Exclusive: Former sergeant remains employed by Queensland police in a supervisory role despite ruling his behaviour toward three junior female colleagues was ‘a gross breach of trust’
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A serving Queensland police officer who engaged in “a pattern of predatory sexual conduct” against three junior female colleagues has won a permanent order protecting his identity.
The officer, anonymised in court documents as PSB, remains employed by the Queensland Police Service in a supervisory role despite a 2022 tribunal appeal decision that imposed a “suspended dismissal” for sexualised conduct towards junior female colleagues.
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