Commissioner Katarina Carroll today announced the appointment of two new assistant commissioners to the Queensland Police Service (QPS). Assistant Commissioner Charysse Pond has been appointed to lead the People Capability Command. Assistant Commissioner Cameron Harsley will lead the Organisational Capability Command. Commissioner Carroll congratulated both officers on their promotions from the rank of chief superintendent. […]
Police have charged a man over the alleged wounding of another man at Pimpama on Wednesday night. It will be alleged that around 7.40pm, a 19-year-old Willow Vale man was sitting in his car at Bull Road when he was approached by a man known to him. The man then allegedly stabbed him in the […]
Updated release: https://mypolice.page.link/Voqy During today’s searches police sadly located the body believed to be missing 14-year-old teenage boy Michael Ryan. He was found in Dularcha National Park in dense bushland. Formal identification is yet to be finalised. Our thoughts go out to Michael’s family and friends as well as everyone involved in the search during […]
Detectives are investigating the death of a man located in a car in Holland Park West overnight. Police were called to the location outside C.B. Mott Park on Logan Road around 11.00pm after a member of the public located the vehicle. A 30-year-old Urangan man was pronounced deceased at the scene. Police have established a […]
A Townsville man has been fined over $27,000 for stealing the same ten head of sheep twice. After the sheep were reported missing from a Bluewater property in July, 2018, the 42-year-old man was charged in November 2018 for stock stealing and two counts of unlawfully using stock. It was alleged the man had stolen […]
Free identification wristbands that help reunite lost children with their parents are once again available at the Ekka, Police Minister Mark Ryan announced yesterday. The wristbands which help to reunite lost children with their parents contributed to returning almost 100 children at the 2018 event. https://d2haxmvzil2swt.cloudfront.net/uploads/2019/08/08/85736_Ekka_Social_V2.mp4 Download Video Officers are expecting many visitors to the […]
Investigations are continuing into the armed robbery of a liquor store at Coorparoo yesterday (Thursday, August 8). Around 12.15pm a man approached a 41-year-old employee at the business on Old Cleveland Road armed with a knife. He pointed the knife at the woman before stealing a quantity of cash from the register. The man then […]
A police officer has been injured after attempting to stop a vehicle involved in a petrol drive off at Labrador overnight. Around 11.15pm a silver Toyota Aurion with stolen Queensland registration plates 387 ZDO attempted to do a petrol drive off at a Frank Street service station. The attendant exited the store and ran towards […]
Detectives are investigating a suspicious house fire in Rockhampton early this morning. Police were called to an address on Archer Street, near the intersection of Alma Street, at around 1:45am following reports of smoke coming from a home. Emergency services attended the fire however the house received significant damage to the structure and roof. The […]
Police investigating a car and pedestrian incident in Greenslopes yesterday are appealing for public assistance. At 6pm, a black Mazda 3 was travelling in the eastbound lanes of Cornwall Street near the intersection with Logan Road when it collided with a pedestrian who ran across the road. The 31-year-old pedestrian was transported to the Princess […]