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Fraser Barton

Old is new as Qld police attempt to lure back retirees

Retired Queensland police officers will be able to return to the front line under a new policy. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Queensland is inviting retired and former police officers back to the front lines as the service faces the departure of hundreds of staff in the next few years.

Proposed changes will allow for a new category of "special constable" to help ease staffing pressure on the state's police service, with officers over the mandatory retirement age of 60 allowed to return and undertake frontline duties.

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