In her 36 years on the force, Detective Superintendent Deborah Wallace has taken on bikie, Middle Eastern and Asian gangs, earning herself the nickname ‘gang buster’. Now she reveals in our new podcast how she stared down a bikie boss and won. LISTEN TO THE FIRST EPISODE.
In her 36 years on the force, Detective Superintendent Deborah Wallace has taken on bikie, Middle Eastern and Asian gangs, earning herself the nickname ‘gang buster’. Now she reveals in our new podcast how she stared down a bikie boss and won. LISTEN TO THE FIRST EPISODE.
Real police. Real cases. Extraordinary insights. Step behind the police tape with the detectives who investigated some of Australia’s most compelling crimes in our exciting podcast series, Police Tape, hosted by Merrick Watts.
New figures reveal how often police are using undercover stings to expose crime, as a brave female rookie cop details the shocking end to her first secret mission in the latest Police Tape podcast.
Peter Moroney grew up watching his policeman dad’s career, but it was the impact of a suburban mass shooting on their relationship that fuelled his desire to follow in his father’s footsteps. NEW POLICE TAPE PODCAST
The murder of much-loved police officer Glenn McEnallay while on duty sent shockwaves through the NSW force and the wider community — but local criminals found a unique way to pay their respects for weeks afterwards. LISTEN NOW
Keli Lane was a liar and without doubt a child killer, but convicting her of murder without the body of her baby being found was “wrong”, says a highly-respected former cop. LISTEN NOW
The notorious head of the Bra Boys surf gang was born to die a violent death, but as he menaced Sydney’s eastern suburbs one cop had his measure and earned a grudging respect. LISTEN NOW
“I was one of a team of six and out of that six we got three broken legs, a broken arm, broken fingers; everybody got set on fire at least once,” says Ron Mason of the moment police faced down wave after wave of attacking bikers. “And still we stood.” LISTEN NOW
When a soldier drove a stolen tank onto Sydney Harbour Bridge, Ron Mason knew he had to stop him, but getting on top of the moving vehicle was just the start. As he opened a hatch, the soldier came up with it. “I grabbed him and then I realised he had a gun in his hand.” LISTEN NOW
He joined up at 16 and gained a reputation as one of the toughest cops to ever wear the NSW Police uniform, but it was a shocking crime in his childhood that inspired Ron Mason to stand up for victims — and stand up to the bad guys. LISTEN TO THE POLICE TAPE PODCAST
Organised crime groups are using family ties to infiltrate various agencies, including police and customs, to help traffic mass consignments of drugs through Australia’s ports and wharves, an intelligence report reveals.
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