Queensland Police Union willing to challenge officer misconduct rulings after ‘unmitigated debacle’

Prospect of appeals causes disquiet among police, with one harassment victim fearing some union members ‘will now be supporting our abusers’

Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers says the union ‘does not resile from always protecting the hard-fought rights, entitlements and benefits of all members’.Queensland Police Union president Ian Leavers says the union ‘does not resile from always protecting the hard-fought rights, entitlements and benefits of all members’.

No appeals have yet been lodged, but the police union is understood to be willing to back officers to challenge the reimposed sanctions. “The Queensland Police Union does not resile from always protecting the hard-fought rights, entitlements and benefits of all members.”

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