Qld Police Commissioner says she may not seek extension in role
Queensland's police commissioner Katarina Carroll says she's considering her options, and may not seek to extend her contract in the role.
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00:00 Katarina Carroll, her current contract as Queensland Police Commissioner, it ends in
00:07 July of this year, but there's no doubt that there are some within the Queensland Police
00:11 Service that would like her not to continue in this role beyond her current contract.
00:16 A contact I have been speaking to this morning says that she has lost the faith in some of
00:23 the Queensland Police Service members.
00:25 Some don't have confidence in her anymore, that they're not happy with the power of separation,
00:31 the separations of power I should say, as it currently stands, and that she does not
00:36 push back enough against the government when it comes to fighting for matters that can
00:41 make the jobs of Queensland Police much easier.
00:44 But Katarina Carroll, she has released a statement this morning.
00:48 I'll read that to you now.
00:49 "I have yet to have formal discussions about my contract with the government.
00:53 However, they will commence in due course.
00:56 Ahead of those discussions, I have been considering my options, with one of those being that I
01:00 may not seek an extension to my contract as Commissioner."
01:06 Katarina Carroll, Gemma, she has been in the job as Queensland Police Commissioner since
01:11 2019.
01:12 Before that, she was the head of the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services.
01:15 She was the Commissioner there.
01:17 She's been a police officer since 1983.
01:19 She was the first woman to be named the Queensland Police Commissioner and has had, obviously,
01:26 a very decorated career.
01:28 We have heard also from the Queensland Police Minister, Mark Ryan, this morning.
01:32 He's released a statement really praising the Police Commissioner in the job that she's
01:37 done for Queensland through some difficult times.
01:40 He also says, "I speak to the Commissioner on a daily basis and I have told the Commissioner
01:46 that if she was to seek an extension of her contract, then I would be supportive of that."
01:51 So he's backing the Commissioner to continue in her job if she would like to do so.
01:56 He says that they speak on a daily basis.
01:58 So look, I'd say today, they will certainly talk about what we're talking about this morning.
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