Queensland police whistleblower goes public to argue commissioner Katarina Carroll should lose her job

During the period, she attempted suicide, she says. She formally separated from the QPS in April.

The state government is expected to announce a response when it releases the final report on Monday. Much of the attention is on the commissioner, Katarina Carroll, and whether she keeps her job. Pausina and others who have been badly affected by the policing culture are clear what they think should happen.

As soon as the inquiry delivered its final report to the Queensland government on 14 November, staff assisting had their laptops removed and access to information cut off. Ministers were given a single hard copy of the document and told to keep it locked in an office safe. It is set to be released on Monday.

Multiple people familiar with the content say the findings are withering. Some flecks of detail were leaked to the Australian this week, but people who have seen the report say what has been made public barely scratches the surface of the deep and scathing criticism of the police leadership.

Labor MPs have told Guardian Australia they expect Carroll will be safe; that the thinking remained that she could still lead necessary reform of the QPS. The default government plan would be to acknowledge issues, agree to act and frame Carroll as the reformer. A public relations campaign suggesting as much has already started.

Kerry Carrington, a leading domestic violence criminologist, says sacking Carroll would send a bad message, following evidence that largely highlighted problems with men in uniform.

Over the course of the inquiry, the notion the commissioner might be asked to resign has gained traction.

Another significant shift has occurred in the past week, since the publication by Guardian Australia of the watch house tapes, which revealed racist and violent language used by officers in the Brisbane city holding cells. The conversations included officers joking about beating and burying black people.

What followed has been a horror week to precede the release of the inquiry report. There is a petition to sack Carroll.

Carroll sent a deputy commissioner out on Monday to apologise, but on Tuesday, as coverage continued, she made a last-minute decision to appear alongside Ryan at a press conference. They spoke and took questions for almost an hour.

This will include the establishment of a central case management team, led by a superintendent, to oversee complaints involving sexist, misogynistic, racist, homophobic or bullying behaviour.

During her career, Pausina worked in the coronial support unit, including looking at domestic violence homicides.

About four years ago, Pausina reached out to a high-ranking officer. In the email missive, she wrote about the patterns threaded through the cases that came across her desk while working in the police ethical standards command.

She never got a response.