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Road safety report: Festive Break – Day 9
New Year’s revellers have been kept in check with police continuing to target drink and drug drivers as part of the Festive Break phase of the Christmas Road Safety Campaign. Officers conducted more...
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Road safety report: Festive Break – Day 9
New Year’s revellers have been kept in check with police continuing to target drink and drug drivers as part of the Festive Break phase of the Christmas Road Safety Campaign. Officers conducted more...
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FROM the VAULT – CoP Norwin William Bauer
A man ahead of his time in 1969, newly appointed Police Commissioner Norwin W. Bauer considered traffic crashes, increasing crime and drug use as the main problems facing police. Norwin Bauer joined...
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FROM the VAULT – Constable Robert John Sands
Constable Robert John Sands was born in 1905 and joined the Queensland Police Force in 1932. With minimal paperwork to refer back to, Constable Sands’ Service History may appear unremarkable, but the...
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FROM the VAULT – Murder near Miles
Investigation commenced with an urgent circular to members of the Brisbane Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) on 30 September 1919, from their Inspector Michael O’Sullivan. It read, “A man named...
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FROM the VAULT – Wool Washing Thwarted By Want Of Water
The following was recorded as written by Constable 1/c Michael O’Toole of Wyandra Police Station, in the Charleville District, 114 years ago and by hand in the station letterbook. 9th February 1903 To...
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FROM the VAULT – The Decoyed Bushranger
The Queensland Police Gazette (QPG) reported highway robbery of the Condamine mailman, on horseback six miles from Roma, on October 21 1865, and named suspect Alphin McPherson, known by many aliases...
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FROM the VAULT – CoP Raymond W. Whitrod
Raymond Wells Whitrod served the people of South Australia as a police officer between 1934 and 1949. His rise to the rank of Detective preceded becoming the Assistant Director of the Australian...
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FROM the VAULT – Springbok Tour of Queensland
Further to our recent article about Police Commissioner Raymond Wells Whitrod, another sporting event came into the spotlight in 1971, the tour of South African Rugby Union team, the Springboks. In...
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QPM SUNDAY LECTURE: Coorparoo Junction Murders
Coorparoo Junction Murders 26 February 2017 11:00am – 12:30pm Police Headquarters 200 Roma Street Brisbane QLD 4000 FREE ENTRY The well regarded suburb of Coorparoo became embroiled in a grisly...
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FROM the VAULT – Shore Patrol Station by R.A. Donovan
Well into the retirement of Superintendent (Grade 2) Ronald Albert Donovan in 1995, he recalled the start of World War II on September 3, 1939, and provided an account of his policing service during...
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FROM the VAULT – First Women Sworn in at Oxley Police Academy
The world will celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8, 2017, to recognise the progressive success of equality for women. The Queensland Police Service marks the day by promoting awareness of...
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FROM the VAULT – Sensational Developments in 1908
An early morning cup of tea turned into a man hunt at Carpentaria Downs Station in September 1908. The station manager, his horseman, and a man-servant were all considered suspects when governess...
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QPM SUNDAY LECTURE: COMputer Facial Identification Techniques
COMputer Facial Identification Techniques 26 March 2017 11:00am – 12:30pm Police Headquarters 200 Roma Street Brisbane QLD 4000 FREE ENTRY Comfit is a facial-composite system developed within the...
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FROM the VAULT – Terence Murray Lewis
Our FROM the VAULT series on Queensland Police Commissioners cannot exclude Terence Murray Lewis, stood down in September 1987 after 38 years as a police officer. Mr Lewis commenced his career at...
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FROM the VAULT – Science Stacked Against Fruit Boxes
On first glance it appeared to be a truck crash, without a truck. Timber fruit boxes were strewn across the road and a large man’s fully clothed and lifeless body lay nearby. As police investigations...
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FROM the VAULT – Silk Yards and a Railway Guard
The stock standard Queensland Police Gazette (QPG) managed to treat readers with a colourful addition on September 24, 1938. A swath of silk fabric in red, yellow, ochre, black and white adorned the...
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Road safety report: Easter Break – Day 1
A motorcyclist has been detected allegedly travelling almost 200km/hour on the Bruce Highway on day 1 of the Easter Break phase for the Queensland Police Service’s Road Safety Campaign. The motorcycle...
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Road safety report: Easter Break – Day 1
A motorcyclist has been detected allegedly travelling almost 200km/hour on the Bruce Highway on day 1 of the Easter Break phase for the Queensland Police Service’s Road Safety Campaign. The motorcycle...
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Road safety report: Easter Break – Day 1
A motorcyclist has been detected allegedly travelling almost 200km/hour on the Bruce Highway on day 1 of the Easter Break phase for the Queensland Police Service’s Road Safety Campaign. The motorcycle...
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