Officer stood down, Southern Region

A 54-year-old male senior sergeant from the Southern Region has been stood down from official duty with the Queensland Police Service and will be tasked to perform non-operational duties. The officer is the subject of an investigation relating to alleged fraud, disobeying directions, providing false and misleading information and failing to comply with policy whilst […]

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On the frontline of child protection, Child Protection Week

https://d2haxmvzil2swt.cloudfront.net/uploads/2018/09/03/121955_Final_Edited_Version.mp4 Download Video This week is Child Protection Week. Protecting children means a lot of different things to a great many people, but to the police officers who work at the frontline of child victim-based crimes, protecting children is the reason they get up every morning. These officers see the worst of the worst, become […]

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Protective Services staff honoured at awards ceremony

Commissioner Ian Stewart and the Honourable Mark Ryan, Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services, congratulated officers and staff members from the QPS Protective Services who have received medals and clasps at a ceremony held at Police Headquarters on Friday, August 31. Friday’s ceremony saw the Queensland Police Service Medal awarded to six staff […]

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Homicide, Deception Bay

Detectives have commenced a homicide investigation after a man was shot at a Deception Bay residence overnight. Initial investigations indicate at 11.30pm a small group of men have attended at a Thompson Street residence and an altercation has occurred in the front yard. The male resident of the house has received a gunshot wound to […]

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