A man has died in hospital following a traffic incident involving a skateboard at Kippa Ring on June 17. At around 10.15am police were called to Edmund Street following reports a skateboarder had been struck by a car. The 39-year-old male rider was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital for treatment of serious […]
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Update armed robbery, South Brisbane
Police have released vision after a bottle shop was robbed in South Brisbane on June 16. Around 7pm, a man entered the bottle shop on Cordelia Street and produced a screw driver and made demands for money. He fled the scene on foot after stealing a sum of cash. No one was physically injured during […]
Townsville District officers and staff members recognised at awards ceremony
Ms Coralee O’Rourke MP, representing the Minister for Police and Corrective Services Mark Ryan, and Deputy Commissioner Bob Gee congratulated officers and staff from the Townsville District who received medals and certificates at a ceremony held at the Townsville Police-Citizens Youth Club yesterday. Deputy Commissioner Gee presented the National Police Service Medal to five officers, […]
Police award young girl certificate of appreciation
Police Minister Mark Ryan MP joined officers from the Police Communications Centre today at Police Headquarters to recognise the courage of seven-year-old Addison O’Brien who made a call to Triple Zero late last year to report that her father was unconscious. As a result of Addison’s call, police were able to arrive swiftly and ensure […]
Gold Coast police working to S.A.V.E young drivers’ lives
Gold Coast police are working to S.A.V.E young driver’s lives with a driver awareness program called Survive, Alive, Victim, Expo (S.A.V.E.). The project aims to provide road safety messages to Year 11 and 12 students with a visual staged mock-up of a fatal road crash with role playing by police and other emergency services. A […]
Armed robbery charges, Brisbane south
Police have charged a 15-year-old boy with a number of offences following investigations into two attempted armed robberies and a crash involving an alleged stolen vehicle in Brisbane’s south yesterday. It will be alleged at around 10am, a boy with a black t-shirt covering his face entered a supermarket on Hellawell Road at Sunnybank Hills […]
Arrest for Britton cold case murder, Airlie Beach
Cold case homicide detectives have today charged a man with the murder of Dorothy Britton at Airlie Beach in 1996. The 51-year-old Port Neill (South Australia) man and former resident of Airlie Beach was arrested in Brisbane early this afternoon. He was charged with one count of murder and will appear in the Brisbane Magistrates […]
Pedestrian critically injured, Carrara
Police are appealing for public assistance after a 28-year-old man was critically injured during an incident at Carrara last night. Just after 8pm, police received a report of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle at the intersection of The Boulevarde and Grande Avenue. The man sustained what appeared to be minor injuries, however, his […]
Induction ceremony sees new recruits sworn in to service
Representing the Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services, State Member for Townsville Coralee O’Rourke MP joined Deputy Commissioner Bob Gee to welcome 37 new police officers to the Queensland Police Service (QPS) after a graduation ceremony was held at Townsville Stadium this morning. Graduating as First Year Constables (FYC), the new officers have […]
Major fraud charge, Brisbane
A 44-year-old Brisbane man has been charged today following a protracted investigation into a $5million investment fraud. The man was today charged by detectives from State Crime Command’s Financial and Cyber Crime Group. It is alleged the man, the CEO of a real estate development company, accepted three significant payments (totalling $5million) from an overseas […]