Minister for Police and Minister for Corrective Services, the Honourable Mark Ryan MP joined Assistant Commissioner Mike Keating at the Roma Street Fire Station today for the official launch of the school holiday road safety campaign, Operation Cold Snap. Between June 29, and July 19, the QPS will coordinate a state-wide traffic policing operation designed […]
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Vehicle security reminder, Moorooka
Police are appealing to residents in Moorooka to remain vigilant with their vehicle security after 20 vehicle stealing related offences have been reported since the start of this month. Unknown offender/s have stolen number plates, tools from tool boxes, wallets, cash, credit cards and keys left in vehicles and in some cases, vehicles were left […]
My Story: Sergeant Alicia Finigan, fingerprint expert
When you think of a fingerprint expert the first image your mind conjures up is probably from the iconic TV series CSI or one from the thousands of true crime docos that saturate Netflix’s viewing catalogues. But art doesn’t always imitate life and the role of a fingerprint expert is far more sophisticated than TV […]
Update 1: Charges, Sunnybank and Macgregor incidents
A 56-year-old Sunnybank man has been charged at a bedside hearing this afternoon following incidents on Brisbane’s southside yesterday morning. The man has been charged with assaults occasioning bodily harm, attempted unlawful entry of a vehicle for committing an indictable offence, dangerous operation of a vehicle and adversely affected by an intoxicating substance, driver failing […]
Update 2: Sunnybank shooting
Police investigating the shooting of a man and woman at Sunnybank on Saturday morning, June 22 are appealing for public assistance to help locate 38-year-old Sunnybank Hills man Brendyn Clark, who may be able to assist with the investigation. He is described as Caucasian, approximately 175cms tall with a slim build, very short sandy/ginger hair […]
Update 1: Police investigation – Sunnybank shooting
Investigations by police into a shooting at Sunnybank on Saturday morning, June 22 are continuing with police searching for a 38-year-old man in connection with the incident. A 24-year-old man who was arrested at a Fred Pham Crescent, Doolandella address later that morning has been charged overnight with two counts of being an accessory after […]
On-going investigation – Sunnybank and Macgregor incident
A 56-year-old Sunnybank man remains under police guard in a Brisbane hospital following two incidents on Brisbane’s southside on Sunday morning, June 23. It will be alleged at around 9am a 40-year-old woman was clipped by a car as it entered a service station at the intersection of Mains Road and Turton Street at Sunnybank. […]
Man arrested following Sunnybank shooting
Police have arrested a man following a disturbance at Sunnybank this morning in which two people were shot. Police were called to Goman Street around 7.20am where a man and woman were located with gunshot wounds. Both were transported to hospital, the man in a critical condition and the woman with non-life-threatening injuries. A crime […]
Protest – Brisbane City
Police in Brisbane were kept busy with a large-scale protest which started in the city CBD before moving to South Brisbane. The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has undertaken a significant amount of planning with a variety of stakeholders regarding anticipated highly planned, well organised and often illegal protest activity by Issue Motivated Groups (IMGs) and […]
Update – Taskforce Islands extradition, Brisbane
Detectives based at Hendra have extradited a man from Victoria this afternoon as part of ongoing investigations into a series of linked armed robberies in Brisbane three years ago. Taskforce Islands was launched in 2016 after armed robberies at Murrumba Downs, Everton Park, Alderley and Albion during April and May. The 29-year-old man is expected […]