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The Jack’s Law expansion is a symbolic step – it’s not a solution to knife crime

Laws just passed in Queensland give police unprecedented powers to scan people with a handheld wand and potentially search them in all public places, without needing a warrant or reasonable suspicion.

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Queensland police rejects diversity targets including ‘critical’ proposal to hold senior officers accountable

Response ‘confirms our findings about the strength of resistance’ in service to women and people of colour advancing through ranks, rights commissioner says

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Australian police are trialling AI to analyse body-worn camera footage, despite overseas failures and expert criticism

Police departments around the world are increasingly using body-worn cameras in an attempt to improve public trust and accountability. But this has created huge amounts of data, about 95% of which is never reviewed or even seen.

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Police budget blowout won't affect front line: premier

A $116 million blowout over a bungled lease for a new Queensland police station won't affect frontline services, Premier Steven Miles says.

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Queensland police data shows youth crime at near-record lows. So why the ‘tough on crime’ election talk?

The LNP has its ‘adult time for adult crime’ policy and Labor touts its ‘toughest in the nation’ stance

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Queensland lawyer raises concerns of police surveillance of pro-Palestine demonstrators

Exclusive: legal observer for volunteer group Action Ready says police were recording number plates of cars displaying Palestinian flags

The Guardian - AU

Police union boss condemned for ‘ludicrous’ and ‘factually incorrect’ opinion piece on treaty in Queensland

Ian Leavers claims treaty would result in justice system favouring Indigenous people and says police fear ‘latte sippers have grabbed control’

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Queensland Police look to poach new recruits from interstate and overseas

In an effort to bolster Queensland's police numbers, a new recruitment drive will offer a "significant increase" in wages and help you pay off some of your HECS debt.

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Fugitive Mitchell Wilson evading police with help from community, Queensland minister says

Queensland's police minister says the manhunt for Mitchell Wilson, who officers allege is armed and dangerous, is being hampered by community members helping him to evade capture.

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Property crime rates fall on Gold Coast, bucking Queensland-wide trend

Police data shows the number of robberies has dropped by almost 20 per cent in one year on the Gold Coast, in contrast to soaring figures in the rest of Queensland.

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Queensland Police announce new role for retired officers to 'bolster the frontline' but not in senior roles

The Queensland Police Service has announced it will allow retired officers to return to the front lines under a new relief pool — but an experienced detective says they are shutting out experienced officers.

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Steven Nixon-McKellar's family welcomes chokehold ban after his death in custody

The family of an Aboriginal man who died in police custody has welcomed a ban on the use of chokeholds during arrests, but says there are continued cultural issues between First Nations peoples and police.

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Hundreds of Queensland police disciplinary actions could be revoked following court of appeals decision

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll has confirmed the cases will be reviewed, after the court of appeal determined the police service had been conducting disciplinary police proceedings in an "invalid way".

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Death of sisters Darcey and Chloe Conley in hot car was 'avoidable' tragedy, government review finds

The report found the child safety department did not put enough safeguards in place, overlooked "clear red flags" before their deaths, and there was a lack of information-sharing across agencies.

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Cath Nielsen seeks investigation into police treatment after Brett Forte's shooting death

Cath Nielsen is calling for positive change to the Queensland Police Service six years after the shooting death of her police partner Brett Forte.

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'Several systemic factors' may have contributed to fatal shooting of Queensland police officer Brett Forte by Ricky Maddison, coroner finds

Handing down his findings in Brisbane today, State Coroner Terry Ryan said there were "several systemic factors that may have contributed" to Senior Constable Forte's death.

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