An internal investigation is underway after a police officer was injured when he accidentally shot himself in the foot.
The sergeant is believed to have loaded his service Glock pistol and was holstering it when he shot himself at Southport Police Station on the Gold Coast on Monday night.
A Queensland Police spokesman confirmed the officer was taken to hospital with an injury to his left toe and “has since been discharged.”
“No other officers were injured,” the spokesman said.
‘Support is being provided to the officer and his colleagues at the station.’
The incident is now being investigated by the Gold Coast Police District.
Queensland Health and Safety has also been alerted.
It is the latest in a series of “friendly fire” incidents involving Queensland Police service weapons.
A police officer was rushed to hospital after his service pistol went off while he was holstering the weapon at Southport Police Station (pictured) on Monday night.
Last year, two officers were rushed to hospital in separate incidents.
One of them was a senior officer who was injured by a stray bullet while taking part in a training exercise at a shooting club north of Brisbane.
The other incident resulted in a sergeant being accidentally shot in the calf during a live-fire training session in Childers, south of Bundaberg in central Queensland.
In 2018, another officer accidentally shot himself in the calf, which police said at the time was “not following our rigorous processes in place for safety.”
The police sergeant was discharged with an injury to his left toe, but an investigation has been launched into the accident (file image)
Kym Slade, 48, took her own life with a police-issued weapon in July 2023 at Loganholme Police Station.
Queensland Police immediately offered support to the officer’s friends, family and colleagues following the tragedy.