POLAIR Gold Coast: Police Minister Mark Ryan and Commissioner Katarina Carroll guarantee chopper service will remain at Carrara

The State Government has guaranteed POLAIR will stay on the Coast, despite concerns over a strategic review.

CRIME-BUSTING eye in the sky POLAIR will stay based on the Gold Coast, despite a State Government review proposing it be moved.

Police Minister Mark Ryan and Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll spoke out in response to “misinformation being circulated on the Gold Coast” about the helicopter service.

They did not address the review revealed by Bonney MP Sam O’Connor titled “Strategic Review of Queensland Police Service POLAIR”.

A Queensland Police POLAIR helicopter on the move. Picture: Paul Sadler Photography/QPS

In a statement, the government said: “Despite the Minister and the Queensland Police Service confirming last week that POLAIR is not leaving the Gold Coast claims to the contrary continue to be made.”

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“POLAIR is staying on the Gold Coast, it’s not going anywhere,” Mr Ryan said.

Commissioner Carroll said the POLAIR helicopters were an invaluable resource for Gold Coast police.

“The POLAIR capability has proved time and time again that it plays a vital role in supporting community safety,” she said.

Police Minister Mark Ryan and Commissioner Katarina Carroll. Picture: Alix Sweeney

“I can assure the Gold Coast community POLAIR is staying on the Gold Coast.”

Last week, Mr O’Connor asked Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in state parliament Question Time to table the review report in full and guarantee POLAIR would stay on the Coast.

Ms Palaszczuk did not speak about the report but said she was “advised that it (POLAIR) is staying on the Gold Coast”.

POLAIR One at Carrara was launched on the Coast in 2011.