This afternoon the Queensland Police Service Academy, Oxley campus saw 89 recruits and three police dogs (PDs) graduate in an induction ceremony attended by Commissioner Ian Stewart and Mr Duncan Pegg, MP for Stretton representing Minister for Police, Fire and Emergency Services, the Hon. Jo-Ann Miller MP. Graduating as First Year Constables (FYCs), the 89 […]
Continuing investigations into a man who allegedly fraudulently gained employment as a nurse at an Aurukun medical facility have resulted in further changes being laid. It will be alleged that the man used forged documents in order to gain employment as a clinical nurse at Aurukun. The man commenced duty at the health care centre […]
Police have charged a man after a series of incidents in the Ingham area between 12 – 1pm yesterday. It will be alleged the man entered a Fanning Street residence disturbing a woman and three children inside. The woman and children left the house and the man followed them and allegedly attempted to pick up […]
Detectives have charged a 24-year-old woman following an incident in Fortitude Valley last night. Police were called to a residence on Bonney Lane at around 11.45pm following reports of an alleged altercation. Officers will allege they attended and located a 42-year-old Fortitude Valley man with a stab wound to his shoulder. He was transported to […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred on the Gore Highway at Linthorpe last night. Initial investigations suggest that just after 10.30pm, a single vehicle failed to negotiate a bend and rolled off the road. A 34-year-old Westbrook man was pronounced deceased at the scene. The Gore Highway was closed for four hours […]
Detectives from Biloela and the South West Police District executed search warrants upon two Kingaroy residences this morning resulting in two men being charged with multiple property offences. The search warrants were part of an exhaustive investigation into property offences which have occurred in 13 rural townships across a number of districts over the past […]
Police Commissioner Ian Stewart today joined the Isua family at the launch of the new QPS vessel the ‘Carolus Isua’. Commissioner Stewart said the new vessel was being named in the memory of the late Honorary QPS Superintendent Carolus Isua, making it the second police vessel to carry that name since 2004. “Mr Carolus Isua […]
Police are investigating after a two-year-old boy died after being hit by a vehicle in Cairns this afternoon. Police were called to the fatal incident within the grounds of a caravan park on Pease Street, Manoora about 1.30pm this afternoon. He was pronounced deceased at the scene at 2.15pm. The Forensic Crash Unit will investigate. […]
Police have this afternoon located a body believed to be that of a 26-year-old man reported missing from Isis River on July 18. There are no suspicious circumstances and police will be preparing a report for the coroner. If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form […]
Tomorrow will be a special day for three of our furry comrades as Police Dogs (PDs) Bertie, Larry and Prue will be officially sworn in at the Queensland Police Service Academy, Oxley campus, as Human Remains Detection Specialist (Cadaver) dogs. Since its conception in 2006, the QPS Cadaver Detection Dog Team has become a valuable […]