A GOLD Coast policeman has been suspended for allegedly exposing himself after a work Christmas party.

The Coolangatta constable, allegedly harassed his co-workers with his behaviour, leading to a complaint to the Ethical Standards Command, the internal affairs ­investigation unit.

The allegations are now the centre of a full-scale investigation.

They come as Queensland police have been accused of trying to clean up the Gold Coast without publicly having to admit there is a problem.

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At least 11 officers from the Gold Coast and Logan have been suspended for serious allegations, ranging from domestic violence to possessing dangerous drugs to sexual harassment, since October, 2014.

The Queensland Police Service declined to comment on the suspensions but confirmed eight officers were still suspended — the highest of any region in the state.

Civil libertarians yesterday slammed the police service as clandestine and called for transparency around internal investigations.

Queensland Council for Civil Liberties vice-president Terry O’Gorman said “high-level” officers were hiding details of the investigations through a restrictive and “uninformative” media strategy.

“Our position is that the senior executive is trying to clean up the Gold Coast without publicly acknowledging there is a problem,” he said.

“Whenever a police officer is suspended or stood down, a meaningless one or two-line press release is sent out and there is no follow-up.

“When a journalist follows up with police media, they are told to go away.

“I would say there is a deliberate, high-level, media strategy by police to put out uninformative press releases on a discreet basis and hope no one in the media will draw the threads together to discover significant trends, like 11 officers being stood down from one region all in a row.

“It prevents people from looking at the bigger picture.”

Yesterday’s announcement of the Coolangatta constable’s suspension also came as a final report on a wideranging cultural review into police on the Gold Coast receives consideration from the region’s executive leadership team.

The cultural review was ordered in August last year after a string of scandals and allegations about the behaviour of police on the Glitter Strip.

Allegations of sex between officers on desks and in squad cars, racial and sexual vilification, workplace bullying and police brutality were raised during the review, completed late last month.

The regional executive is now considering a final report.

Mr O’Gorman called on the QPS to release monthly updates about officer suspensions, fearing the cases would simple disappear from public scrutiny.

“They should be obligated to post updates about these cases,” he said.

“Most of these allegations are very serious and the public needs to know police are held to account for their actions.”

SOUTH EAST REGION POLICE SUSPENSIONS

8/01/15

A 22 year old male Constable suspended for allegedly harrasing members of the Queensland Police Service.

24/12/2015

A constable was alleged to have engaged in harassment and accessed confidential information without an official purpose.

15/12/2015

A 47-year-old male Senior Sergeant was suspended for allegedly having breached a domestic and family violence protection order.

06/11/15

A senior constable was been suspended for failing to comply with an official direction relating to an earlier ‘stand down’ notice, and as a consequence was suspended from duty.

16/10/15

A 43-year-old male Senior Constable was suspended allegedly engaging in inappropriate discussions with others of a sexual nature, and using the Queensland Police Service computer system without an official purpose.

30/09/15

A Constable was suspended after allegations he victimised another officer in the workplace.

24/09/2015

A Senior Constable, who was stood down on March 2 2015, was suspended due to criminal allegations of assault.

25/04/2015

A 40 year-old male senior constable was arrested and charged with a number of offences including possession of unlicensed weapons.

02/04/2015

A female constable was suspended after allegations that while off duty the officer has driven her private vehicle in a dangerous manner.

29/10/2014

The 48 year-old male detective senior constable was issued with a Notice to Appear before the Southport Magistrates Court for three charges of possessing dangerous drugs.

16/10/2014

A 38-year-old woman was facing allegations of misconduct in relation to disciplinary matters.