ADF - Australian Police Journal

September 2026

HOMICIDE
The Wife Killing Spiv
POLICING
Policing in the Northern Territory
MISSING PERSONS
A Journeyman’s End
FIREARMS
Ghost Guns: Firearms and 3D Printing: A Growing Threat for Policing
HOMICIDE
The Strathfield Massacre
REFLECTION
Patch to Patch
EDITORIAL
True Blue
FORENSICS
Forensic Botany
ROYAL PAPUA NEW GUINEA CONSTABULARY
Air Wing: Taking Policing to the Skies
POLICE REMEMBRANCE
The Patch Run
PRIZES
APJ Prize Winning Articles for 2025
POLICE MEDALS
Valour, Bravery and Courage
ANNIVERSARY
The APJ at 80: A Curated Guide
APJ UNSOLVED
What Happened to Eloise?

Detective Sergeant Mick Van Der Heyden

POLICE – QUEENSLAND
Queensland Commissioner Continues Arc of Achievement
POLICE – AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece P Kershaw APM
POLICE MEMORIAL
Honouring the Fallen
POLICE UNIFORMS
New Caps for AFP Recruits
DRUGS
Record Cocaine Seizure at Sea
HISTORICAL – NSW POLICE FORCE
Israel Chapman – Australia’s First Detective
SEXUAL ASSAULT
Catch Me if You Can
TRAFFIC – HIGHWAY PATROL
Between the Lines
CRIME PREVENTION
Developing Police: Public Crime Prevention Partnerships with IM-PACT
BOOK REVIEW
Leading at the Edge

REMEMBER THE FALLEN
Sergeant Colin ‘Col’ McKenzie
POLICE – NEW SOUTH WALES
Commissioner Ken Moroney Signs Off
Cops! – Phil Peters, Editor – Australian Police Journal and Retired Duty Officer
POLICE DEATHS
Remembrance Day
DRUG TRAFFICKING
Sea Chase – Pursuit and Capture of the Pong Su
BOOK REVIEWS
Police Corruption
Police Ethics Crisis in Law Enforcement
Tasmanian Crime Stories
POLICE COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
Community Contact – The Future for Australian Policing and Technology
HOMICIDE
Cold Case – The Unsolved Murder of Edgar Geer
CUSTOMS – AUSTRALIA
Marine Patrol – The National Marine Unit of the Australian Customs Service
POLICE FLAGS
Western Australia Police

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

CRIME
White Collar Crime – The Emerging Threat
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
Towards Greater Respect for the Police
TRAINING
Profile of Instructor Performance
HOMICIDE
The Murder of Brian Harry Kavanagh
TERRORISM
Dealing with the Weapons of Terrorism
BOOK REVIEWS
Police of the World
Legal Resources Book of NSW
Criminal Law in NSW (Vol 2) – Summary Offences