Commissioner Steve Gollschewski says facilities and training will be examined, but not whether children should be held in them for long periods
Queensland police commissioner Steve Gollschewski says a review of the state’s watch houses will look into the facilities, their staffing and the treatment of those in custody.Queensland police commissioner Steve Gollschewski says a review of the state’s watch houses will look into the facilities, their staffing and the treatment of those in custody.Steve Gollschewski on Tuesday announced a broad-ranging review into the state’s watch houses, which he said were “under significant pressure”.
It would look into facilities, including some watch houses that were more than 50 years old, were fit for purpose given modern pressures on the custody system. “ includes all facilities, how we staff them, how we train our staff, and the conduct within those watch houses, and in particular the treatment of those in custody,” Gollshewski said.Police will also now mandate that officers use body-warn cameras, and publish live data showing the numbers of children and adult in watch houses.
Queensland locks up more children than most other states combined. Gollschewski said numbers of people in custody had been increasing and that “the demand placed on our watch houses will continue to intensify”.
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