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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Andrew Messenger

Queensland anti-corruption commission investigated just 20 of more than 6,000 complaints in a year

Queensland Police officers walk together across a bridge in Brisbane
Both parties in Queensland have backed formation of a police integrity unit to investigate complaints against police but progress has stalled. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Queensland’s anti-corruption commission has investigated just 20 of more than 6,000 complaints of suspected corruption in the past year, as the state government comes under renewed pressure to implement a years-late recommendation to end the practice of police investigating police.

The statistic was revealed in Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission’s annual report, tabled in state parliament on Friday afternoon.

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