Queensland Police gained access to the Check In Qld app in June through a search warrant after the theft of a police-issued firearm, which led to an officer being stood down.
Western Australian Police has used its data twice without a warrant, which led to the state then banning police from accessing the data, while Victoria Police has tried but been rebuffed on at least three occasions.
The police gained no advantage, no prosecutions were carried through, and in WA Quigley (then WA Attorney-General ) rebuffed the police and strengthened the fines for breaching. He is not (now) a fan of the police, despite having once been the police unions bulldog lawyer of choice .. he's seen too many breaches too close to ignore.
In 2007, his life membership of the Western Australian Police Union was withdrawn after his parliamentary attack on police involved with the Andrew Mallard case, where he named a former undercover policeman who had a role in Mallard's unjust conviction.
He planned to melt down his life membership badge, have it made into a tiepin with the words Veritas Vincit— "Truth Conquers", the motto of the school he attended—and present it to Mallard.