senior sergeant who was found by an internal police investigation to have committed nine sexual assaults of junior female officers engaged in unchecked problematic conduct for 16 years due to a culture that discouraged complaints, an inquiry has heard.
“It’s failing to send the appropriate message to members [of the QPS] that this behaviour will not be tolerated,” O’Gorman said. O’Gorman said 84 allegations were made about the officer, related to 26 staff members. Of those, 80 were substantiated by an investigation by a specialist team – known as Juniper – set up to address bullying and harassment.
This police organisation is not positioned to apply proposed coercive control laws which are guaranteed to be used for racist & misogynist purposes given organisational culture. QLD must act to meaningfully address these systemic problems and reconsider CC criminalisation
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