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June 2026

  • HOMICIDE
    A Sandy Grave: The Murders of Danny Wasley and Mark Banks
  • WATER POLICE
    175 Years at Sea: Celebrating Courage, Commitment and Service on Western Australia’s Waters since 1851
  • AWARDS
    A Hero Recognised
  • ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
    Policing the Future: The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Policing in Australia
  • INTERNATIONAL POLICING
    Troubling Times: The Royal Ulster Constabulary in “The Troubles”
  • POLICING
    Beyond the Badge: Police Retirement
  • SEARCH AND RESCUE
    When Seconds Count: Search and Rescue in the Wilds of Tasmania
  • POLICING
    One Small Step: Newman’s Space Debris
  • UNSOLVED
    What Happened to Harmony?
  • BOOK REVIEW
    My Life in Crime: A Tapestry of Cases
  • POLICE MEDALS
    The National Medal

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A Sandy Grave

The murders of Danny Wasley and Mark Banks

Detective Sergeant Lance Chaffey (Retired), NSW Police Force

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March 2024

  • CEREMONIAL AND PROTOCOL
    Milestone for Police Service Awards
  • EDITORIAL
    From My Desk
  • SEARCH & RESCUE
    The Angry Sea
  • ROAD TRAUMA
    Crash or Accident
  • PEACEKEEPING
    Forensic Peacekeepers
  • REMEMBER THE FALLEN
    Hasten the Dawn
  • ORGANISED CRIME
    Tobacco Wars
  • APJ UNSOLVED
    The Janine Vaughan Mystery

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September 2009

  • NATIONAL POLICE REMEMBRANCE DAY
  • APJ STAFFING
    New Assistant Editor (NSW) Appointed – Greg Byrne
  • POLICING NEWS
    The Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police – Working Towards Safety and Secure Communities for all Pacific Islands Countries
  • POLICING NEWS
    A Bed Made of Money (Texas, USA)
  • POLICE DEATHS
    Remember the Fallen
  • APJ STAFFING
    Death of Brian Smith, Retired APJ Business Manager
  • HOMICIDE
    Kelly’s gone to Heaven
  • TERRORISM
    Home-grown Terrorism and Radicalisation Activities: More than Meets the Eye
  • HISTORICAL
    Sticks and Stones Won’t Break my Bones: The Story of the 1909 Broken Hill Miners Lockout
  • POLICE EQUIPMENT
    Principles of CBRN Personal Protection
  • CYBER CRIME
    Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud Scams: Perception and Reality
  • POLICE SPORT
    Australian Police Rugby Union Team Victorious over Royal Australian Navy
  • MISSING PERSON
    The Warrimoo Mystery: The Lonely Death of Audrey Mountford
  • HISTORICAL
    Slang – Used by Police and Others a Century Ago! – Part Seven
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Cold Cases: True Australian Crime
  • TACTICAL POLICING
    Operation: Talisman Saber 2009
  • POLICE FLAGS
    Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police

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March 2009

  • 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

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March 2008

  • 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

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March 2006

  • NATIONAL POLICE MEMORIAL
    National Police Memorial Website Launched
  • APJ AWARDS
    Prize Winning Articles
  • POLICE – UNITED KINGDOM
    The Richard Dimbleby Lecture by Sir Ian Blair, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service
  • CRIMINALS
    Crooks! – The Kelly Gang: Recalling the Kelly Outbreak
  • POLICE DEATHS
    Four NSW Special Constables Murdered in 1867
  • HOMICIDE
    Murder of Gong (Maggie) Qi
  • CHILD PSYCHOLOGY
    Childhood Animal Cruelty and Fire Lighting – Outward Signs of Inner Traumas
  • ARSON
    Look at What I’ve Done
  • HOMICIDE
    The Body in the Wheelie Bin Murder
  • HOSTAGE TAKING
    The Stockholm Syndrome and its Relationship with Law Enforcement Psychology
  • CRIMINAL LAW
    First Double Jeopardy Trial
  • RECENT DECISIONS
    Drug Dog Searches – Lawful or Unlawful?
  • SENTENCING
    New Approach to Criminal Rehabilitation
  • AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDALS
    Victoria Police Star

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September 1997

  • ORGANISED CRIME
    Chinese Organised Crime & the Australian Law Enforcement Response
  • ARSON
    The Beaudesert Fires
  • TEAM POLICING
    The Team Concept and Police: Is it Mixing Oil with Water?
  • HOMICIDE
    The Murder of Gabriel Meyer
  • LEGAL SERVICES
    The Lawyer Within
  • COMMUNICATION
    Verbal Judo – Tactical Communication Training for Police
  • CRIME – RUSSIA
    The Soviet Heritage – Red Mafia
  • HISTORICAL
    The Country Police (1910)
  • HUMOUR
    Humour in a Blue Vein
  • PATCH CALL
    Tasmania Police

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Number 3 – 1991

  • HOMICIDE (WA)
    Skeletons in the Closet
  • TRAFFIC
    USA Traffic Policing
  • TRANSPORT POLICE
    Transit Crime and Policing
  • SEIZURE OF ASSETS
    You Make It, We’ll Take It
  • POLICE SPORT
    Making Waves – Part II
  • HISTORICAL
    Winston and the Mysterious Inspector Thompson
  • ARSON INVESTIGATION
    How Teamwork Unmasked The Albatross Arsonist

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July 1981

  • FUTURES
    Policing in the Eighties
  • TRAFFIC POLICING
    The Effects of Measures to Reduce Drink/Driving in NSW
  • COMMUNITY POLICING
    Minority Groups and the Law
  • ARSON
    Arson – A Spreading Cancer
  • ADMINISTRATION
    Introduction to Police Administration – Chapter VII – Delegating
  • EVIDENCE
    Physical Evidence: Its Use in the Investigation of Crime
  • UNIFORMS
    Sillitoes Tartan
  • BOOK REVIEWS
    Identification of Thumb Impressions and Cross-Examination of Finger Print Experts
    White Collar Crime in Australia

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April 1979

  • MARITIME
    Offences on the High Seas
  • DEATH
    Death Underground
  • PURSUITS
    Police – Pursuit … Exemption from Traffic Offences
  • SCIENCE
    Refreshing the Memory
  • FORENSICS
    An Unsuspected Accident in a Steel Factory
  • COMMUNITY RELATIONS
    Improving the Police Image
  • BOOK REVIEWS
    Bombers and Firesetters
    One Policeman’s Story

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July 1968

  • SEXUAL ASSAULT
    The Angle Vale Rape Case
  • TECHNICAL SURVEILLANCE
    The Big Ear
  • QUEEN’S POLICE GOLD MEDAL ESSAY
    As Society Becomes More Affluent Delinquency Increases
  • HOMICIDE
    A Case of Cannibalism
  • ARSON
    Arson
  • CRIMINOLOGY
    Criminology and the Police
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
  • BOOK REVIEW
  • RECENT LEGAL DECISIONS

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July 1958

  • OFFENCES
    Infanticide – Definition & Suppression
  • COMMUNITY RELATIONS
    The Police and Children
  • ARSON
    Techniques in Handling Arson Investigations
  • FORENSICS
    Criminal Investigation and the Methodology of the Sciences
  • ORGANISATIONAL
    Railway Investigation Services
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Wolfenden Report
  • OFFENCES
    Sexual Offences – Part I

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April 1953

  • PUBLIC RELATIONS
    More About Public Relations
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    Advice to Young Detectives
  • LEGAL
    Admissibility of ‘Complaints’
  • COMMUNICATIONS
    Instruction of Probationary Constables in Police Force Communications
  • STOLEN MOTOR VEHICLES
    Investigation Tips in Auto Thefts
  • ARSON
    The West Wyalong Fires
  • LEGAL
    Opinions of Experts
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Crime Investigation – Physical Evidence and the Police Laboratory
  • TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT
    The Double Circle Roadblock System
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Some Suicide Statistics
    Traces of Gloves
    Watermarks and the Investigator in Document Cases
  • LECTURE
    Habitual Criminals – Licence Holders – First Offenders etc – Part II

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July 1950

  • ARSON
    The Oleinikoffs
  • LEGAL
    Intent to Defraud
  • HOMICIDE
    The Barton Murders
  • LEGAL
    The Coroner and the Police
  • FORENSICS
    Blood Stains
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Identification of an Axe
    Mercury Poisoning from Fingerprint Powder
    Improvised Gaol-Breaking Device
    Identification of a Piece of Skin
    Fingerprints on Bottles and Jars
    Absence of Friction Ridges on Hands and Feet
  • LEGAL
    Extradition Procedure – A Lecture

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