Queensland police suspended in 2015

Six Queensland police officers have been suspended in May - an average of almost one every three days.

QUEENSLAND COPS STOOD DOWN THIS YEAR:

MAY:

* Male senior constable, 49, and male senior sergeant, 47, from south eastern region for "engaging in an unauthorised pursuit, driving or causing a police motor vehicle to be driven in a manner likely to endanger other road users, and inappropriate use of force".

* Male senior constable, 36, from central region for "serious discipline matters and criminal offences".

* Male senior constable, 39, from south eastern region over "allegations including excessive force, wilful damage of a service vehicle and falsifying training records".

* Male senior constable, 35, from state crime command over "allegations he maintained an inappropriate relationship with a female complainant".

* Male constable, 24, from northern region over "allegations he drove a police service vehicle whilst over the prescribed alcohol limit".

APRIL

* Female constable, 27, from south eastern region for "misconduct in relation to the submission of false and misleading information, and being untruthful to an officer investigating a disciplinary matter".

* Male senior constable, 40, from southeastern region arrested and charged with a number of offences including possession of unlicensed weapons. He wasn't on duty at the time.

* Male constable, 29, from road policing command appeared in court "in relation to charges of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and one charge of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing grievous bodily harm. The charges relate to a fatal traffic crash which occurred in Southern Region in May, 2014".

* Female constable, south eastern region over "allegations that whilst off duty the officer has driven her private vehicle in a dangerous manner."

MARCH

* Senior male constable, 29, from south eastern region after an "investigation relating to use of excessive force in four separate incidents between September 2014 and January 2015".

FEBRUARY

* Two male officers, central region, suspended without pay after being charged with "multiple offences following an Ethical Standards Command investigation with overview by the Crime and Misconduct Commission".

* Male constable, 26, from far north district over "the provision of false and misleading information to members of the Queensland Police Service".

* 36-year-old male from operations support command facing "criminal and disciplinary allegations" as part of a Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) investigation.

JANUARY

* Male constable, 49, from south eastern region stood down after an "an investigation relating to an incident of drink driving while off-duty on January 13 and other work-related matters".

Source: QPS official blog


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