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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee

Queensland police warned internally multiple times that discipline system was being run in ‘concerning’ way

Police commissioner Katarina Carroll and acting deputy commissioner Mark Wheeler at a podium backdropped by the logo of the Queensland police service
More than 300 disciplinary sanctions imposed since 2020 by the Queensland police service are likely to be overturned after an court of appeal ruling last month. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

The Queensland police service was warned more than a dozen times that its discipline system was being run in a way that was unlawful, “entirely improper and concerning” – but refused to change practices that could ultimately render more than 300 officer misconduct sanctions invalid.

A court of appeal decision last month found the way Queensland police appointed “prescribed officers” to run disciplinary proceedings was not valid.

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