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FROM the VAULT – The Body Bunker, 1980
Since its inception in 1968, the Police Emergency Squad has responded to countless crisis situations. In addition to their case load, the Emergency Squad has rendered occasional assistance to the...
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Sunday Lecture – June 29
The Fire and Explosion Unit June 29 Senior Sergeant Andrew Rowan ‘The bomb squad blows things up; we put them back together again’ a simple but realistic statement about the field of bomb scene...
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FROM the VAULT – New Year’s Eve and the Riot Squad
‘Helmeted, baton swinging police charging through a barrage of bottles and beer cans to disperse thousands of drunken rioters, chants of “Kill the Pigs”’ read the 31 December, 1974 headline of the...
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FROM the VAULT – Communications on the Go
Prior to 1935, there was no police radio and not many police cars. Officers were tasked out to police jobs while at the station and then returned to report back on the events of the day. In 1935 a...
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FROM the VAULT – Unpopular Policeman is Useless as a Detective
The line of duty of a beat policeman was and is extensive and diverse. By and large, the majority of duties of the Queensland’s Policeman were spelt out in, very great detail, in numerous rules and...
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A Hard Day’s Night – Policing The Beatles
Image courtesy of the Courier Mail Today marks the 50th anniversary of The Beatles performing in Brisbane. The band had arrived in Australia in 1964, at the peak of “Beatlemania” and performed shows in...
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FROM the VAULT – The Long Road to Coen
In response to numerous reports of drunkenness and disorderly conduct among the miners and requests for police protection, on 21 April, 1895 a Police Station was opened at Coen. In the 1890s the...
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FROM the VAULT – Police Trackers
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that the following article contains images and stories of deceased persons. In recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
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FROM the VAULT – Dangerous Practices
Prevention of crime was one of the primary objectives of the Brisbane Metropolitan Branch of the Queensland Police. In 1874 there were 134 policemen in Brisbane, with 92 holding a rank of a Constable,...
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FROM THE VAULT: 1976 Stanhope Gold Medal recipient Constable Graham Robson
From the relative comfort of Camooweal Police Station a young Constable Graham Robson with Sergeant Ray Brand were sent on a salvage mission to rescue bogged cattle station master Dennis Lindsay Brown...
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Mystery of the Painted Window Glass
In 2009 work was commenced on the new Fortitude Valley Police Station and restoration of the original 1936 station building. During the restoration this painting on glass from a sash window, was...
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FROM the VAULT: Policing Babinda
In 1913 Cairns OIC and Police Inspector John McGrath remarked in his annual report to Commissioner William Cahill “It will be necessary to form a new station at Babinda, where a sugar mill will be...
View ArticleNational Missing Persons Week “Dementia and Missing Persons: learn how to...
National Missing Persons Week is a week aimed at raising awareness of the thousands of people reported missing each year across Australia and the issues that surround and impact on this important...
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FROM the VAULT – Assaults
A Complaint form, lodged November 1957. Image Courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum. In the late 1880s prosecutions for assaults on women in the Brisbane Police Courts increased. Nearly a third of...
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Australian Dress Register Entry
Front view of Qld Police Commissioner’s Dress Tunic (QP182) The Museum has entered a description and images of a Queensland Police Commissioner’s Dress Tunic (QP182) onto the Australian Dress Register...
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RAFFLE – FRAMED MAROON POLICE SHIRT
This one-off framed memorabilia piece features a maroon police shirt produced for the State of Origin, Game III, 2014 Guard of Honour in celebration of 150 years of policing in Queensland. There are...
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FROM the VAULT – Operation ‘Foxtail Palm’
In the early 1990’s Fauna Squad police became aware of possible large scale criminal activity in one of Queensland’s most remote national parks, Cape Melville National Park on the east cost of Cape...
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FROM the VAULT – Policing Mount Isa
Since its first days, Mount Isa, a mining town, was a rough sort of settlement. In May 1924, just a year after the town was established, a township police station was opened. At its inception, the town...
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FROM the VAULT – Jumbo Policing
A police officer is faced with many challenging situations in his/her career, and history shows the principals of policing have remained stable: to reduce crime and keep the community safe. So it was...
View ArticlePolice Museum Sunday Lecture – Bloodstain Pattern Analysis
Queensland Police Museum Sunday Lecture Series Last Sunday of the Month – August 31 – Free Entry Ground Floor, QPS HQ, 200 Roma Street Forensic Scientist, Sergeant Melissa Bell Major Crime Unit,...
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