A 39-year-old male Senior Constable from South Eastern Region has been stood down from official duty with the Queensland Police Service. The officer is subject of a disciplinary investigation into allegations including excessive force, wilful damage of a Service vehicle and falsifying training records. In keeping with our commitment to high standards of behaviour, transparency […]
Police have charged a 20-year-old man with armed robbery and a number of other offences following an incident in Annerley last night. It will be alleged around 10.40pm a man has approached a 22-year-old man at a residence on Ipswich Road, producing a knife and demanding the man’s car keys. The 22-year-old has complied with the […]
Police are appealing for a man who flagged down a police car in Marian Street Mount Isa last night. At about 9:40pm the man stopped a police vehicle and informed them of a disturbance between a man and a woman near Hungry Jacks Mt Isa. Police are requesting this witness contact them to assist with inquires. Police located the man and […]
Police have declared an emergent situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act following an incident in Fortitude Valley this morning. Police were called to an Arthur Street address at around 7.40am after a suspected suspicious device was discovered under a vehicle. Arthur Street between James and Chester Streets is the declared area. There have been […]
Police are appealing for witnesses following the armed robbery of a financial institution at the intersection of Leichardt Street & Upper Edward Street in Spring Hill this afternoon. Preliminary information indicates a man entered the business just before 4pm where he threatened staff and customers before stealing a sum of cash and fleeing the scene […]
Last week his Excellency the Honourable Paul de Jersey AC, Governor of Queensland, presented nearly 150 Queenslanders with awards and honours under the Australian honours system. Police Commissioner Ian Stewart was present at the ceremonies held at Government House to witness several QPS officers being recognised for brave conduct and distinguished service. On Australia Day […]
Kingaroy SARCIS Detectives are investigating the unlawful shooting of a Quarter Horse mare in the Tamaree (Gympie) area. The mare was grazing on the side of Bannister Road on Thursday May 7 when she was blatantly shot and killed. Police are appealing to the public for any information that will assist in this investigation, which can be forwarded to SARCIS […]
Detectives are investigating following an incident at a residence in Wynnum West this morning where two men forced their way into the home of an elderly woman. Initial investigations indicate that just before 7am the men forced entry into the residence of an 87-year-old woman at Grainger Street. The woman was dragged by one of […]
Detectives from the Cairns Child Protection and Investigation Unit have arrested and charged a 30-year-old Cairns man with grievous bodily harm following investigations into injuries sustained by a two-year-old boy yesterday. Police were called to the Cairns Base Hospital yesterday afternoon after they boy was admitted with critical head injuries. The man is due to […]
Police are investigating a fire that destroyed two homes on a property north of Proserpine this afternoon. Emergency services were called to an address on the Bruce Highway at Gregory River around 2.30 this afternoon and on arrival, two dwellings were engulfed in flames. The blaze was extinguished, but the two houses were completely destroyed […]