Cops taking up to three weeks to respond in undermanned district
Hundreds of requests are going unanswered each day as South East Queensland’s most under-pressure police district suffers a staffing crisis.
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Heartbreak as Sunshine Coast mum dies during Thai holiday
A Sunshine Coast woman who died while on holiday in Thailand last week has been identified as mother-of-two Brooke Coates.
‘Stop shooting or I’ll yell bang bang’: Cops sharing handcuffs, using 25yo guns
A senior Queensland cop has denied union claims police graduates are being forced to “borrow” handcuffs and use 25-year-old handguns in what it described as an “international joke”.
‘Cling to hope’: Heartbreak as search for missing cop suspended
A massive search for missing Queensland cop Jay Notaro near Byron Bay has been suspended with no trace of the respected and popular officer.
Woman charged with murdering ‘friend’, shoving body in wall of Brisbane unit
A 61-year-old woman has been charged with murder after detectives made a breakthrough in cold case of Tanya Lee Glover whose body was found in an alcove of a Brisbane unit.
Prison officer accused of looking up inmate’s address and turning up at home
Queensland Corrective Services has confirmed its investigating claims an officer looked up an address of a former prison inmate and turned up to her home.
Search continues for decorated SEQ cop feared missing in surf
A massive air, sea and ground search continues for respected Queensland police inspector Jay Notaro who vanished after going for a surf near Byron Bay.
Pictured: The man charged with stabbing his mum to death
Dramatic footage has captured the moment a man accused of stabbing his mother to death was arrested by police at the Brisbane International Airport. WATCH THE VIDEO
‘Fly high momma K’: Tributes as police reveal shock theory over Kedron Brook body
Police have revealed more information about the death of a woman whose body was found on a busy Brisbane bikeway early on Monday, as tributes are left at the site.
‘The challenge is now’: 700mm deluge, flooding threat for SEQ
Meteorologists have warned heavy rain could continue into next week causing life-threatening flash flooding, with the centre of the system to the furthest cloud bands measuring 400km.
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