Top cop v bad cops: Commissioner on warpath to fast-track sackings
Queensland’s Police Commissioner is seeking special powers to sack bad cops, as part of his major reform plans for the Queensland Police Service.
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Queensland’s police commissioner says he wants to do away with the state’s mandatory retirement ceiling to allow police to continue working into their 60s in a bid to boost frontline numbers. HAVE YOUR SAY
Excessive force, misuse of authority, DV: Thousands of cop complaints dismissed
More than 2500 complaints with 8302 allegations were made against Queensland police in the past year with the majority dismissed, it can be revealed.
Four children injured after car slams into pole in inner-Brisbane
Four children have been injured – two of them initially assessed as critically injured – after a single-vehicle crash in Brisbane’s inner-west.
Four more jailed over failed 500kg cocaine ‘black flight’
Lengthy jail sentences have been handed to four more men for their role in a failed ‘black flight’ in which a plane filled with cocaine crashed on take off.
Blue family’s heavy heart: Police mates united in tragedy, 13 years apart
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Worst ever pedophile had blue card, whistleblower still waiting
The whistleblower who helped expose Australia’s worst pedophile is still unable to work in early learning after her blue card was suspended.
Cops charged with watchhouse assault at home on full pay
Two Queensland cops charged with assaulting a man in a watchhouse are still on full pay despite being suspended from their jobs.
Missing piece that let baby’s hot coffee attacker flee country
One key piece of missing evidence allowed the man who poured hot coffee on a baby in a Brisbane park to evade police and flee overseas.
Locked up till death: Childcare rapist could join worst of the worst
Childcare rapist Ashley Paul Griffith could join some of the state’s most notorious offenders like Leonard Fraser and Robert Fardon if he is given an indefinite jail sentence.
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