New training to assist police de-escalate potentially dangerous situations, resolve active armed offender situations and apply tactical first aid is being rolled out to all 11,500 officers across the state. The Dynamic Interactive Scenario Training (DIST) is conducted at the Queensland Police Service (QPS) Academy at Oxley. DIST focuses on enhancing officer’s practical policing skills, […]
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Public appeal: Break and enter, Helensvale
Police have released vision of two men they wish to speak to in relation to an alleged break and enter at Helensvale on June 30. It is alleged that around 4.20am, a 37-year-old Mackay man was notified via a security alert on his mobile phone that a group of four men had forced entry to […]
Man located with tasers – Coombabah
A man has been charged in relation to the alleged discovery of four tasers and possession of restricted prescription drugs at a house at Coombabah last night. Around 6.20pm a search warrant was executed at the Waranga Way residence where it is alleged four taser torch devices and a quantity of Viagra and opiate pain […]
Attempted armed robbery, Carseldine
Detectives are investigating after a restaurant was robbed in Carseldine overnight. Initial information suggests that a man entered a Thai restaurant on Beams Road at 8.15pm and approached the front count8r. The man produced a large metal pole and made demands for cash from a woman working at the business. Following a verbal altercation with […]
Update – Robbery with violence, Nambour
Detectives have charged a man following investigations into the alleged robbery of a Nambour jewellery store yesterday. It will be alleged the 28-year-old man entered the Lowe Street business around 3.45pm and requested to look at a gold chain that was for sale before fleeing the store with the jewellery. A 28-year-old Margate man has […]
Update: Robbery, Caboolture
Police have charged three men following an alleged robbery incident at Caboolture this morning. It will be alleged at about 5.30am in the northbound lanes of the Bruce Highway, a stolen Kia hatch was involved in a traffic crash with a truck. It will be alleged three men who were in the Kia threatened the […]
Appeal for witnesses – traffic incident, Sunnybank
Police are appealing for witnesses to a fatal traffic incident that occurred at Sunnybank yesterday morning to contact police. Initial investigations indicate at about 2am, a man standing on Beenleigh Road came in contact with a dark coloured sedan that was travelling east. The man did not appear to suffer any injuries however was struck […]
Suspicious fire, Burleigh Heads
Police are investigating a suspicious building fire at a Burleigh Heads industrial estate this morning. Around 7.45am, police were advised of smoke issuing from a shed at Rothcote Court. Emergency services attended and extinguished the fire. The structure sustained significant smoke damage and minor flame damage. Once the area was deemed safe, a crime scene […]
Robbery, Caboolture
Police are investigating a robbery incident that occurred at Caboolture this morning. At about 5.30am in the northbound lanes of the Bruce Highway, a suspected stolen Kia hatch was involved in a traffic crash with a truck. The female driver of a passing motor vehicle stopped at the scene to offer assistance to the three […]
Historical rape charges
Detectives from State Crime Command’s Corrective Services Investigation Unit have charged a man with alleged historical rape offences. Operation Mike Reduce was established to investigate complaints of rape of prisoners within Queensland Correctional Centres during 1994 and 2014. On January 22, 2015 a 47-year-old man was charged with three counts of rape and three counts […]