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Police

Police Veterans 

ANZAC hero to police legend – William Harvey MC

07/02/2025 Posted by Brian Hartigan 1992 Views 0 Comments

William Harvey – 1886-1964 From the East End of London through the wilds of India to the shores of Gallipoli,

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NSW Police Officer Constable Amanda Bliss pets military working dog, Nitro, during a Joint Military Police Unit Sydney community engagement day at RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Flying Officer Jamie Wallace. Photos by Leading Aircraftman Chris Tsakisiris.
News Police Royal Australian Air Force 

Military and civilian police strengthen ties

20/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1348 Views 0 Comments C-130J Hercules, Joint Military Police Unit (JMPU), No. 37 Squadron, RAAF Richmond

RAAF Base Richmond hosted 140 NSW and Australian Federal Police officers during an engagement day, which included the unique experience

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Australian Federal Police Northern Command executive leadership forum on the flight line with an EA-18G Growler from 6 Squadron at RAAF Base Amberley, Queensland. Story by Flight Lieutenant Rob Hodgson. Photos by Sergeant Peter Borys.
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Air Force and AFP bond over security goals

19/09/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2267 Views 0 Comments Australian Federal Police, RAAF Amberley

On September 11, an Australian Federal Police (AFP) high-level delegation consisting of Assistant Commissioner Justine Gough and a senior leadership

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Australian Army personnel from 9th Battalion with Queensland Police Service during Exercise Arras integration in Brisbane. Story by Captain Cath Batch. Photo by Lieutenant Nicolas Hawkins.
Australian Army News Police 

Soldiers and police combine response skills

16/06/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1874 Views 0 Comments 9th Battalion Royal Queensland Regiment

Soldiers and members of the Queensland Police Service (QPS) took part in Exercise Arras to strengthen cooperation and coordination of

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Navy Clearance Diving Team One and NSW Maritime Police conduct diving operations to recover unexploded ordnance off the South Coast of NSW. Story by Lieutenant Emily Tinker. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski.
News Police Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Clearance divers remove 500lb bomb from Jervis Bay

03/02/202308/02/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 4029 Views 1 Comment HMAS Creswell, Navy Clearance Diving Team One, UXO

Navy clearance divers have protected a marine park in the Jervis Bay area after removing and disposing of unexploded ordnance

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Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow, killed in the line of duty, 12 December 2022.
News Police Videos 

Two Queensland Police officers killed in the line of duty

13/12/202221/12/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3070 Views 2 Comments

A major police investigation is underway in Queensland following the deaths of multiple people including two police officers during a

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RAAF and Queensland police conduct a tyre flip during a training session at RAAF Base Amberley. Story by Flying Officer Greg Hinks. Photos by Corporal Kieren Whiteley.
Health and Wellbeing News Police Royal Australian Air Force 

Friendly but fierce battle with police

01/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2051 Views 0 Comments 23 Squadron, Joint Military Police Unit (JMPU), No. 2 Security Forces Squadron

The battle lines were drawn at RAAF Base Amberley recently, with personnel from 2 Security Force, Joint Military Police Unit

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AFP and NSW Police officers aboard their flight on a C-130J Hercules aircraft as part of a Joint Military Police Unit community engagement day at RAAF Base Richmond. Story by Emily Egan. Photo by Leading Aircraftman Chris Tsakisiris.
Australian Army News Police Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Military and civilian police unite through flight

18/11/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2526 Views 0 Comments Australian Federal Police, C-130J Hercules, Joint Military Police Unit (JMPU), No. 37 Squadron

About 200 members of the NSW Police and Australian Federal Police (AFP) had the opportunity to fly on board 37

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Members of the ADF and Queensland Police Service clear the lower levels of the Queensland Country Bank Stadium as part of Exercise Austral Shield 2022 in Townsville. Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Corporal Jonathan Goedhart.
Australian Army News Police Videos 

Counter-terrorism event wraps up in the north

05/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2656 Views 0 Comments ADF Reserve, counter-terrorism, Exercise Austral Shield

Townsville’s Queensland Country Bank Stadium has played host to a counter-terrorism training activity, conducted jointly by the Australian Defence Force

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US Special Agent Justin Smith and Australian Army Captain Nicholas Wood pose in front of Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Story and photo by Leading Seaman Kylie Jagiello.
Australian Army News Pacific Police USA 

JMPU forges investigative partnership with NCIS

29/07/202202/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 3573 Views 0 Comments Military Police, RIMPAC

The Australian Joint Military Police Unit (JMPU) team reached out to their US counterparts to foster a cooperative relationship during

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Soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and Queensland Police Service Officer Tony Hoise patrol through Charters Towers in Queensland, during Exercise Brolga Run 2022. Story by Major Megan McDermott. Photo by Gunner Gregory Scott.
Australian Army News Police Videos 

‘Evacuating’ a gold mining town

22/07/202222/07/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2938 Views 1 Comment 3 RAR, 3rd Brigade

Charters Towers is a long way from Afghanistan, but lessons learnt by Australian soldiers assisting evacuees in Kabul last year

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Royal Australian Navy personnel transfer passengers from a stricken Royal Solomon Islands Police Force vessel to HMAS Ararat on May 21. Story by Captain Lily Charles.
News Pacific Police Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Ararat’s crew rescues Solomon Islands police

26/05/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2369 Views 2 Comments HMAS Ararat, Royal Solomon Islands Police Force

The crew of HMAS Ararat rescued a Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) crew last Saturday after the police vessel

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Army soldiers Sapper Callan Stuart, left, and Sapper Ben Lowe, right, load flood-damaged furniture and equipment from Lismore police station in northern NSW onto a truck. Story by Captain Annie Richardson. Photo by Warrant Officer Class Two Max Bree.
ADF Australian Army News Police Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Clean up continues in Lismore

14/03/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2162 Views 0 Comments 9th Combat Service Support Battalion, Operation Flood Assist 2022

Waterlogged furniture, office supplies and carpets were piled high outside the Lismore police station. CAPTION: Army soldiers Sapper Callan Stuart,

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Australian Federal Police file image (Darwin Airport)
News Police 

US citizen arrested with loaded gun at Sydney airport

08/03/2022 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2494 Views 0 Comments