Members of the PIPPS team are available to prepare expert reports and/or to provide expert testimonies. Previous engagements are listed below.

Expert Testimony and Reports

Drew, J. (2023). Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide. Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, Australian Government.

Drew, J. (2022). Police mental health and wellbeing: Expert report. Commission of Inquiry into Queensland Police Service responses to domestic and family violence. Queensland Government. 

Government Inquiry Citations

(2024). Cited in Queensland Human Rights Commission’s ‘Strengthening the Service: Independent Review of Workplace Equality in the Queensland Police Service’. Research cited on gender equity in policing.

(2024). Cited in Office of the Independent Implementation Supervisor—Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce Reforms: Biannual Progress Report 5 (December 2024) (fourth progress report). Research cited on police mental health and wellbeing.

(2024). Cited in Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide’s Final Report. Research cited on police mental health and wellbeing.

Members of the PIPPS team are available for engagement as keynote speakers or attend conferences and events as invited speakers/presenters. Examples of previous engagements are listed below.

(2025). Road Policing, Victoria Police, Melbourne. EMPOWER Leaders Foundation Program.

(2025). Road Policing Forum, Victoria Police, Melbourne. More than a sum of its parts: Promoting & sustaining police wellbeing through healthy workplaces, not just individual effort.

(2025). Queensland Police Union of Employees (QPUE), Brisbane. From Stress to Strength:  
A New Era for Prevention and Support for Police Wellbeing.

(2024). Australian Council of Women and Policing Conference, Brisbane. Gender Diversity in Policing.

(2024). Police Research Advancement Section (PRAS) - Research Advisory Committee (IACP), Boston. Occupational Stressors and their Link to Burnout & Psychological Distress in Policing.

(2024). Global Evidence Based Policing Conference, Australia and New Zealand Evidence Based Policing Society, Melbourne. Beyond the experience of trauma in explaining psychological health of police: Occupational stressors, embitterment and psychological contract breach.

(2024). Global Evidence Based Policing Conference, Australia and New Zealand Evidence Based Policing Society, Melbourne. Gender Diversity in Policing.

(2024). Southern District & Central Commands, Queensland Police Service, Online. Wieambilla Coronial Inquest – OIC Session.

(2024). International Summer School on Policing Symposium, Brisbane. "Early Warning System" for workplace health and performance: Disentangling the impacts of trauma, operational and organisational stress.

(2024). Hanley Foundation, Online, United States. First Responder Cultural Competence Session..

(2024). Forensic Services Group, Queensland Police Service, Brisbane. Improving Wellbeing: The Role of Police Leaders.

(2024). South Brisbane District: Peer Support Development Day, Queensland Police Service, Brisbane.  Trauma, organisational and operational stressors in police wellbeing: Unpacking their impact and how to respond.

(2024). Intelligence and Covert Support: Wellbeing Forum, Victoria Police, Melbourne. Trauma, organisational and operational stressors in police wellbeing: Unpacking their impact and how to respond.

(2024). The Police Association of Victoria (TPAV), Online. The proportional impacts of trauma, organisational and operational factors on police wellbeing: Are we addressing what is really causing harm?

(2024). Frontline Mental Health Conference, Gold Coast. Psychosocial Hazard Identification and Risk Management for Police Leaders.

(2024). Frontline Mental Health Conference, Gold Coast. Moral injury in first responder populations.

(2024). United States Fraternal Order of Police: Leadership Matters Training Conference, Nashville, Tennessee. Biennial Issues in Policing Survey (2023): Preliminary Findings.

(2024). United States Fraternal Order of Police: Wellness Summit, Nashville, Tennessee. Biennial Issues in Policing Survey (2023): Preliminary Findings.

(2024). Crime and Corruption Commission, Brisbane. Burnout, Organisational and Operational Stress.

(2023). Australian and New Zealand Police Health and Wellness Advisory Group (ANZPHWAG), Sydney. Leadership for Wellness: A Police Leadership Development Program for Improving Officer Wellbeing, Australian Institute of Police Management.

(2023). Australian and New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency Conference (ANZPAA), Melbourne. Identifying, addressing, and preventing psychosocial hazards in police workplaces: The development of an early warning system for workplace health and performance.

(2023). Queensland Police Service - Peer Support Training program, Brisbane. Police suicide.

(2023). Leadership in Counter Terrorism Alumni Association (LinCT-AA) International Conference, Brisbane. Wellness in the CT environment.

(2023). Queensland Police Service: Executive Leadership Team, Brisbane. Psychosocial hazards and risks: A plan for action.

(2023). South Australia Police Service. Police mental health, burnout and psychological distress: Understanding trauma, organisational and operational stressors.

(2023). Queensland Police Service: Operations Support Command Conference. Disentangling the impacts of trauma, operational and organisational stress on the wellbeing of police.

(2023). Queensland Police Union of Employees: Executive Board Meeting. Impacts of trauma, operational and organisational stress on the wellbeing of police.

(2023). Queensland Police Service: Burnout Committee. Disentangling the impacts of trauma, operational and organisational stress on the wellbeing of police.

(2023). International Action Learning Group (PEARLS program). Designing healthy police workplaces: Where have we been? Where are we now? Where should we be going? Australian Institute of Police Management.

(2023). Australian Federal Police. Leadership for wellness: A police leadership development program for improving officer wellbeing. Innovation Speaker Series.

(2023). Fortem Australia, Beyond Brave Virtual Summit. Disentangling the impacts of trauma, operational and organisational stress on the wellbeing of police.

(2023). Fortem Australia, Beyond Brave Virtual Summit. Panel Discussion: Are traditional models of bravery serving our first responders and do we need to expand them to better look after the human in the uniform?

(2023). Queensland Police Service. Exploring the "what, why and how" of peer support: How can it be most effectively used in police agencies?

(2023). Queensland Police Service: Officer in Charge Conference (Moreton District), North Coast Region. Exploring the role of trauma, organisational and operational stress in policing: Taking a leadership approach.

(2022). Queensland Police Service: Executive Leadership Team, Brisbane. Suicide prevention in police agencies: A retrospective study of police suicide in Queensland.

(2022). United States Fraternal Order of Police: Leadership Matters Training Conference, Nashville, Tennessee. Biennial Issues in Policing Survey: Preliminary Findings.

(2022). United States Fraternal Order of Police: Wellness Summit, Nashville, Tennessee. Biennial Issues in Policing Survey: Preliminary Findings.

(2021). Fortem Australia. Online Forum. Suicide in the first responder community: Lived experience, risk factors and prevention.

(2021). Queensland Police Service: Executive Leadership Team, Brisbane. An early warning system for police workplace health and performance.

(2019). Frontline Mental Health Conference, Townsville. Police well-being, mental health and suicide prevention: Moving from knowledge to action.

(2019). New York Police Department, New York City.  NYPD/PERF Symposium on Suicide Among Members of Law Enforcement. Expert panel on law enforcement well-being and suicide prevention.

(2019). International Workshop on Women in Policing, Wilfrid Laurier University in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Expert panel on recruiting, retaining, and promoting women police officers: An international comparison of challenges and opportunities for change.

Members of the PIPPS team are regularly engaged with the media to provide expert comments on current issues and events. Examples of media engagements previously undertaken by members of the PIPPS team are listed below.

Media

(February, 2025). Conversation Hour: Does there need to be a greater focus on wellbeing in the police force?. Aired on ABC Melbourne.

(February, 2025). Police need hundreds more officers as domestic violence calls skyrocket. Online in Brisbane Times.

(November, 2024). Cops’ most wanted. Online and In Print Gold Coast Bulletin.

(October, 2024). NSW police say "let cops be cops". The World Today. Aired on ABC News Radio.

(July, 2024). Tackling burnout and poor mental health among Queensland Police. Aired on ABC Brisbane.

(August, 2023). PTSD and police mental health. Online at SBS News.

(May, 2023). Scrapping of the Queensland Police Service, Service Realignment Program, Aired on ABC Brisbane.

(April, 2023). New special constables to provide frontline support. Radio, Aired on ABC Southern News.

(December, 2022). Support needed for officers in wake of deadly shooting. Aired on ABCNews, The World Today with Sally Sara.

(December, 2022). Wieambilla shooting the second fatal ambush of Queensland Police in five years. Online at ABC News: ABC Southern Queensland with Kemii Maguire.

(November, 2022). Queensland Police found guilty of toxic workplace. Aired on 2ser107.3 Radio, The Wire.

(November, 2022). Story: Could more recruits lead to more problems for the Queensland Police Service? Online in ABC News.

Podcasts

(January, 2025). Psychological Health and Safety Podcast. The role of organisational and operational stress in police mental health outcomes.

(January, 2025). Excellence in Training Academy. Mental health and police.

(November, 2024). Beyond the Call. The impact of the organisational system on police mental health.

(February, 2024). Show Me the Data. Relational Insights Data Lab, Griffith University. Romance fraud.

(April, 2023). Heart to Heart Walk Podcast (Ep. 12). Police mental health and wellbeing.

(April, 2023). The Justice Clearinghouse Podcast. What police officers want: Consulting the source.