Queensland police spruik more inclusion and diversity – but new intake tells a different story

Queensland’s police commissioner, Katarina Carroll says the force is aiming to increase diversity but a recent recruitment campaign has failed to do so. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Earlier this month the Queensland police commissioner, Katarina Carroll, stood in front of the state’s largest-ever cohort of police recruits and said strategies to attract new officers were “clearly working”.

“We are committed to getting the right people,” Carroll said.