State’s chief magistrate denied police access to female police officer’s confidential domestic and family violence documents this week
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The Queensland police commissioner sought to access the confidential domestic and family violence records of a female officer – who was allegedly the victim of “significant” acts of violence by her husband – in order to investigate her.
The state’s chief magistrate denied police access to those documents this week, ruling that victims of violence might be deterred from seeking help if they feared doing so might trigger “reprisal applications” or disciplinary action.
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