Three people have been charged after Polair allegedly tracked a stolen car being driven dangerously from Brisbane to Ipswich yesterday. Patrolling officers started following the stolen vehicle on Boundary Road at Coopers Plains before it allegedly evaded police when they attempted to intercept it on Oxley Road around 12.20pm. Polair tracked the vehicle as it […]
Category: Queensland Police Latest Updates
New PLOs train up
New Police Liaison Officers from across Queensland commenced their Initial Employment Training this week at the Queensland Police Academy in Oxley. Officers from a range of backgrounds, ages and ethnicities travelled as far from as Cairns, Cunnamulla, Yarrabah, Tully and Bundaberg joined their counterparts from Brisbane and Logan to undertake two weeks of tactical training, […]
Online learning tool helps police engage LGBTI community
As part of the Queensland Police Service’s continuing commitment to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) community it has rolled out an Online Learning Product (OLP) to all officers in time for International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. The learning tool helps officers by enhancing their understanding of: Significant historical events that have […]
House fire, Capalaba
Police are investigating a house fire that occurred overnight at Capalaba. Emergency services were called around 11.20pm following reports a house was on fire on Mount Cotton Road. On arrival, the house was found engulfed in flames but emergency crews were able to extinguish the blaze. The house, which was unoccupied, was extensively damaged as […]
Serious traffic crash, Stones Corner
Investigators are appealing for witnesses following a serious two vehicle traffic crash in Stones Corner this morning. Preliminary investigations indicate that about 11.30am a four-wheel-drive was travelling east along Old Cleveland Road when it collided with a hatchback at the intersection with Montague Road. A man aged in his 70s was transported to Princess Alexandra […]
Crime alert: Thieves target bicycles
There have been a number of recent break and enters to homes and garages in the suburbs of South Brisbane including: Balmoral, Hawthorne, Bulimba, Annerley, West End and surrounds, where thieves are targeting and stealing bicycles. Offenders have entered onto private property and into homes and unit complexes through closed but unlocked garages and insecure […]
Robbery incident, Capalaba
Detectives are investigating a robbery incident that occurred at Capalaba this evening. At about 6.40pm, a man and a woman driving in a dark coloured sedan along Finucane Road have approached a woman and called her over to the vehicle. The female passenger grabbed the woman’s purse as the man attempted to drive away, dragging […]
Update: Fatal traffic crash, Eight Mile Plains
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred at Eight Mile Plains this morning. Initial investigations indicate at 9.40am a Honda Civic travelling north in the southbound lanes of Logan Road collided with a Hyundai sedan travelling north on Logan Road as it attempted to turn right near Levington Road onto […]
QPS trial rolls out text messages
Queensland Police Service are trialling contacting members of the public by SMS when investigating reported occurrences. The trial, which begins today will be held in the Brisbane South and Gladstone areas until July 31. Currently, police are only able to contact victims, witnesses, suspects etc. by telephone or by attending the location where the person […]
Update: Fatal traffic crash charge, North Stradbroke Island
A man has been charged following investigations into a fatal single vehicle traffic crash on North Stradbroke Island on March 2, 2018. It will be alleged that around 2am the man was the driver of a utility travelling along Main Beach when another man was thrown from the back of the vehicle. A 19-year-old Point […]