The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) Interagency Exchange and Capability Development Program was held yesterday, December 12, at the Brisbane Aviation Operations Centre at the Brisbane Airport.
The program was designed to bring together participants from Australian Federal Police (AFP), Queensland Police Service (QPS) and Australian Border Force (ABF) jurisdictions to complement the delivery of services for Commonwealth and State police and to partner with airport stakeholders in Queensland.
The first phase of the program focused on the exchange of knowledge and cross-cultural skills between frontline law enforcement and community police liaison officers specifically within the Operations Brisbane Aviation environment. It also comprised of both theoretical and practical elements delivered through a combination of classroom-based information sessions and discussions, and AFP aviation patrol activities.
The program included presentations by AFP Acting Sergeant Steve Illidge, QPS Acting Senior Sergeant Jim Bellos and QPS Senior Police Liaison Officer Purdy Huanh.
The participants also took part in joint
Category: Queensland Police News Updates – South Brisbane
Burglary, Victoria Point
Detectives investigating the burglary of a Victoria Point business last weekend have released CCTV vision and images of a man and woman who may be able to assist them with their inquiries.
Sometime between 4.45am and 4.55am on Saturday, December 9, a black Holden Cruze was observed entering a Bunker Road shopping centre.
A short time later one of the occupants forced open a fire exit before smashing the glass cabinet of one of the stores.
A number of items including watches were stolen with some since recovered.
Anyone with further information about the incident or the man and woman (pictured) is urged to contact Policelink or Crime Stoppers.
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
Please check your home security, Sunnybank
Police are currently investigating a number of break and enter offences in the Sunnybank area that have occurred over the past few weeks.
Police are reminding residents in the area to check over their home and vehicle security before going to bed or leaving the house.
Please consider the following tips:
Doors and windows locked;
Garage doors are always locked and secured;
Vehicles inside garages and locked and secured with all valuables removed including garage remote controls;
Internal doors providing access to living areas from the garage are locked and secured and if no lock, consider installing a lock for added security;
Consider installing an alarm system;
Ensure the removal of keys from security doors;
Remove objects such as ladders and bins that may be used to gain access to higher levels; and
Report suspicious activity including suspicious vehicles to police.
If you have information for police, contact Policelink on 131 444 or provide information using the online form 24hrs per day.
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Pop-up Coffee with a Cop in Mount Gravatt East
Police from Holland Park Police Station along with our wonderful Volunteers in Policing had a pop-up Coffee with a Cop last Wednesday morning.
In support of White Ribbon, customers of Badminton Brew were greeted and shouted a coffee for an hour between 9 and 10am.
It was lovely to engage with the community and support local businesses.
To support the work of White Ribbon Australia in the prevention of men’s violence against women please visit www.whiteribbon.org.au
Grievous bodily harm charges, South Brisbane
Police have charged a woman after a man was struck by a car in South Brisbane last night.
At around 6.20pm, a vehicle was travelling on Little Stanley Street when it allegedly sped up, mounted the kerb and drove at a group of people who were walking on the footpath.
A man in the group was struck by the car and was treated at the scene for minor injuries to his ankle and shoulder.
No one else was physically inured as a result of the incident.
It is further alleged that the car then sped off at high speed and was located at an address in Wilsonton at 8.30pm, where a woman was taken into custody.
A 35-year-old Coomera woman has been charged with four counts of acts intended to cause grievous bodily harm and is due to appear in the Toowoomba Magistrates Court today.
If you have information for police, contact
Fatal traffic crash, Manly West
Police are investigating a fatal traffic crash that occurred this morning at Manly West.
Initial information suggests at around 3.20am, a car crashed into a power pole on Kamarin Street.
The 17-year-old male driver, and sole occupant of the vehicle, was pronounced deceased at the scene.
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.
Queensland Racing Crime Squad match-fixing charges
Detectives of the the Queensland Racing Crime Squad working in conjunction with the Queensland Racing Integrity Commission have today concluded a protracted match-fixing investigation relating to a leading harness driver.
A 35-year-old Logan man, as well as two others, have been arrested this morning and charged with match-fixing and other offences in the harness code.
He has been released on bail to appear in the Beenleigh Magistrates Court in January in relation to charges of match-fixing.
Police will allege the man affected the outcome of harness races at Albion Park in Queensland in July and October this year.
An 18-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman both from Logan Village were also arrested in raids by detectives this morning.
The 35-year-old Logan man has been charged with the following, two counts of discloses the knowledge to another about a relevant bet relating to race at Albion Park October, 6 2017. Two counts of facilitating match-fixing conduct
Robbery with violence charges, Woolloongabba
Detectives from Morningside have charged four teenagers following investigations into a robbery that occurred in Woolloongabba earlier this week.
On Tuesday December 5 at around 10:20pm, a woman travelling on public transport exited at a bus stop on Ipswich Road, Buranda when she was allegedly approached by teenagers also exiting at the same bus stop.
It will be further alleged, a teenage girl asked the woman for money, which she refused and continued to walk along Tottenham Street.
The three teenagers allegedly followed the woman asking for money and demanding her mobile phone. When the woman refused to hand over her phone, one of teenage boys allegedly punched her in the eye.
She was allegedly further assaulted by another teenage girl causing her to fall to the ground injuring her face. The teenagers allegedly continued to assault the woman and took the phone before fleeing.
The woman sustained bruising and lacerations as a result of
Extortion, attempted armed robbery charges, Kuraby
Two men have been charged with numerous offences after allegedly forcing their way into a Kuraby home and discharging a firearm on December 5.
It will be alleged that on December 3 a dispute occurred between a 25-year-old man and four men on Saint Patrick Avenue at Kuraby.
The dispute escalated and the man then allegedly poured petrol over one of the men, a 19-year-old local, and threatened to set him alight before the victim fled into a nearby residence.
It will be further alleged that on December 5 around 10pm two men attended the same Kuraby residence armed with a firearm and made threats towards the occupants of the home.
One man allegedly discharged the weapon and a projectile grazed the face of a 17-year-old male resident, causing a minor injury.
The man then allegedly forced a 29-year-old male resident onto his knees and pressed the firearm into the back of his head, demanding
Attempted car theft, Algester
A man has been charged after a woman was forced to jump in front of her vehicle to prevent it from allegedly being stolen with her children inside at Algester.
It will be alleged on December 7 around 12pm a man and woman drove their four-wheel-drive to a school and parked on Algester Road to make a delivery.
The couple left their three young children in their car seats with the air-conditioning running while they went around to the rear door of the vehicle.
A man who had been standing at a nearby bus stop then allegedly approached the car, jumped into the driver’s seat and locked all of the doors before revving the engine in an attempt to drive away.
The 34-year-old woman immediately ran to the front of the vehicle and stood in front in an attempt to stop him.
The man then fled the vehicle and ran through a nearby park.
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