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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

Fuhrer furore: Queensland police Canva-fail sees Adolf Hitler feature in training module

Screen shot from the Queensland domestic violence training website showing an image of Hitler depicting a Queensland police officer talking to a member of the public
A total of 8,641 Queensland police members have done the training, which used an image of Hitler found by searching ‘police officer silhouette’ on Canva. Photograph: Queensland Police

The Queensland police service has taken “immediate steps” to remove an “inappropriate” image of Adolf Hitler that was mistakenly included in an online domestic violence training module for officers.

A QPS spokesperson said the silhouette image depicting the Nazi dictator in a peak cap was “unintentionally used” in a module about coercive control after searching for “police officer silhouette” on the design program Canva.

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