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Police Officers, Police Liaison Officers and Volunteers in Police were on hand in Sunnybank last week to provide crime prevention and personal safety advice to residents and visitors to the iconic suburb.
The informal community engagement sessions are part of the hugely successful Coffee with a Cop campaign that has been rolled out across the South Brisbane District over the past few years.

Senior Constable Vernon Wootton from the District Crime Prevention Coordinators said that Coffee with a Cop brings our officers and the community members they serve together – over coffee – to discuss issues and learn more about each other.
“It’s an informal environment where anyone can approach us, receive relevant and important information, and ask us questions over a tea or a coffee,” Senior Constable Wooton said.

Senior Police Liaison Officer Ken Rong (originally from China) and Senior Police Liaison Officer Weng-Mun Sum (originally from Singapore) said that most of the people

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With school holidays coming to an end, returning to school is always an exciting time for our students and community.
In the weeks prior to returning to school however, empty schools provide an opportunity for criminal activity – becoming targets for unlawful entry, arson, stealing, graffiti and property damage offences.
All of these have the potential to delay the new school year starting off.
The School Watch Program is a partnership between the Department of Education and the Queensland Police Service (Protective Services).
The program aims to reduce criminal activity in Queensland schools and encourages everyone to look out for after-hours crime in our schools.
If you see anything suspicious, please don’t attempt to intervene. Instead, call the School Watch number of 13 17 88. If you see a crime in progress, please call Triple Zero (000).
Let’s all work together to help create safer school communities and ensure children get off to a great new

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Detectives are continuing to investigate after the body of a man was found at a residence in Kelvin Grove yesterday.
Officers were called to a unit on Hunter Street around 3pm after the body of a 33-year-old man was located by people known to him.
Investigators have interviewed a number of people and all efforts are being made to identify the exact events leading up to the death.
At this stage police are treating the death as suspicious.
A postmortem examination will assist with this process. A crime scene remains in place at Kelvin Grove with scenes of crime and forensic officers processing the scene.
An Investigation Centre has been established at the Brisbane City Criminal Investigation Branch as part of Operation Romeo Chariot.
Detective Acting Inspector Christopher Toohey from Brisbane City Criminal Investigation Branch is urging anyone who may have witnessed anything suspicious in the vicinity of Hunter Street yesterday to contact police.
“We would urge

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Police have laid charges for two alleged robberies that occurred in Wacol and Ellen Grove in December last year.
At 8.15pm on December 14, a pizza delivery driver was allegedly robbed in Waterford Road, Wacol by two men who approached him with a baseball bat and demanded money.
At 7.30pm on December 15, a pizza delivery driver was allegedly robbed by three men who threatened violence at Julie Road, Ellen Grove.
On January 17, detectives from the Inala Child Protection Unit charged a 16-year-old Regents Park boy with two robbery offences.
Investigations are continuing.
Detectives envisage making further arrests in the coming days.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.
Quote these reference numbers: QP1802346491, QP1802352811

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South Brisbane Police wish to remind retailers to be aware of counterfeit notes following a number of recent attempts by shoppers to pay with them.
In the last six months there have been 118 offences reported to police in South Brisbane District.
The vast majority of attempts to pay for goods and services with counterfeit notes is with a $50 note.
Rather than just taking a note, a good habit to get into is to assess it prior to placing into a till.
Often counterfeit notes are made from paper that can quite easily be identified as fake. So does it feel right?
Often counterfeit notes are of a low quality copy. So ask yourself, does it look right?
It’s difficult to make a counterfeit note look genuine and a closer inspection will help you identify a fake note from a genuine one.
There are a range of security features on each note to help you identify

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Detectives from the North Brisbane Criminal Investigation Branch investigating allegations of fraud, forgery and falsifying records at a Chermside medical facility have charged a man.
It will be alleged between March and November last year the 50-year-old Carindale man accessed the records of four patients to obtain their name, address and health care information to write prescriptions for himself.
The man is then alleged to have filled the prescriptions on 17 separate occasions.
He has been charged with 17 counts of fraud, 17 counts of uttering, 16 counts of obtaining or detailing with identification, 16 counts of forgery and six counts of falsification of records.
The man is expected to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on February 20.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer

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A 17-year-old boy has died following a traffic incident in Annerley yesterday evening.
Preliminary information indicates the boy was moving between cars travelling along Ipswich Road when he was struck by a passing vehicle around 9.50pm.
He sustained critical injuries as a result of the collision and was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle, a 52-year-old man, was not seriously infured.
The Forensic Crash Unit is investigating.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.
Quote this reference number: QP1900112056

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The man charged following investigations into two alleged assaults on Brisbane buses in December last year has been arrested in relation to two additional assaults.
It will be alleged a 16-year-old was assaulted in an unprovoked incident at Ashgrove and a 65-year-old woman attacked in a separate incident at Red Hill.
A 39-year-old Aspley man has been charged with one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm and serious assault.
He is due to appear in the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court tomorrow.
Investigators continue to appeal for anyone who may have been a victim of random or unprovoked assaults in Brisbane by a man and who has not already spoken to police, to please contact them.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling

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Anywhere, anytime, any police officer
There’s a bit of a difference to Senior Constable Paul Ovreseth’s step this shift.  It’s a four-beat step.  On a horse.
Sergeant Teala Muller and Senior Constable Ovreseth took to patrolling Forest Lake (Oxley Division) today in order for the newest Mounted Police officer to ‘learn the ropes’.  The logistics of carrying everything you need to do the job from the back of a horse proved a challenge for Senior Constable Ovreseth who is used to working from a vehicle and completing paperwork at a desk.
RBT, licence and registration checks
“Members of the community enjoyed seeing the horses and interacting with us,” he said. “They approached us and were genuinely interested in who we are and what our role is. I’m not used to this side of policing but it’s great.”
Following some random breath tests, street checks and community engagement. the horses made their way over to Forest Lake Shopping Centre, checking vehicles were secure and providing

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Police have made an emergency declaration under the Public Safety and Preservation Act in Kallangur.
The PSPA was declared shortly after midday after the execution of a search warrant at a residence uncovered what are believed to be explosive material.
The scene is still being rendered safe, as the nature of the potentially volatile substances located are continuing to be assessed by the Explosives Ordinance Response Team.
A section of Coppin Street West and Gardner Street West are closed bordering the intersections of Archer and Cliff streets.
Investigations are continuing.
There is no further information available at this stage.
A man is currently assisting police with their enquiries.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, by calling 1800 333 000 or via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

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