Queensland corruption watchdog has ‘largely abandoned responsibility’ for complaints against police, inquiry hears

Crime and Corruption Commission investigates less than 1% of complaints with vast majority handled internally by QPS

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Queensland's corruption watchdog has largely abandoned all responsibility" when it comes to investigating complaints against police, while politicians are afraid" of introducing a superior system of independent oversight, a commission of inquiry has heard.

Tim Prenzler, a professor at the University of the Sunshine Coast's school of law, gave expert evidence about his research on police complaints processes in Queensland and internationally. He told an inquiry into Queensland police responses to domestic violence it was almost impossible to get a complete picture of the complaints against police received by the state's Crime and Corruption Commission.

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