Inquiry hears Katarina Carroll was asked if summons was needed for her to appear
The inquiry heard that 40% of officers who participated in a survey did not agree that QPS senior leaders sent a positive message about the importance of eliminating domestic and family violence.The inquiry’s commissioner, Deborah Richards, also asked Carroll why she had not responded to written questions from the inquiry about the resourcing of the police service domestic and family violence command.
The inquiry also heard that when a new command was established to respond to domestic violence after theThe inquiry heard Carroll had told media last year that the command would “ensure” greater reform and that “previous recommendations in relation to the way we deal with [domestic and family violence] are correctly implemented”.
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