Inquiry also told police take up to six hours to respond to calls from some Torres Strait islands
The second week of public hearings in a commission of inquiry into cultural issues within the Queensland police has started in Cairns.The second week of public hearings in a commission of inquiry into cultural issues within the Queensland police has started in Cairns.A First Nations woman who was a victim of domestic violence was turned away from a Brisbane police station because she was perceived as “argumentative”, a commission of inquiry has heard.
Moynihan told the inquiry police stations on the outer islands were essentially just “houses” that are not staffed by Queensland police officers and have no watch house facilities, CCTVs or extra security. “We ask them sometimes to get involved in volatile family situations and they’re related to these families, and it might compromise their relationships going forward.”Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning
“Her mother was quite a well-respected woman, but just simply not trusting [of] police. And that would be that build on generation after generation of issues,” Johnson told the inquest.
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