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Smaller police services could find themselves stretched for staff under a new provincial office that allows third-party complaints and may have them investigate misconduct in other police departments.
The Office of the Independent Police Review Director opened last month with 10 investigators for the province, giving the public another civilian agency to turn to if they have complaints about police misconduct.
While municipal police services in North Bay and West Nipissing are adjusting to this new layer of accountability, they're bracing for a workload that could cut into ... Read more
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Secret report recommends drug
A previously secret report by Queensland's corruption watchdog recommends improved ethics education, possible random drug testing of all police and swifter disciplinary action.
Police Minister Neil Roberts today tabled in Parliament a summary of recommendations from a Crime and Misconduct Commission report tackling police misconduct, codenamed Project Grinspoon.
While the report remains confidential, it made 36 recommendations for "enhancing integrity" in the service, 35 of which have been or will be implemented by the Queensland Police Service (QPS).
Among the suggestions are improvements to drug and alcohol testing of officers, including that the QPS review the effectiveness of its drug testing and education policy no later than 2010 and determine whether a random drug testing program should be introduced.
In its answer, the QPS notes a decision on random drug testing would be based on cost versus effectiveness. But it notes that in New South Wales only seven positive results have been recorded from 10,600 tests between 2001 and 2009.
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"(The) NSW experience... does not support the allocation of budget toward the conduct of random drug testing," it says.
However, the QPS supported recommendations to improve targeted testing when officers are identified as at risk or are suspected of substance misuse.
The CMC also suggested better ethics education for officers and a joint project with police to identify groups that represent a higher "integrity risk", such as plainclothes staff, detectives and watchhouse staff. Disciplinary processes should also be streamlined for more timely and appropriate responses, the CMC said.
In the only suggestion still under consideration, the CMC recommends the QPS consider recruiting members to districts or regions, rather that specific stations, to improve flexibility in staffing and deployment.
The tabling of the recommendations follows recent raids on Gold Coast police offices as part of a CMC probe into allegations of serious criminal activity by officers. The CMC has produced at least two confidential reports into problems within the Gold Coast police - including officers using and dealing illicit drugs, failing to complete investigations, drinking on duty and misusing police vehicles - during the past two years.
Mr Roberts said he had tabled the document after Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson had sought authority from the CMC to release it. He said the CMC had been tasked with a comprehensive review of police internal disciplinary procedures, to report by June 30.
As of September last year there were 144 outstanding ethical standards command cases, some dating back years.
"It is my view that some matters are taking too long to resolve," Mr Roberts told Parliament.
"The delays not only have the potential to undermine public confidence in our police, but also to negatively impact on individual officer's careers."
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