While the police have a legitimate interest in providing feedback to the government about how effective our laws are, it is certainly not appropriate for them to advocate policy.  This is especially the case when it comes to public forums, such as the media.

Imagine if an employee of your company hired publicly complained about the way your company conducted it’s business?  They’d be sacked in a flash. 

However for some reason this does not apply to our police.  Or, apparently, Queensland’s Chief Commissioner of Police. Read more »