Crime and Corruption Commission chair Bruce Barbour says the policy presents a risk to not only the QPS but the community. (AAP image: Jono Searle)
Queensland's Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) has taken issue with the interpretation of a recent court decision by the Queensland Police Service (QPS).
CCC chair Bruce Barbour told a parliamentary committee the watchdog was "in disagreement with the interpretation".
The QPS declined to respond to questions from the ABC.
It is of "enormous concern" Queensland police officers found guilty of a crime who do not have a conviction recorded can not be disciplined, the corruption watchdog says.
The Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) has taken issue with the interpretation of a recent court decision by the Queensland Police Service (QPS).
CCC chair Bruce Barbour told a parliamentary committee the watchdog was "in disagreement with the interpretation".
"Any conduct of a police officer which is so extreme in its nature that there is a criminal conviction ought to be able to be the subject of review during the course of any subsequent disciplinary process," he said.
"To not be able to have regard to it means that you have an incomplete history, effectively.
Shadow women's minister Shannon Fentiman questioned if the interpretation extended to domestic and family violence convictions.
Shannon Fentiman questioned if the interpretation extended to domestic and family violence convictions. (ABC News: Lucas Hill)
CCC senior executive officer Craig Capper confirmed it would.
"The QPS can't take into account that DV information in deciding whether or not to take disciplinary action against an officer," he told the committee.
He noted the police commissioner had access to all DV matters but could not then use that if it related to an officer who didn't have a conviction recorded.
"The Commissioner, in one hand, can have that information for a DV purpose, but not if it relates to a police officer's discipline. Again, a matter that we're challenging."