New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and nations on the South West Pacific.
The Redlands branch of the Queensland Retired Police Association has 81 members.
They meet monthly at the Redlands Sporting Club in Wellington Point at 11am.
The group invites retired police officers who served anywhere in the world as well as anyone employed by the police.