Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 47

47 Commission’s monitoring role for police misconduct

(1) The commission may, having regard to the principles stated in section 34 —

(a) issue advisory guidelines for the conduct of investigations by the commissioner of police into police misconduct; or

(b) review or audit the way the commissioner of police has dealt with police misconduct, in relation to either a particular complaint or a class of complaint; or

(c) assume responsibility for and complete an investigation by the commissioner of police into police misconduct.

(2) The commissioner of police must give the commission reasonable help to undertake a review or audit or to assume responsibility for an investigation.

(3) If the commission assumes responsibility for an investigation, the commissioner of police must stop his or her investigation or any other action that may impede the investigation if directed to do so by the commission.

(4) In this section—

"complaint" , about police misconduct, includes information or matter involving police misconduct.