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Queensland police slammed for 'boys club' culture in independent report
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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12/10/2024
The Queensland Human Rights Commission has found systemic discrimination and sexism in the state's police force.
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Systemic discrimination, outdated recruitment standards and old-fashioned boys club attitudes.
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The Human Rights Commission says the Queensland Police Service needs major reform.
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Rather than just a problem of a few bad apples, it is the systems that shape QPS workplace
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culture and it is the systems that allow discrimination to thrive.
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The review, a recommendation of the 2022 Commission of Inquiry, spoke to more than 2,800 employees.
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Finding women, First Nations and culturally diverse staff face discrimination, including
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slurs about female officers sleeping their way to the top, racism being justified as
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banter and workers who complain branded dogs.
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One worker said they wouldn't let their daughter join the QPS because it's the men in the
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police, that's where the danger is, I would never recommend this job to anyone.
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I don't think it's anything new in terms of what we saw in the Commission of Inquiry,
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I think it's a continuation of that piece of work that gives us more understanding of
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the challenge we have in that space and paints a way forward.
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The Commission made 36 recommendations, including flexible work options for caregivers and a
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review of both recruitment standards and diversity targets.
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I'm just really concerned that the Queensland Police Service is obsessed with delivering
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on these thought bubble recommendations.
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The union argues diversity hire slurs will get worse if the service pursues targets and
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they won't help the front line.
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Right now we've got about six crews in Logan that are drowning in about 100 unresourced
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jobs and we're sitting here and talking about aspirational targets and quotas.
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Those issues and the culture around that needs to change if we're going to attract
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and retain a police service that reflects the community of Queensland.
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