Former police officer Luke Weiks on paid leave following workplace complaint

A former Queensland police officer who was stabbed while on duty is on leave following workplace issues.

A QUEENSLAND Police employee and former police officer who was stabbed while on duty is on paid leave while a workplace harassment allegation is investigated.

The Courier Mail understands Former Senior Constable Luke Weiks, who now works as a civilian employee for the Beenleigh Police Communications Centre, is on leave while an incident involving a female police officer is under review.

Go Fund Me started for officer who was stabbed on the job

Luke Weiks defying the odds

A Go Fund Me page, titled Luke’s fight for Justice, was set up last week as a “last resort” for Mr Weiks who was stabbed in the line of duty at a Townsville nightclub in December 2013 and has since claimed to have been a target of workplace bullying.

Sen-Constable Luke Weiks being treated after being stabbed while on duty Townsville in late 2013. Source: GoFundMe/Facebook.

So far $2460 has been raised of a hoped $20,000 to help with legal fees and living expenses.

Kate Rasmussen from the Justice4Workers QLD, who set up the Go Fund Me account for Mr Weiks, said the legal fees were unrelated to the reason he was on leave.

“He has had some restrictions placed upon him in relation to a matter,” she said.

“But his legal fees have nothing to do with why he’s off work.”

Ms Rasmussen said the fees were accumulated from seeking legal advice over unrelated issues, including alleged workplace bullying and the terms of his civilian position.

File photo: Former Senior Constable Luke Weiks was stabbed in the neck while on duty in Townville in 2013. His road to recovery has been harrowing, with him fighting to get back onto duty since it happened. Photo: Jamie Hanson.

The communications role was created for Mr Weiks with the help of the Queensland Police Union of Employees after it was deemed he could not return to general duties following his injuries.

Sen-Constable Weiks was stabbed in the neck in a Townsville nightclub in December 2013 by former bouncer Andrew Max Wilson.

After undergoing lifesaving surgery and later suffering additional medical complications, he was transferred to a police communications centre.

He later moved to Brisbane and became a civilian employee of the Beenleigh Police Communications Centre in late 2017.

A Queensland police spokesman said he could not comment on personal or disciplinary matters involving police employees.

Ian Leavers, president of the Queensland Police Union of Employees, said the union would provide assistance to Mr Weiks if his issues related to his negotiated position.

“We understand that the current allegations concerning Mr Weiks, with which he is asking for assistance, are if proven, particularly repugnant to the QPU and all police and are allegations with which we would not provide assistance.”

Man who stabbed police officer sentenced to six years

More jail for cop stabber

Andrew Max Wilson, who will be 34 this year, was found guilty in 2015 and sentenced to five years in jail for stabbing Sen-Constable Weiks in the neck at Townsville’s Santa Fe Gold nightclub.

He was sentenced to an additional six months jail in 2016 for a violent assault on a patron just months before stabbing Senior Constable Weiks.

Wilson could be eligible for parole on August 30, 2020.