A Queensland police superintendent has been suspended for allegedly photographing the confidential details of a domestic violence victim, Guardian Australia has learned.

The senior detective is the second officer in Queensland known to be accused of using police computer systems to obtain details related to a domestic violence complainant.

He is also one of the highest ranking officers to be caught up in an ongoing data misuse scandal, which the state’s police commissioner, Katarina Carroll, has said has “brought our organisation into disrepute”.

The man had been seconded to a role at the Crime and Corruption Commission Queensland last year.

In early November, police and the CCC both released statements that said the 51-year-old detective superintendent had been stood down from operational duties, then suspended, amid an ongoing investigation into the unauthorised access of confidential information.

The CCC immediately rescinded the man’s secondment.

The statements made no mention of the specific allegations. But Guardian Australia can reveal the officer was suspended for allegedly taking a photograph of a computer screen displaying the personal details of a domestic violence complainant.

Police said they “proactively” released a statement two days after the CCC had done so, but would not address questions about why the statement did not mention the accusations related to the identity of a domestic violence complainant.

At the time the officer was stood down, police were under extraordinary scrutiny in relation to their handling of a similar incident – senior constable Neil Punchard accessed the address of a domestic violence victim and disclosed the details to her former partner.

Police initially treated Punchard’s actions as an internal disciplinary matter. He was docked pay but not demoted or dismissed.

After considerable public pressure, a campaign from the victim and advice from the CCC, police eventually laid charges against Punchard and he was convicted of computer hacking last year. Carroll remains under pressure to sack him.

In November last year, the same week the detective superintendent was suspended, the CCC began hearings into Operation Impala, which was investigating public sector data misuse.

The CCC eventually recommended tougher criminal sanctions for public officials who access confidential information unlawfully, after hearing evidence that agencies were often inconsistent in deciding whether to handle breaches as criminal complaints or internal discipline matters.

On 18 November, when giving evidence at the inquiry, Carroll was asked whether criminal charges should be pursued in circumstances where a domestic violence victim’s details were disclosed.

“Yes, and that’s a strong message that I have sent,” she said.

Several people with knowledge of the case have spoken to Guardian Australia out of concern at the time it has taken to investigate the case.

Police said the investigation into the detective superintendent “remains ongoing and as such, the QPS is unable to comment further at this time”.

It is understood he is on full pay while suspended.