Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson has been fined for speeding.

Mr Atkinson released a statement saying he was caught doing 70 kilometres per hour in a 60kph zone earlier this month.

He says he was caught by a speed camera at Kangaroo Point in Brisbane's inner south, and has blamed a lapse in concentration for the incident.

Mr Atkinson was fined $133 and lost one demerit point.

He apologised to the community and his colleagues, saying he is very embarrassed.

"That goes with the aspect of being in this fortunate and quite privileged position to represent the 15,000 people in the Police Service and to have the support of the media, particularly in getting the road safety message out," he said.

"I feel as though I've let you down. I feel as though I've let my colleagues down and I've let the community down."

He says he did not see the speed camera flash while he was driving with a colleague to police headquarters.

"It was brought to my notice that there might be an issue last Friday," he said.

"It wasn't done deliberately, intentionally or knowingly, but I should have been concentrating better and I accept that."

It is not the first time Mr Atkinson has been nabbed for speeding.

He says he received a ticket for a similar speeding offence in 2009 while holidaying in New South Wales and in 1998 when he was an assistant commissioner in far north Queensland.

In 2004, he rear-ended another vehicle while driving a police car and was deemed to have been following the car too closely.

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