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.
Turvey was tasered and shot dead by police after a three-day manhunt. The coroner has found the officer who killed him acted appropriately.
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.
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.
Beleaguered CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith says he wants to clean up his own house. But he’s deluded.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”