Criminals are being pressed into an extreme form of Islam — dubbed Prislam — in our jails, while al-Qaeda and IS have been discovered trying to make contact with terrorists held at our highest-security prison.
As families lined Sydney Harbour for the New Year’s Eve fireworks, a mass casualty terror plot was underway. An unprecedented police operation knew of the danger, but not the detail, and cops faced a gut-wrenching dilemma over when to act. LISTEN NOW
They swapped coded messages in newspapers and were experts in shaking off police surveillance. This is how old-school criminals at the top of their game earned a not-so-grudging respect from the detectives on their trail.
Anyone who doesn’t think Australia has a problem with Islamic-based terrorism is a fool, with an increase in incidents making it ever more likely that “one of those threats will get through”, says a former counter terror specialist. LISTEN NOW
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
“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
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
Pill testing at music festivals will not save lives because it’s the ecstasy itself that kills, not potentially harmful additives, says a respected former drug squad boss. LISTEN TO THE POLICE TAPE PODCAST
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