Today, the Minister for Police, the Honourable Mark Ryan MP, and Assistant Commissioner of Road Policing Command, Mike Keating launched the 2018 QPS Christmas road safety campaign on the Gold Coast. This year’s launch saw police joined by emergency services including Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Queensland Ambulance Service and RACQ LifeFlight. Assistant Commissioner Keating […]
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Operation Wake Up Drink Rite Night at Morningside
South Brisbane District Operation Wake Up was launched recently by Acting Chief Superintendent Virginia Nelson to enhance road safety and to reduce the road toll within our community. The operation not only focuses on high visibility proactive policing on our roads, but also on educating the community on key aspects of safety including the fatal […]
Adopt-a-Cop Award at Seven Hills
Acting Senior Sergeant Chris Hebblethwaite from South Brisbane Crime Prevention Unit attended Seven Hills State School yesterday and took part of the school farewell parade. Chris has been the school Adopt-a-Cop for the school for many years and have taken part many duties with their students. Chris was presented an Adopt-A-Cop Award by the junior […]
Local students graduate with Tự Hào
South Brisbane’s Vietnamese Police Liaison Officers, alongside Acting Senior Sergeant Jim Bellos and Inspector Michael Dowdy, were honoured to be invited as guests to the Trung Vuong Vietnamese Language School Annual Graduation and Award Ceremony at Darra State School on Saturday, December 8. The Trung Vuong Vietnamese Language School teaches Vietnamese to the next generation […]
Multicultural Hub celebrate another year with community
The Brisbane Multicultural Centre in Woolloongabba was the place to be on Thursday, December 6 for their annual QPASTT/MDA End of Year Cultural Leaders Dinner. Minister Stirling Hinchliffe MP addressed the gathering as Keynote Speaker on the day, and the attendees had the chance to enjoy a variety of cultural performances over a lavish meal. […]
Policing in Christmas
Another Christmas is upon us, a time when people often stop and reflect on the year they’ve just had. For me it’s involved working with some great people and experiencing the best in society and unfortunately the worst in society. Police will be out in force in the festive season, even on Christmas day to […]
Wounding charge, Cleveland
Police have charged a 17-year-old boy with wounding following a disturbance at Cleveland yesterday morning (December 8) during which time two men were allegedly stabbed. It will be alleged that a verbal argument occurred between the trio at a hotel in Middle Street at around 12.20am before the teen left the premises. It will be […]
Serious traffic crash, MacGregor
A 30-year-old Upper Coomera man was critically injured in a two vehicle crash at MacGregor this morning. Preliminary information indicates that shortly before 2am both vehicles were travelling southbound on the Pacific Motorway when one of the cars crashed into the rear of the other vehicle. The 30-year-old driver of the front vehicle was trapped […]
Crime updates for Sunnybank, Coopers Plains and neighbouring suburbs
In the last seven days, there have been a number of break-ins and vehicle stealing in Sunnybank, Coopers Plains, Eight Mile Plains, Macgregor and neighbouring suburbs. Offender/s have forcibly opened the doors, windows and garage doors to gain entry to a dwelling. Some occurred while residents were asleep at night, some occurred while residents were […]
Burglary charges, Kenmore
Detectives have charged a man over the alleged theft of a car in Oxley and the burglary of an 85-year-old woman’s home in Kenmore this week. It will be alleged a 35-year-old Raceview man stole a black Nissan Patrol from a hotel on Oxley Road, Oxley at around 6:30pm on Wednesday. It will be further […]