Community & Business
25 February, 2022
Long serving Croydon officer calls it a day
THE Croydon community has farewelled its local Officer in Charge, Sergeant Sue Wieland, who has hung up her belt after 11 years as a police officer with the Queensland Police Service (QPS).
Sue has worked or been affiliated with the QPS since she was 17 years old, working as an administration officer in Cairns as well as being married to a police officer and accompanying him to remote areas, with two children, to places such as Aramac and Yarrabah.
In 2011, Sue became a QPS recruit and then spent the next seven years performing general duties in Atherton before being promoted to Sergeant, Officer-in-Charge of Croydon, in 2018.
During her time in Croydon, the community has certainly felt her presence, even though she is a quiet achiever.
She mowed lawns for elderly residents, helped out at the school, volunteered at the rodeo, and was always cooking or serving at community fundraising dinners to assist the Fire Brigade, Croydon Blue Light Discos or the Croydon Primary School P&C.
In 2020, she observed an outbreak of the deadly canine disease Parvovirus and went above and beyond, offering the police station so a clinic could be run to vaccinate the town’s dogs.
Sue has led the Anzac Day procession for the past three years and said that as a mother of a son who served in Iraq, Anzac Day will always be dear to her heart.
“It is well worth the effort to go the extra mile in building trusting relationships in the community, especially small rural communities where police officers and their families play an integral role in bridging the gap between police and community,” Sergeant Wieland said.
Sue spearheaded the recent renovations of the Croydon police station and watchhouse, obtaining new fences for the property, planting trees and gardens, and making sure the new OIC had a new driveway and parking area at the rear of the station.
