Police documents located, Barron
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is conducting inquiries into a matter where filing cabinets containing police documents were located at a Barron commercial waste facility on Tuesday.
It appears the filing cabinets may have been inadvertently disposed of as part of a wider scale removal of furniture which recently sustained water damage at Cairns Police Station.
Upon being alerted by staff at the facility, police immediately attended and removed the filing cabinets.
The QPS takes its responsibility of handling sensitive and private information very seriously and is undertaking inquiries to ascertain the full circumstances surrounding the matter.
The Ethical Standards Command has been advised of the incident.
