We are taking time this week to celebrate International Women’s Day and showcase female officers within the Queensland Police Service (QPS) who inspire, empower and succeed in their roles. Senior Constable Jodie Rowell is an officer with Brisbane Water Police with 14 years with QPS under her inflatable vest. “I wanted to become a police […]
A 26-year-old South Brisbane man has been charged following investigations into the serious assault of a woman in Fortitude Valley on February 14. Police will allege two women were sitting on the footpath at the intersection of Constance and Wickham Streets, when they were approached by an unknown man around 11.40pm. The man allegedly threatened […]
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash involving a school bus and a blue Toyota Landcruiser near Gympie earlier today (March 9). Initial investigations indicate around 3.40pm, the bus and the Landcruiser collided at the intersection of Kin Kin and Wilsons Pocket roads in Wolvi. The driver of the Landcruiser, a 68-year-old Goomboorian man was […]
A 22-year-old Coolum man has been charged following a crash on a property in Diddillibah that claimed the life of a 30-year-old man late last year. On March 9 police charged the man with one count each of dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death and driving while relevant drug present. He was issued a […]
Forensic Crash Unit officers are investigating after a motorbike rider died from injuries sustained in a crash last month. Around 8.10am on Thursday, February 18, a utility and motorcycle collided at the intersection of Old Cleveland and Tiley Roads at Chandler. The rider of the motorbike, a 59-year-old Capalaba man, was transported to the Princess […]
Police have arrested three youths after a number of alleged break and enters on homes and into cars at Mermaid Waters in the early hours of this morning. Around 1.50am residents of Sundowner Court called police after seeing people acting suspiciously in the street. Police attended and cordoned off the area locating three male youths […]
Detectives from Rockhampton CIB have arrested a 42-year-old local woman after a man’s arm was allegedly slashed with a knife. Police were called to Arthur Street, Depot Hill around 10pm last night (March 8) following a disturbance between a man and woman, who are known to each other. During the disturbance the man allegedly sustained […]
We are celebrating International Women’s Day all week with profiles on some of our female officers within the Queensland Police Service (QPS) who inspire, empower and succeed in their roles. State bomb scene manager, Sergeant Mandy Watene, has split her time within QPS between frontline policing and as a Scientific Officer. Deciding to become a […]
Police are appealing for public assistance regarding two recent cases of indecent assault following break-ins at Pacific Paradise. At 1.50am on February 17, a woman in her 20’s woke up to find an unknown man kneeling beside her, touching her inappropriately. After the woman woke, the man ran from the house. The woman reported the […]
Update: The body of a two-year-old girl was located in a dam at a rural private property in Tara just after 1am today. There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding her death. A report will be prepared for the coroner. Earlier: Police are leading a joint-agency search to locate a girl reported missing on a large […]