Queensland police say they are 'DV fatigued' and fearful of scrutiny over their response to a large volume of domestic violence cases, leading to a culture of 'taking shortcuts' to avoid making DV orders.
The same officer said recruits were taught by senior personnel "how to take shortcuts and avoid the frustrations of completing voluminous amounts of paperwork".
He told the inquiry other officers reported colleagues responding to call outs with the attitude of, 'How can I write this off?' as they were "facing pressure from their supervisors to get the job done and move on". "The scrutiny … of DV matters by the QPS has increased dramatically in that there's overview of body-worn videos, there's overview of paperwork and all the actions taken by police.
"The convoluted nature they were referring to was the administrative side, the … photocopying of materials, signing it, scanning it, getting it to the courts," he said.Mr Ainsworth said there was an "extreme level of frustration" by officers over a lack of resourcing to properly investigate domestic and family violence.
"That was largely due to the time-consuming nature [of responding to incidents]," Mr Ainsworth told the inquiry.
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