Aaron Power - Australian Police Journal

June 2024

BRAVERY
National Police Bravery Awards
QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE
Welcome to Commissioner Steve Gollschewski APM
CHILD SEX ABUSE
Pervert, Predator, Prisoner
SEARCH AND RESCUE
A Lonely Death
HOMICIDE
The Pizza Hut Heist
BOOK REVIEW
Motivated by Love
PEACEKEEPING
Peacekeeping During an Epidemic
MISSING PERSON
Where’s Otto?
ELDER ABUSE
Dignity and Safety: Responding Effectively to Abuse of Older Persons
UNSOLVED CRIMES
The Toni Tiki Mystery

Detective Sergeant Aaron Power

POLICE DEATHS
Always Expect the Unexpected
KIDNAPPING
Snatched by a Stranger
POLICE MENTAL HEALTH
Police Suicide – Implications for policy and practice police officers medically ready?
STRESS
Burnout in Police
FRAUD
The Changeling – A case of arrested development?

POLICE – QUEENSLAND
Introducing Commissioner Ian Stewart
Commissioner Bob Atkinson Retires
ARMED ROBBERY
Bowling Bandits Meet the Jacks
DRUGS
Kava in the Northern Territory – a Unique Situation
POLICE UNIFORMS
New Victoria Police Attire
POLICE EQUIPMENT
AFP Load Bearing Vests
DRUG TRAFFICKING
Fly-By-Nighters
AIRPORT POLICE
Policing the National Community – The AFP’s Role at the Nation’s Major Airports
SEX CRIMES
‘The Little Pebble’
POLICE PATCHES
Cook Islands Police

EDITORIAL
New Editor – Geoff Norris
Cops!
Inspector Dominic Wood – UK to WA
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY
Forensic Anthropology and Police Investigations
APJ AWARDS
Prize Winning Articles for 2008
ARSON INVESTIGATION
Ground Zero Hero? The Hunt for the Blue Mountains’ Arsonist
HISTORICAL
Slang – As used by police and others a century ago! Part Five
HISTORICAL
Military Crime During WWII
MEDAL NEWS
National Police Service Medal
BOOK REVIEW
A Grain of Truth – How Pollen Brought a Murderer to Justice
RANK INSIGNIA
Rank Insignia of the NSW Police Force
POLICE FLAGS
Victoria Police

REMEMBER THE FALLEN
Constable Samuel Nelson
Constable Brett Irwin
APJ AWARDS
Prize Winning Articles
SPORT – SECURITY MEASURES
Olympic Torch Relay
POLICE – NEW SOUTH WALES
Detective Senior Constable Valerie Wagstaff’s Story: A Change for the Better
HOMICIDE
Murder at Koroit Opal Fields
POLICE – SPORT
Australasian Police Basketball Championships
ANIMAL CRUELTY
Broken Seals (The Prom Massacre)
HOMICIDE
Where’s Michelle? Case of a Murdered Mother whose body has never been found
DRUG COURTS
The Adult Drug Court – Police Assisting to Combine Justice and Treatment
HISTORICAL
Slang – used by Police and others a Century ago! – Part Three
MAJOR EVENTS – SECURITY MEASURES
Policing World Youth Day (2008)
POLICE PURSUITS
Cocktail Cartwheel
HOMICIDE
Copycat TV Killing: Suicide Scripted by CSI
CRIME
‘Steroids Made Me Do It!’: Auburn Westpac Bank Robbery
BOOK REVIEW
Forensic Files: ‘The Lottery Kidnapping’
POLICE FLAGS
New South Wales Police Force

POLICE – NEW SOUTH WALES
The NSW Police Medal and Medallion is now available
POLICEWOMAN – VICTORIA
Cops! – Constable Maha Sukkar’s Story
HOMICIDE RESEARCH
The Murder of Overseas Visitors in Australia
ARSON
North-Side Nostradamus Prophecy, Prank or Pyromania?
ARSON INVESTIGATION
Tips for Police Investigating Fire Fighter Arsonists
HOMICIDE
Cold Case – The Bonnie Clarke Murder
HISTORICAL
Death Message from Across the Miles
POLICE – AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Cops! – Retired Sergeant John ‘Jack’ Dealy
POLICE FLAGS
Queensland Police Service

POLICE POEM
Angel on Highway 109
CRIMINALS – NEW SOUTH WALES
The Notorious ‘Bobby’ Catman
STOCK THEFT
Who are Ewe? – DNA Testing Proves Sheep Theft
Outhouse Beef (or sometimes police-work can be dirty work!)
DRUGS
When a House is not a Home: Asian Operated Hydroponic Cannabis Cultivation
Random Drug Testing of Drivers in Victoria
BOOK REVIEW
Road Safety – Strategies and Solutions
SUICIDE
Peace in the Mountains
COUNTER TERRORISM LAW
New Defence Force Powers to Aid Civil Authorities and Related Matters – Part 1
CRIME
Human Fireball: Divine Tragedy – Gabriella Mazzali’s Terror by Fire
POLICE FLAGS
Australian Federal Police