Forensic Crash Unit officers are appealing for witnesses and dashcam vision after a man suffered critical injuries in a traffic crash on the Bruce Highway 35klm south of Rockhampton yesterday afternoon. Around 1.30pm a blue 2019 Ford F150 dual cab utility was travelling south on the Bruce Highway near Bajool, when it crossed into the […]
Detectives from the Sunshine Coast’s Drug and Serious Crime Taskforce have closed a 12-month operation targeting the trafficking of dangerous drugs by organised crime groups including members associated with the Rebels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, resulting in the arrest of 18 people on 55 charges. The operation, involving detectives from the Sunshine Coast and specialists from […]
Civilians and police officers working side by side in an operational environment – while commonplace nowadays within the Queensland Police Service (QPS), this has not always been the case. In 1996, a decision was made to train and include civilian staff members in our Communications centres, where their roles included answering emergency calls and dispatching […]
The Queensland Police Service has charged a male police officer following investigations into the alleged sexual assault of a woman while off-duty in 1999. Detectives from the Child Abuse and Sexual Crime Group charged the 52-year-old male commissioned officer with one count of rape today. The woman, who was known to the man, was 27 […]
Last week, member for Mount Ommaney, Jess Hugh MP, and Acting Deputy Commissioner Deb Platz welcomed 37 new Protective Security Officers (PSO) to the Queensland Police Service (QPS). The state’s newest PSOs were inducted into the Service after successfully completing the four-week Protective Services Group (PSG) training program at the QPS Academy at Oxley. This […]
The body of a woman has been located during a search operation at Babinda this morning (December 20). About 2.45pm yesterday, police were advised that a woman had fallen into the water at Babinda Boulders and failed to resurface. Police, including the dive squad, and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services swift water crews and State […]
Police are continuing the search for a woman reported missing at Babinda this afternoon. At 2.45pm, police were advised the woman was in the Babinda Boulders area with friends when it is believed she slipped and fell into the water. Statements taken by police advise the woman then failed to surface. An immediate search of […]
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating after a man died as a result of a truck crash at Tamborine, near Logan, earlier this morning (December 20). Initial investigations indicate about 5.40am, a prime mover vehicle was travelling along Waterford Tamborine Road when it veered off the road and collided with a tree rolling down an […]
A 32-year-old Norville man will face court for a string of alleged dangerous driving offences following an incident with a black Commodore at Avocca yesterday (December 19). Police will allege the car was reported stolen from a Moore Park Beach address on December 14. The black Commodore was involved in incidents at Crofton Street, at […]
Police are appealing for witnesses to an armed robbery at Inala earlier this week. Around 3.20pm on Wednesday, December 15, two men approached a 33-year-old woman sitting in a Mazda 2 on a Freeman Road sports field carpark. The men threatened the woman with a knife and stole the car. It was abandoned around 20 […]