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Acting Senior Sergeant Chris Hebblethwaite from South Brisbane Crime Prevention Unit attended Seven Hills State School yesterday and took part of the school farewell parade.
Chris has been the school Adopt-a-Cop for the school for many years and have taken part many duties with their students.
Chris was presented an Adopt-A-Cop Award by the junior leaders, Laura and Jordan at the conclusion of the parade.
Congratulations to Acting Senior Sergeant Chris Hebblethwaite for receiving the award. We are all very proud of you.
Acting Senior Sergeant Chris Hebblethwaite with Laura and Jordan

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South Brisbane’s Vietnamese Police Liaison Officers, alongside Acting Senior Sergeant Jim Bellos and Inspector Michael Dowdy, were honoured to be invited as guests to the Trung Vuong Vietnamese Language School Annual Graduation and Award Ceremony at Darra State School on Saturday, December 8.
Police and representatives join the graduating children
The Trung Vuong Vietnamese Language School teaches Vietnamese to the next generation of students (grades 1 – 12) in Brisbane.
The program has become a cultural institution and has helped hundreds of students to learn, appreciate and value the beautiful native language of Vietnam.
Every year, the unique school celebrates and congratulates those students for the continual effort and hard work they put in on every Saturday morning throughout the school calendar year.
Well done to all the recipients today.
From all of us here at the Service: Xin chúc mừng! (Congratulations!)

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The Brisbane Multicultural Centre in Woolloongabba was the place to be on Thursday, December 6 for their annual QPASTT/MDA End of Year Cultural Leaders Dinner.
Minister Stirling Hinchliffe MP addressed the gathering as Keynote Speaker on the day, and the attendees had the chance to enjoy a variety of cultural performances over a lavish meal.
Police at the event
The community leaders forum is a quarterly event that allows cultural, community, faith and religious leaders to engage and network alongside business leaders, government representatives, not-for-profit associations and of course – police officers from across the South Brisbane District.
“Initiatives like these help our District become stronger and more better equipped to overcome the challenges in front of us,” Inspector Michael Dowdy said.
“To quote Coretta Scott King: The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members.
“You would be hard pressed to see better example than this wonderful community program.”
Many

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We made the nice list this year!
Another Christmas is upon us, a time when people often stop and reflect on the year they’ve just had. For me it’s involved working with some great people and experiencing the best in society and unfortunately the worst in society.
Police will be out in force in the festive season, even on Christmas day to make sure everybody end’s up where they’re supposed to be going.
So while you’re sitting down on Christmas day, enjoying (or enduring) the family time, stop and think about the emergency service workers away from their homes and their families.
Some don’t get to see the faces of their children when they open their presents from Santa, others have to leave their Christmas feast early to be at work on time.
At Upper Mount Gravatt Station, it’ll be business as usual with police spending Christmas day amongst their blue family.
Sometimes we try and

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Police have charged a 17-year-old boy with wounding following a disturbance at Cleveland yesterday morning (December 8) during which time two men were allegedly stabbed.
It will be alleged that a verbal argument occurred between the trio at a hotel in Middle Street at around 12.20am before the teen left the premises.
It will be further alleged that all three became involved in another argument in Shore Street a short time later during which time two men, aged 20 and 22, were both allegedly stabbed.
The men were transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital with the 20-year-old in a critical condition with alleged stab wounds to his neck and torso. The 22-year-old man was also transported to hospital with a non-life-threatening wound to his torso.
Both are from Birkdale.
Police arrested a 17-year-old Birkdale boy at Birkdale around 2.30am yesterday. He has been charged with unlawful wounding and acts intended to maim.
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A 30-year-old Upper Coomera man was critically injured in a two vehicle crash at MacGregor this morning.
Preliminary information indicates that shortly before 2am both vehicles were travelling southbound on the Pacific Motorway when one of the cars crashed into the rear of the other vehicle.
The 30-year-old driver of the front vehicle was trapped for a period of time before being removed and transported to the Princess Alexandra Hospital in a critical condition.
Police will allege the male driver of the other vehicle fled the scene on foot and was located by police in nearby Bleasby Road at around 2.15am.
The 35-year-old from Oxenford was transported to hospital for assessment.
Investigations by the Forensic Crash Unit are continuing with officers appealing for any witnesses or anyone with dash cam vision to contact police (details below).
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per

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In the last seven days, there have been a number of break-ins and vehicle stealing in Sunnybank, Coopers Plains, Eight Mile Plains, Macgregor and neighbouring suburbs.
Offender/s have forcibly opened the doors, windows and garage doors to gain entry to a dwelling. Some occurred while residents were asleep at night, some occurred while residents were out during the day.
Vehicle registration plates were also stolen from parked vehicles in a street, driveway or carpark areas.
Police urge people to review their home and vehicle security. Simple home security measures like:

Lock your doors using keys (do not leave you keys on your lock);
Make sure your garage door is fully closed before and leaving the garage;
Enable your security alarms if you have already installed them;
Check your windows and fly screen if they are secured. Make sure they cannot be easily removed from its frame;
Do not leave your valuables or keys in a plain sight;
Get to

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Detectives have charged a man over the alleged theft of a car in Oxley and the burglary of an 85-year-old woman’s home in Kenmore this week.
It will be alleged a 35-year-old Raceview man stole a black Nissan Patrol from a hotel on Oxley Road, Oxley at around 6:30pm on Wednesday.
It will be further alleged that the man parked the stolen 4WD in front of a house on Lochiel Street at Kenmore yesterday afternoon and followed the resident, an 85-year-old woman, into her property when she arrived home around 2pm.
Once in the garage, it will be alleged the man attempted to open the internal door to the house as the woman was closing it.
After a struggle with the door, the woman managed to close and lock it. She then heard the man yelling violently and attempting to gain entry through the door.
She observed the man flee across her front yard before

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Several ‘sneak’ breaks occurred in Rochedale in the last two days while residents were at home asleep. Offender/s are targeting cash, designer handbags, wallets, jewelries, car keys and vehicles.
Offender/s have entered the dwellings through unlocked doors and jimmied open security door.
If you have any CCTV cameras or dash cam, please review your footage between 11pm on the December 4 and 10:30am on the December 5.
If you have any clear footage or information that you believe that can assist police with their investigation, please contact Policelink.
Police urge residents to be vigilant about their home and  vehicle security. Simple security measures like:

Lock your doors using keys (do not leave you keys on your lock);
Make sure your garage door is fully closed before and leaving the garage;
Enable your security alarms if you have already installed them;
Check your windows and fly screen if they are secured. Make sure they cannot be easily removed from

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