One of Queensland’s top police has resigned in disgrace after a sexist comment about a fellow officer came to light at an inquiry established to reform the force.

Deputy Commissioner Paul Taylor referred to a colleague as a “vagina whisperer” with the comments made public at the Queensland Police Services’ Responses to Domestic and Family Violence probe.

Mr Taylor quit on Friday, saying he was “devastated” by the impact it had had on the police service’s reputation.

Procurement Minister Mick de Brenni said quitting was the “appropriate thing” for Mr Taylor to do.

“I don’t think there’s any setting in which those sort of comments are acceptable,” Mr de Brenni said on Saturday.

“He’s done the honourable thing.”

But a second officer discussed at the probe, Chief Superintendent Ray Rohweder, remains despite the inquiry hearing lewd comments attributed to him.

Grossly offensive remark

This included asking an officer in a public setting who had facial injuries if “she shut her legs on you”.

Mr de Brenni said he found that “completely unacceptable”.

Before having the comments repeated to him at a press conference, Mr de Brenni said if they were similar to Mr Taylor’s then Mr Rohweder should also “make the right decision”.

Mr de Brenni said misogynistic and sexist culture had to be stamped out in the Queensland police and the nation more generally.

Employment Minister Di Farmer said some of the things coming out of the inquiry had been “confronting and really shocking”.

‘We’re not standing for that’

“You’ve got to address these things at the highest levels,” Ms Farmer said.

“If we hear those sorts of comments, if we see disrespect for women … each of us, every single one of us, has to say we’re not standing for that.”

Both Mr de Brenni and Ms Farmer backed Commissioner Katarina Carroll who is being charged with reforming the police.

The Queensland government green-lit the probe into the state police after a separate inquiry into domestic violence found hundreds of victims had often been poorly treated or ignored by officers.