The Sentinel Unite team has started popping up at different locations across the South East to engage with the community and business and to provide security information. In addition to our members that you may have seen out and about, other QPS specialist units are also working behind the scenes to ensure the safety of […]
Don’t let the Grinch scam you this Christmas! Scammers put a lot of time and money into making hoax emails and bogus websites look real. Don’t be fooled. Christmas Grinch’s will email you out of the blue to trick you into disclosing your personal information, bank account details, passwords or credit card numbers. Fake holiday […]
Police are warning local tradies to take necessary precautions after a series of recent thefts reported from trade vehicles on the southern end of the Gold Coast. Senior Constable Kurt Foessel, Officer in Charge of Elanora, said there has been a number of trade vehicles targeted with expensive tools and equipment stolen. “Overnight a tradesman […]
A man has died following a two vehicle traffic crash at Beerwah this morning. Preliminary investigations indicate around 10.25am a van that was turning into Australia Zoo on Steve Irwin Way collided with an oncoming ute. The driver of the van, a 57-year-old man from Canada, sustained serious injuries as a result of the crash […]
Update: The missing girl was located safe and well on December 16. Police are seeking public assistance to locate a 13-year-old girl reported missing from South Ripley. She was last seen on yesterday at around 12pm (December 14) at a shopping centre on Amazon Place, Jindalee. Police and family hold concerns for her safety and […]
Officers from the Forensic Crash Unit have charged a woman following a fatal hit and run crash in Toowoomba North on November 14. It will be alleged that at 11am, a blue sedan was travelling east along Bridge Street when it collided with a white utility. The collision allegedly caused the utility to collide with […]
Acacia Ridge Detectives have charged four people following the closure of a ten-month drug trafficking operation, Papa Eggplant. Police executed search warrants at addresses in Goodna and Richlands where a quantity of dangerous drugs were located along with utensils, cash and property as well as a taser. A 46-year-old Goodna man has been charged with […]
Police are urging members of the public to exercise caution when selling products via social media or sales websites in the South Brisbane area, particularly iPhones. The warning comes after a series of stealing from person offences where a potential buyer will arrange to meet with the seller of the iPhone and upon doing so […]
Deputy Commissioner Brett Pointing has today announced he will leave the Queensland Police Service (QPS) after a 40-year career. Deputy Commissioner Pointing will take leave from today and officially separate from the QPS in March 2018. Commissioner Ian Stewart thanked Deputy Commissioner Pointing for his contribution to the QPS. “Brett has been a valued member […]
Police are investigating a single vehicle fatal traffic crash that occurred at Newstead yesterday evening (December 14). At about 11.30pm, a male riding a motorcycle crashed on Skyring Terrace. The 24-year-old McDowall man was pronounced deceased at the scene. No one else was injured during the incident. Police are appealing to any members of the […]