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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

Queensland police integrity unit ‘unlikely’ to be established by recommended deadline

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A police integrity unit that sits outside the Queensland police service is now unlikely to be established by the deadline set out by an inquiry. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

A critical recommendation to stop police investigating police is “unlikely” to be fulfilled by the 18-month deadline set out by an inquiry that heard evidence of racism, sexism and misogyny within the Queensland police service.

The commission of inquiry into police responses to domestic violence in 2022 unearthed shocking evidence including that QPS’s “broken” internal complaints system allowed discrimination to go unchecked.

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