The internal Queensland police intelligence report found officer responses had heightened the risk of fatal consequences
Police Service, Brian Codd, said the report was “terribly concerning” and he had contacted both the Crime Intelligence Command and Far North District to make inquiries.
“An intelligence assessment that goes through several levels of scrutiny… If it was to contain allegations or suspicions of our officers not complying with their duty, or failing in their duty or misconduct, [we] are obliged to take action.” However, counsel assisting the inquiry, Ruth O’Gorman, questioned the relevance of his experience if the summaries of police records were correct.
“I think we’re getting better at it. But we’ve got a long, long way to go particularly around being manipulated, allowing our own biases to perhaps inform us,” he said.