Life as a country cop:When the road death isn’t a statistic,it’s a neighbour
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Life as a country cop:When the road death isn’t a statistic,it’s a neighbour

It’s not the remoteness of rural policing that’s the greatest challenge,it’s the intimacy – as retired police officer and writer Mark ‘Trigger’ Tregellas knows.

  • byJohn Silvester

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Officer who fatally shot fugitive wielding an empty gun ‘acted appropriately’:coroner

Officer who fatally shot fugitive wielding an empty gun ‘acted appropriately’:coroner

Turvey was tasered and shot dead by police after a three-day manhunt. The coroner has found the officer who killed him acted appropriately.

  • byTara Cosoleto
Coroner to investigate after builder dies from injuries sustained during arrest

Coroner to investigate after builder dies from injuries sustained during arrest

Luke Briggs,35,died from catastrophic injuries sustained during a police arrest in Hoppers Crossing last week. Police have not revealed what happened during his arrest.

  • byCameron Houston
Crime figures exploiting bail system amid claims of fake trackers,perjury and weapons offences

Crime figures exploiting bail system amid claims of fake trackers,perjury and weapons offences

There are concerns private bail operators are being abused by organised crime figures who can afford the steep $12,000-a-month fees to win release from custody.

  • byChris Vedelago andErin Pearson
CFMEU needs a complete rebuild
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CFMEU needs a complete rebuild

Beleaguered CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith says he wants to clean up his own house. But he’s deluded.

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Indigenous justice commission to probe worksite allegations amid CFMEU fallout

Indigenous justice commission to probe worksite allegations amid CFMEU fallout

Premier Jacinta Allan has also confirmed that the Victorian Labor Party had begun formal processes to eject the CFMEU’s construction division from its ranks.

  • byBroede Carmody andKieran Rooney
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Victoria Police data management under fire after decade of device losses

Victoria Police data management under fire after decade of device losses

Data reveals that 40 devices have been lost by police or have been stolen,in 38 incidents classified as “data spills” which may have contained confidential information.

  • byDavid Estcourt
More teens are committing more violent crimes. How did we get here?

More teens are committing more violent crimes. How did we get here?

William Taylor’s death has thrust the issue of youth crime back into the headlines,but statistics show it is a problem years in the making.

  • byMelissa Cunningham,Wendy Tuohy andChris Vedelago
Palestinian activist Hash Tayeh told he will be arrested for allegedly inciting hatred

Palestinian activist Hash Tayeh told he will be arrested for allegedly inciting hatred

The owner of Burgertory has been asked to attend a police station next week to be interviewed over chants and speeches at a series of pro-Palestine rallies in the city.

  • byChris Vedelago andMarta Pascual Juanola
Alleged ‘puppeteer’ brother of tobacco war kingpin released on bail

Alleged ‘puppeteer’ brother of tobacco war kingpin released on bail

The brother of an alleged organised crime kingpin has been granted bail despite fears he’s a flight risk and player in a violent illicit tobacco syndicate.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt andMarta Pascual Juanola
A new profile of Mr Cruel,who may have been a burglar before he was a killer
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A new profile of Mr Cruel,who may have been a burglar before he was a killer

A US crime profile says Mr Cruel was a burglar who escalated to abducting girls. “It is an addiction. You build a tolerance and have to up the game to get the thrill.”

  • byJohn Silvester