Katarina Carroll stands down as Queensland police commissioner amid state’s heated youth crime debate

Carroll says she raised intentions with police minister early due to ‘heightened speculation and commentary’

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Queensland’s police commissioner, Katarina Carroll, has announced she will step down from the role rather than seek another five-year term, following years of increasing pressure over youth crime and the service’s response to domestic violence.

Carroll met with the state’s police minister, Mark Ryan, on Tuesday, less than three weeks after the stabbing death of Vyleen White in front of her granddaughter at Redbank Plains prompted renewed debate about youth crime.