QLD police slammed over Hitler image used in training graphic
A silhouette looking like Adolf Hitler has been used in a Queensland Police domestic violence module.
The Hitler-looking silhouette was used as part of a coercive control online training program, with the figure asking questions of a domestic abuse victim.
Queensland Police said the image was accidentally used on two of the pages in the training program which may have been viewed by 8,641 officers.
“One of the images in the online training package inadvertently included an inappropriate background image,” they said in a statement.
“A silhouette image depicting a male officer in a peak cap was unintentionally used after searching ‘police officer silhouette’ on design program, Canva.”
Queensland Police confirmed the image is being removed.
The domestic violence module was designed to show officers the impact of coercive control on victims.
It helps train officers to identify perpetrators and how to take the right action within their legal limits.
Real life experiences are used as case and investigative studies.
Deputy Police Commissioner Tracy Linford was thoroughly grilled over the mishap by 4BC radio host Neil Breen in an interview on Wednesday over how such an “embarrassing mistake” could be made.
“If that sort of mistake is getting through into the coercive control online training module, what else is going wrong?” Breen said.
“I think the Queensland Police Service is broken on this issue and you’re (Ms Linford) at the helm of it.
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