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[Link] Police urge caution after man dies in unofficial search for missing police dog
Read: 23/1/2022 www.abc.net.au
Emergency services were called to help the man at about 7:00pm but he was pronounced dead at the scene. Officers cut back their search for PD Quizz on Sunday, six days after his disappearance.
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[Link] Queensland Police Service employees lose legal bid against mandatory COVID jab
Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The full bench of Queensland's Industrial Relation Commission (QIRC) rejected submissions that Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll had no power to mandate compulsory vaccinations, did not consult staff and infringed upon workers' rights.
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[Link] Woman charged under new Queensland laws for allegedly failing to report child sex abuse
Read: 13/10/2021 www.abc.net.au
The Redbank Plains woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, fronted Ipswich Magistrates Court this week over the charge – three months after the laws took effect.
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[Link] Police officer who fined Brisbane Greens councillor Jonathan Sri regularly criticised him on Facebook
Read: 9/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Queensland police service says it will conduct a “full review” into a fine issued to prominent Brisbane Greens councillor Jonathan Sri, after it emerged the police officer involved had regularly criticised Sri in social media posts.
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[Link] Queensland police refuse to remove traditional owners occupying Adani’s coalmine site
Read: 5/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
Queensland police have told a group of First Nations people occupying the site of Adani’s Carmichael coalmine for the past five weeks that they have no intention of removing them from the area “at this time”.
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[Link] Queensland police officer who leaked domestic abuse victim’s address resigns
Read: 4/10/2021 www.theguardian.com
A Queensland police officer who leaked the address of a domestic abuse victim to her violent former partner has resigned, more than five years after first admitting to hacking into a confidential police database.
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[Link] Queensland police superintendent 'disappointed' by allegations officer snuck daughter over NSW border
Read: 22/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
An internal investigation has since begun into the incident and the officer has been stood down from official duties in the road policing unit in the Brisbane suburb of Boondall. The man's 20-year-old daughter was issued with a $4,135 fine last Wednesday and has been placed in hotel quarantine.
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[Link] Men arrested after alleged two-day crime spree stretching from Gold Coast to Townsville
Read: 8/9/2021 www.abc.net.au
Two men who allegedly went on went on a two-day crime spree from the Gold Coast to north Queensland have been remanded in custody. The men were arrested separately on Monday after allegedly committing a string of violent offences around Coomera, Mackay and Townsville.
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[Link] Pressure on Queensland police to sack officer who leaked address of domestic violence victim
Read: 17/8/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Queensland police commissioner, Katarina Carroll, is “carefully considering” whether to take further disciplinary action against an officer who leaked the address of a domestic violence victim.
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[Link] Queensland police union condemned over claims DVOs used to get advantage in family court disputes
Read: 16/7/2021 www.theguardian.com
The union representing Queensland’s police officers has been criticised for claiming some people seek domestic violence orders to gain an advantage in family law disputes.
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[Link] Queensland police blocked research into domestic violence cases and attitudes of officers
Read: 6/5/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Queensland police service blocked academic research seeking to scrutinise its response to domestic violence cases and the attitudes of officers – sending rejection letters that denied there was a need for studies.
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