Queensland police update manual after signalling reforms to how officers accused of domestic violence are handled
by Ben Smee from World news | The Guardian on (#5YHH3)
Manual amended to require additional paperwork, with reviews on a case-by-case basis
The Queensland police service appears to have balked at substantial reform to the way it handles officers who are accused of domestic violence, after promising to act on a concerning increase" in the volume of complaints.
Last May the assistant commissioner Brian Codd told Guardian Australia that police were grappling" with how to respond to the increase officer-involved domestic violence, and that reforms were very much" on the agenda.
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