00:00 From floods and fires to border blockades, Steve Goszewski has led the state's response
00:07 to every kind of disaster.
00:10 This is far more challenging.
00:11 Tasked with tackling surging domestic violence cases.
00:15 We know that it's an enormous problem.
00:16 It's an enduring problem.
00:17 A commission of inquiry last year found sexism and racism were rife in police ranks.
00:24 Victims turned away, not believed, blamed by some officers.
00:29 It made 78 recommendations for reform.
00:32 The Deputy Police Commissioner is responsible for implementing them.
00:36 How's it going?
00:37 17 are ready to deliver.
00:40 The work has been done on them.
00:41 Among those, an internal complaints handling code for racism allegations and better training
00:47 for police.
00:48 They are shifting and understanding how important it is to get those responses to domestic and
00:52 family violence right.
00:53 He says work's underway on nearly all the other recommendations.
00:58 Some set deadlines haven't been met.
01:01 The time frames are very ambitious and in some instances they're just not achievable.
01:05 The inquiry's findings went all the way to the top, blaming QPS leaders for allowing
01:12 cultural issues to go unchecked.
01:14 And what's morale like within the senior leadership team now?
01:18 Resolute.
01:19 We know how important this is.
01:21 We know that sometimes we get it wrong.
01:24 Committed now to getting it right.
01:26 The latest figures paint a grim picture.
01:29 Police responded to more than 171,000 DV call-outs in the past year.
01:35 460 cases a day.
01:38 The fact is that even if we implement every single recommendation 100 per cent, that still
01:43 won't be enough.
01:44 We'll need to do more.
01:45 A tough truth and no easy answers.
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