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

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Exclusive: timeline for creation of body to end practice of police investigating police in doubt as state government mulls options

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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