Commissioner called to give evidence at DV inquiry into police

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has been called to give evidence at the Commission of Inquiry into Queensland Police Service Responses to Domestic and Family Violence.

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has been called to give evidence at the Commission of Inquiry into Queensland Police Service Responses to Domestic and Family Violence.

Ms Carroll and Under Treasurer Leon Allen will give evidence on Thursday.

It comes after multiple revelations in the inquiry from current and serving officers that their colleagues had gone to great lengths to avoid domestic violence jobs, including ignoring tasks, turning women away at the counter and even lying about the severity of a complaint to their superiors.

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll, in her office at Police headquarters. Picture: Matthew Poon

“Commissioner Carroll will be asked to address capability, capacity and structure of the QPS to respond to DFV and cultural issues within the QPS in relation to domestic and family violence, while Under Treasurer Allen will be asked to address funding models for the QPS in relation to domestic and family violence,” a statement from the inquiry said today.

The commission of inquiry has been sitting in Brisbane and around regional areas in Queensland, and more than 75 people have given evidence, including current and former officers, DV service providers and other experts in the field.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk called the inquiry in May in response to a recommendation of retired justice Margaret McMurdo’s Women’s Safety and Justice Taskforce.

A report is due by October 4.

Originally published as Commissioner called to give evidence at DV inquiry into police