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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

Queensland government moves to have police immediately sacked if they are sentenced to jail

A group of Queensland Police officers
Queensland police officers who receive a jail sentence for a crime will be ‘immediately dismissed’ under the proposed legislation. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Queensland police officers who receive a jail sentence for a crime will be “immediately dismissed” under new legislation proposed by the state government.

The police minister, Mark Ryan, said the bill would avoid the “unacceptable situation” of officers remaining in the service after being sentenced to imprisonment for criminal offences.

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