Police bosses will be marched before the corruption watchdog after an explosive review found cash meant for frontline cops was siphoned off elsewhere, blowing a $400 million hole in the force's budget.
The Queensland Police Service Independent Financial Review, tabled in state parliament on Thursday, exposed a decade of financial mismanagement, the Liberal National government said.
Queensland Police will be investigated by the corruption watchdog after the review revealed it was headed for a structural deficit of about $400 million by the end of the financial year.
The blowout was driven by overspending, weak financial controls and hundreds of unfunded, permanent unsworn staff positions, the review said.
Police Minister Dan Purdie on Thursday said it showed funds intended to bolster frontline officers were instead spread across the organisation under the previous Labor government.
