Queensland Police Union claims Coorparoo left unprotected when Toutai Kefu and family attacked in home invasion

“Very senior police” have been accused of leaving the suburb of Coorparoo unprotected when Toutai Kefu and his family were attacked in a violent home invasion.

Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers has unleashed on “very senior police” who he says left the suburb of Coorparoo unprotected with “no local police patrols at all” when Wallabies star Toutai Kefu and his family were attacked in a violent home invasion.

“I can confirm that owing to the mismanagement … in Brisbane’s inner East and inner South, the suburb of Coorparoo had no day or afternoon shifts of any police for all of Saturday and Sunday,” he said.

Police outside Toutai Kefu’s home in Buena Vista Avenue, Coorparoo, after a violent home invasion. Picture: Brad Fleet

“And to make matters worse, when the Coorparoo Police night-shift called in sick last night before the start of the shift, they were not replaced.

“With this sort of mismanagement, it’s clear the residents of Coorparoo were abandoned and left to fend for themselves over the weekend.”

Mr Leavers said the streets of Coorparoo had no local police patrols at all.

“I’m not saying a visible policing presence as was supposed to have occurred would have stopped the vicious home invasion we saw last night however it just may have,” he said.

Toutai Kefu. Picture: Michael Bradley

“I know the Coorparoo area around Buena Vista Avenue and Sirius Street extremely well and these streets are some of the most idyllic in that part of Brisbane, so to have had no police patrol presence at all there over the weekend is inexcusable and was just a recipe for disaster.

“Someone owes the Kefus and all the residents that live in Coorparoo an apology for leaving them without a visible policing patrol presence on the weekend.

A QPS spokesperson said neighbouring stations were able to assist with any calls for service in Coorparoo.

“Police were on scene of the Coorparoo incident within six minutes,” the spokesperson said.

“While two officers from Coorparoo were unfit for duty on Sunday night, the South Brisbane District has sufficient police resources to adequately manage service delivery with officers assisting from neighbouring stations.

“South Brisbane District tasking and coordination centre continually assess and triage operational demand accordingly.”