Following 42 years of service as a Police Officer, Graham Coleman was appointed in 2023 as Executive Director of the Queensland Police Service (QPS) Olympic and Paralympic Games Group leading security planning for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games (B2032).<\/p>\n
During Grahams police career with the QPS, he performed key roles in leading the planning and delivery of security operations for the 2014 G20 events held in Queensland and the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.\u00a0 Immediately prior to his retirement, Graham led the Security and Counter Terrorism Command\u2019s Prepare Prevent Protect Group for five years.<\/p>\n
Graham has trained at the UK College of Policing and is a certified Counter Terrorism Security Coordinator and his expertise is acknowledged by his work with numerous international policing organisations in the planning of major events including the Federal Police of Argentina (G20 Summit 2018), Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary (APEC 2018), New Zealand Police (APEC 2021) and West Midlands Police (Commonwealth Games 2022).<\/p>\n
Graham currently leads a dedicated team planning for B2032 and is responsible for advising the Queensland Government on protective security for the Games. Graham\u2019s experience and knowledge will drive the development and growth of the QPS Olympic and Paralympic Games Group to ensure the QPS, with key partners, delivers a safe and secure environment for the Games.<\/p>\n
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Securing Global Events: Lessons from the G20 to Brisbane 2032<\/strong><\/p>\n Using experience of planning security for a G20, a Commonwealth Games and now an Olympics, Graham will provide practical advice relating to the lessons identified through that planning. The lessons identified through these events combined with research of or attendance at other events, provide practical insight into considerations when undertaking any planning involving multiple stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Executive Director, Olympic and Paralympic Games Group, Queensland Police Service<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9736,"template":"","meta":{"content-type":""},"class_list":["post-9734","our_team","type-our_team","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n