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“When I walked through the gates of the police academy 41 years ago, I had no idea what a career in policing was, where it would take me,” Katarina Carroll said on Tuesday.

Police were told to ‘elevate’ this advisory body. It’s been sacked

The group has gone public with concerns after its members were let go on former commissioner Katarina Carroll’s last day.

  • Matt Dennien

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Doubling down at a press conference in October, Leavers described criticism of his widely criticised opinion piece as “water off a duck’s back” because he was saying things people were “too frightened to”.

How police leadership responded to union boss’s inflammatory article

The views described as an “outward racist ideology” lit up parliament, the media, and parts of community. Emails and texts now shed light on internal responses.

  • Matt Dennien
Deputy Commissioner Steve Gollschewski suggested fewer than 100 of the state’s 15,000 QPS staff had resigned over the vaccination issue.

Qld’s incoming temporary top cop won’t be there to just ‘warm the seat’

Steve Gollschewski, a 44-year Queensland police veteran and face of its COVID response, was thinking ahead to retirement. He’s now auditioning in the top job.

  • Matt Dennien
“When I walked through the gates of the police academy 41 years ago, I had no idea what a career in policing was, where it would take me,” Carroll told journalists on Tuesday.

Top cop’s speedy exit sparks urgent hunt for interim replacement

A temporary replacement for Commissioner Katarina Carroll will need to be found within a fortnight ahead of a global recruitment drive.

  • Matt Dennien and Cloe Read
Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan, Police Commissioner Katarina Carrol, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Youth Justice Minister Di Farmer and Youth Justice director-general Bob Gee at the site of a new youth remand centre to be built at Wacol.

Qld to splash up to $250m on third children’s prison to fix capacity

The site will be built near existing detention centres to address nation-leading capacity pressures. But it’s been called a “Band-Aid solution”.

  • Matt Dennien
Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll held a joint press conference with Human Rights Commissioner Scott McDougall.

Probe to review police diversity and inclusion after damning inquiry

Sexism and racism issues within Queensland police had a very public airing last year. Overdue work is aimed at helping address some of that.

  • Matt Dennien
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Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll says Queensland police shooting statistics are a concern.

Surge in Qld police shootings ‘concerning’, says police chief

Commissioner Katarina Carroll has admitted she is concerned about a rise in police shootings after officers killed a 29-year-old man north of Brisbane on Saturday.

  • Cameron Atfield
Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has denied she was “wilfully blind” to the cultural problems within the agency.

Qld Police might be forced to pay sacked or demoted officers

Commissioner Katarina Carroll confirmed about 300 police disciplinary decisions could be reviewed, some related to domestic violence and sexual assault.

  • Matt Dennien
Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll: “”They’re my people and I’m responsible.”

‘Hoping to survive’: Top cop digs in days after racist recordings leak

Katarina Carroll says she is the best person to lead reform of Queensland’s police amid high-profile evidence of racism and misogyny in its ranks.

  • Matt Dennien
Queensland Police Acting Inspector Bernie Quinlan. 

Qld police trial scheme to reduce DV incidents, days after top cop’s damning evidence

In August, five people died in domestic violence situations, including a five-year-old boy, whose father has since been charged with murder, grievous bodily harm and torture.

  • Cloe Read

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