Category: Latest Queensland Police Service News

What does personal safety mean to you? Do you have a plan?
Without even realising it, many people already have an informal safety plan in place, such as carrying a phone, letting someone know when you are expected home or having a spare tyre in the car.
Police encourage members of the public to think about everyday situations they may be in, and to come up with strategies to make you feel secure.
The core personal safety strategies the Queensland Police suggest are:

Being committed
Be confident
Be aware of your surroundings
Trust and act on instincts
Be assertive
Develop a safety network

When out and about
There are a number of things you can do to appear confident in your surroundings:

Always exhibit strong and positive body language to appear self-assured
Be aware of your surroundings and alert to what is going on around you
Listen to, trust, and act on your instincts and if you sense danger from someone, something or a

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Queenslanders are actively being encouraged to take a road trip in our state through the Queensland, you’re Good to Go tourism campaign.
With this in mind, we are reminding Queensland drivers to Keep safe this road trip.
We want everyone who is planning on taking a road trip over the upcoming school holidays to make safety their top priority.
Despite the decrease in traffic volumes this year, the number of lives lost on Queensland roads in 2020 stands at 108 (as at June 17), which is 14 more than the road toll at the same time last year.
With more traffic expected on the roads due to intrastate travel restrictions being lifted and people being encouraged to take a road trip, we are encouraging everyone to remember some simple road safety reminders to stay safe over the holiday break:

Slow down, stay safe. And drive to the conditions
Take a break every two hours
Make sure you always buckle

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Commissioner Katarina Carroll joined Assistant Commissioner Ben Marcus today for the official launch of school holiday road safety campaign, Operation Sierra Cold Snap.
Between Saturday June 27 and Friday July 17, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) will coordinate the state-wide road safety operation with the aim of stopping lives lost and serious traffic crashes and improving road safety over the busy school holiday period and into the first week of returning to school.

Commissioner Carroll said with COVID-19 restrictions easing, Queenslanders would be out exploring their state these holidays, but it was important they travelled safely.
“We are in a unique situation where families will be taking advantage of being able to travel further away from home for the school holidays and we expect traffic to increase significantly on our road network,” Commissioner Carroll said.
“If you are travelling on the roads over the coming weeks, you will see a highly visible police presence,

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A man and woman have been arrested by police following investigations into several stealing and break and enter reports in the Nundah and Northgate areas over the past weeks.
Detectives from the South Gateway Property Team conducting inquiries into the incidents on Sunday attended an address in Northgate where police allege the man fled the address on foot. Officers from Hendra Station attended and after a short foot pursuit took the man into custody nearby without further incident.
Detectives subsequently executed a search warrant at the Northgate address, locating a significant quantity of allegedly stolen property.
Property recovered by police included seven push bikes, three motorbikes, a wallet, bank cards, a Nintendo gaming console, a laptop and an electric scooter.

The 33-year-old Northgate man has since been charged with four counts of enter premises and commit an indictable offence, five counts of fraud, two counts of attempted fraud, burglary, unlawful possession of suspected stolen

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Detectives are investigating after two men, aged 25 and 26, and who were known to each other, sustained serious injuries in North Brisbane this morning which saw both men hospitalised.
Around 2.30am police were called to Waterworks Road in Ashgrove where a 25-year-old man received a stab wound to his upper arm.
The man was transported to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital for treatment to a non-life threatening injury.
Police were then advised a second man had been stabbed and had travelled to a Zillmere address.
A short time later officers attended a Handford Road residence where they located the 26-year-old man inside with a serious stab wound to his chest.
He was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and underwent surgery where he remains in a critical condition.
A Holden Commodore located outside the Zillmere address has been seized for forensic testing.
Investigations are continuing into the incident with police appealing for anyone

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A 28-year-old man has been charged following a serious domestic violence incident in Brisbane.
Police attended a Newstead residence after receiving information the man had prevented a 25-year-old woman from leaving the house after seriously injuring her.
The woman sustained serious abdominal and facial injuries.
She was transported to hospital to undergo further medical assessment and treatment.
The 28-year-old Newstead man has been charged with torture, deprivation of liberty, wounding, choking (domestic violence offence) and acts intended to main, disfigure or disable. He was also charged with two counts of possessing dangerous drugs, possessing drug utensils and receiving tainted property.
The man has been denied police bail and is due to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court tomorrow.
Investigations into the matter are ongoing.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting or call 131 444.You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime

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Police have seized weapons and drugs, including a drug manufacturing lab, following a raid at a property with links to the Comanchero and Bandido Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs in Chandler yesterday.
During a search of a property on Old Cleveland Road, officers from Taskforce Maxima – Organised Crime Gangs Group located a clandestine laboratory used to produce crystal methylamphetamine (ice), along with 30 grams of ice, cannabis, a significant quantity of substance believed to be a dangerous drug (yet to be analysed), machine gun, handgun and ammunition.
The illicit laboratory team (ILIT) attended the location to remove the lab items and render the property safe.
A 45-year-old Chandler man has been charged with possession dangerous drugs over schedule (Ice), produce dangerous drug, possession dangerous drug (cannabis), possession property suspected to have been used in the commission of a crime, four charges of unlawful possession of weapons, possession

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Police are appealing for information following a shooting incident at Archerfield this afternoon.
Initial investigations indicate just before 1pm a late model silver Commodore occupied by a man and a woman attended a Beatty Road car yard.
A short altercation occurred which resulted in a 61-year-old man suffering a laceration to the back of his head after being struck with a firearm.
No one else was injured during the incident.
Shots were fired a short time later which caused damage to nearby vehicles.
The late model silver sedan and a late model black sedan were later seen driving in the Archerfield area.
Detectives are urging anyone with any information or dashcam vision to contact police.
A crime scene has been established and investigations are continuing.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting or call 131 444.You can report information about crime anonymously to

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Police are seeking witnesses to a single vehicle crash north of Brisbane in the early hours of this morning.
Just before 2am, a silver Mitsubishi Lancer was observed travelling at high speed southbound along the Bruce Highway before crashing near the southbound on-ramp of Dohles Rocks Road at Griffin.
The three occupants of the vehicle, a woman and two men, were transported to hospital in a serious condition.
Southbound lanes of the Bruce Highway between Anzac Avenue and Dohles Rocks Road were closed for several hours.
Anyone who witnessed crash, or have dashcam footage, are urged to contact police.

If you have information for police, contact Policelink by providing information using the online suspicious activity form 24hrs per day at www.police.qld.gov.au/reporting.You can report information about crime anonymously to Crime Stoppers, a registered charity and community volunteer organisation, via crimestoppersqld.com.au 24hrs per day.

Quote this reference number: QP2001186025 within the online suspicious activity

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Today, I attended Earnshaw State College in Banyo where I delivered a ThinkUKnow police presentation to a class of Year 12 students to educate them regarding online safety and being aware of the content they create and  share with each other.
It was great to meet the students from Earnshaw State College to talk about online safety
This was a great opportunity to meet some young local people and chat about some important information that everyone should keep in mind when they go online.
ThinkUKnow was started in the United Kingdom by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) and was developed for Australian audiences by the Australia Federal Police in 2009.
The program is a partnership between the Australian Federal Police, Microsoft Australia, Datacom and the Commonwealth Bank, and is delivered in collaboration with New South Wales Police Force, Northern Territory Police, Queensland Police Service, South Australia Police, Tasmania Police, Western Australia

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