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APSACC 2009 - Australian Public Sector Anti-corruption Conference: taking responsibility, fighting complacency

The CMC has found that police who stripped a woman in the Brisbane watchhouse and placed her in a smock last year acted lawfully and in accordance with established procedure. Brisbane Solicitor, Emma Meadth, was arrested in the Queen Street Mall on 9 November...

The Crime and Misconduct Commission is calling for input into its review of the use of police move-on powers in Queensland under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (Qld). In certain circumstances, police have the power to direct a person to move...

A 51-year-old former Senior Constable has been sentenced to 15 months jail, suspended after serving five months, for his part in the assault of a 25-year-old woman at the Loganholme Police station in 2004. Craig Stuart Ablitt pleaded guilty in the Beenleigh...

The Crime and Misconduct Commission has today released research suggesting offenders sentenced to mandatory drug and alcohol treatment have outcomes as good as those in voluntary treatment. The CMC research paper, Mandatory treatment and perceptions of...

A major drug syndicate has been shut down on the Gold Coast only days before the start of schoolies week by a joint Queensland Police/CMC operation. Raids were carried out on 25 homes and businesses across the Gold Coast today as a result of Operation Golf...

The CMC says some allegations in an anonymous letter to the Opposition Leader about recent crocodile relocations could amount to official misconduct if they are confirmed.

A CMC investigation has resulted in a police officer being found guilty of assaulting a man during an incident in Adelaide Street in July 2007.

A former judge of the District Court of Queensland has been appointed a Commissioner of the Crime and Misconduct Commission.

Queensland law enforcement and health agencies have been provided with a detailed picture of the extent of drug and alcohol use among hospital patients at the fourth busiest emergency room in Australia following today’s release of a joint research report.