Communities came together at their local pools on Sunday for the YMCA Swimathon with the aim of raising money for children and adults with disabilities to learn how to swim. QPS and QAS officers dived at the chance to be involved, attending the Victoria Point swimming pool where they spent the day interacting with community members and […]
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Police have this morning charged a man with murder following the suspicious death of an infant in Maryborough in 2013. Around 9.20pm on September 1 2013, paramedics were called to a Jupiter Street residence after a 4-month-old infant was unresponsive. The boy was taken to Maryborough Hospital but later died. Detectives from the Maryborough Child […]
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Police are investigating a burglary at Coomera on March 2 where a sum of money was stolen from an ATM machine. Initial investigations suggest that shortly before midnight on Monday night unknown persons have gained access to a shop at a shopping centre on Dreamworld Parkway. After gaining access to the shop they have then […]
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Detectives investigating the homicide of Timothy John Pullen in Mackay in 2012 have charged two men with murder. Officers arrested a 27-year-old Dysart man yesterday in Mackay while detectives from Mackay CIB and the Homicide Investigation Unit arrested a 39-year-old Lowood man in Brisbane this morning. The pair have each been charged with one count […]
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Police have charged three men following the alleged abduction of a man from Noosa on February 28. It will be alleged around 10.30pm, two men attended a McKinnon Drive bus stop where they forced a 48-year-old man from a car and into another car. It will further be alleged the man was driven around in […]
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Police are investigating the sexual assault of a teenaged girl at Redcliffe that occurred on Wednesday February 18. At about 3.40pm, the girl was walking along Knight Street near Monica Road when she was approached by a man before being sexually assaulted. Officers would like to speak to a man described as 165 centimetres tall, […]
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Police have charged a man following an incident in Townsville on Sunday night where a stationary speed camera vehicle was damaged. It will be alleged that just after 8pm the man has driven a car into a stationary speed camera vehicle on Kings Road, Pimlico and has then left the scene. A 52-year-old Hermit Park […]
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A senior constable from the South Eastern Region has been stood down from official duty with the Queensland Police Service. The 29-year-old male officer is the subject of an investigation relating to use of excessive force in four separate incidents between September 2014 and January 2015. In keeping with our commitment to high […]
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Police are looking for a group of people responsible for a home burglaries and car thefts in the Cairns area. Overnight, four vehicles were stolen from Port Douglas through to East Trinity (near Yarrabah). Two vehicles, a Suzuki swift sedan and a beige Audi A4 sedan, were involved in several traffic incidents in Cairns. The […]
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Today Police Commissioner Ian Stewart and Police, Fire and Emergency Services Minister Jo-Ann Miller announced an increase to our ability to conduct roadside drug testing. In December 2014 the Road Policing Command commenced the Statewide Roadside Drug Testing Deployment Project to increase the QPS’ ability to perform the tests. Commissioner Stewart said the project has been […]
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