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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

A Sandy Grave

The murders of Danny Wasley and Mark Banks

Posted: 23rd May 2026

Detective Sergeant Lance Chaffey (Retired), NSW Police Force

Category: Homicide
Tags: Arson, Alan Faulkner, Forensics, Windale, Cannabis, Grave, Newcastle, Sand dunes, Petrol, .22 calibre, Mark Banks, Towels, Danny Wasley, Lance Chaffey, Stockton Bight, Homicide, Lake Macquarie, Illicit drugs, Charlestown Police Station, Murder, Mount Hutton, cash, Warners Bay, fire, Kevin Naismith, Police Rescue, Garage, NSWPF, Tony Hetherington

Warwick v Warwick

The Hunt for the Family Law Court Bomber

Posted: 25th May 2025

Janet Fife-Yeomans

Category: Homicide
Tags: Gaol, Leonard Warwick, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Garry Watts, Life sentence, bomb, Matt Heffernan, Richard Gee, Graham Wykes, Forensics, Tactical Operations Unit, Helen Gee, Jehovah's Witness, Judge, TOU, Fuse, Verbena Avenue, Ballistics, New South Wales Fire Brigades, Royal North Shore Hospital, Robert Barnes, Liverpool, Andrea Blanchard, David Ransome, Diamond alarm clock, Bomb squad, Trudi Warwick, Greenwich, Joint Bomb Task Force, IED, Helensburgh, Raymond Watson, JBTF, improvised explosive device, .22 calibre rifle, Pearl Watson, Divorce, Homicide, Dave Hudson, Family Court, Fairfield, Usolved Homicide Unit, AFP, Parramatta, David Opas, Northmead, Pam Young, Murder, Car bomb, Kristin Opas, Peter Tall, Carpet, Australian Federal Police, Nick Kaldas, Woollahra, Holden Torana, Type O blood, NSWPF, Mathieu Russell, Casula, Jesse Sheather, Milperra, Cold case, Janet Fife-Yeomans, Stephen Blanchard, Molanite, Kingdom Hall, DNA, Family Law Court bombings, Revesby Workers Club, Detonator, Peter Garling

June 2025

HOMICIDE
Warwick v Warwick: The Hunt for the Family Law Court Bomber
FORENSICS
“Corpse” Delicti
HOMICIDE – ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT
No End to the Sorrow
INTERNATIONAL POLICING
Global Cop
BOOK REVIEW
Behind the Badge
APJ UNSOLVED
Operation Scores

Hot Weather, Hot Liquor, Hot Temper

Posted: 1st March 2025

Category: Homicide
Tags: Sri Lanka, Temperature, Stabbing, Toxicology, post-mortem, Elizabeth South, James King, Griffiths Street, Ketheeswaran Sivaperuman, Satheeswaran Suppiah, Homicide, Vodka, Murder, Biratheev, SAPOL, Hema, Carl Whitaker, DIBP, knife, Assylum Seeker, Immigration, Hot Weather, CIB, Liquor

March 2025

INSIGNIA
A New Symbol for Police Badges
VICTORIA POLICE
Farewell to Chief Commissioner Shane Patton APM
NATURAL DISASTERS
Nature’s Fury: Türkiye Earthquake
AIR WING
50 Years of Service: Victoria Police Air Wing
HOMICIDE
Hot Weather, Hot Liquor, Hot Temper
COLONIAL POLICING
Man-of-War
REMEMBER THE FALLEN
Vale Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming
MENTAL HEALTH
Horse Whispering
MISSING PERSON
The Mandurah Queen
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Navigating the Artificial Intelligence Frontier
PEACEKEEPING
Operation Land Rover
APJ
Welcome to New Assistant Editor
UNSOLVED
Murder in Cowra

Until Death do us Part

The Tragic Disappearance of Ruth Ridley

Posted: 1st December 2024

Detective Leading Senior Constable Andrew Leonard

Category: Homicide
Tags: family violence, Garry Ridley, DVO, NSWPF, Pikes Dam, Petrol station, Domestic violence, Pajero, post-mortem, CCTV, Wodonga, Centrelink, VRA, Tallangatta, Medicare, inquest, Steven Ridley, 4WD, Coroner, MARAM, Air wing, Bushfire, Albury, Talmalmo, Border, Gympie, Fishing, Homicide, State Emergency Service, Jingellic, Cain, Coronial, SES, Adam Niksic, Murder, Ruth Ridley, FVIU, Autopsy, Andrew Leonard, Jayco caravan, VICPOL, Murray River, Neil's Bend, Suicide, Tumbarumba, Tintaldra, QPS, Port Macquarie, Wymah Ferry

December 2024

HEROISM
Honouring a Hero
PEACEKEEPING
The Silent Mission (Mozambique)
HOMICIDE
Until Death do us Part
TERRORISM
Victims of Terrorism Australia (VOTA)
ENVIRONMENTAL CRIME
Shattered Reef
POLICE DOGS
In the Line of Duty
APJ UNSOLVED
Where is Melissa Brown?
JOB VACANCY
Expressions of Interest for Assistant Editor
APJ
2024 Liaison Officer’s Conference

Fingerprints Catch a Strangler

Posted: 1st September 2024

Senior Constable Barry Fay

Category: Homicide
Tags: QPS, NSWPF, Sydney, Scientific, Escape, Strangulation, Fingerprints Catch a Strangler, Bruce Douglas Connell, Rooty Hill, Homicide, Ella Avis Sullivan, Murder, TAB, Forensic, Holden Station Wagon, Queensland, Norma Sasse, New South Wales, Blacktown, Barry Fay

Beachside Murder

Posted: 1st September 2024

Category: Homicide
Tags: Freshwater Creek, Beaumaris Beach, Stabbed, Crime Stoppers, Homicide, Murder, Tasmania, TASPOL, unsolved, Reward, Victoria Cafasso

September 2024

NATIONAL POLICE REMEMBRANCE DAY
National Service Details for 2024
EDITORIAL – FROM MY DESK
East Timor 1999
RETIREMENT
The Retirement of APJ Deputy Editor Barry Fay
HOMICIDE
Fingerprints Catch a Strangler
NORTHERN TERRITORY POLICE
Northern Territory Police Apology
PEACEKEEPING
East Timor Vote for Independence: Reflections of a Police Peacekeeper
BOOK REVIEW
In the Service of Peace: Australian Police Involvement in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
TACTICAL POLICING
Tasmania’s SOG Goes Full Time
FORENSICS
National DNA Database Success
POLICING HISTORY
100 Years of Police Radio
APJ PRIZES
APJ Prize Winning Articles for 2023
INSIGNIA
Police Insignia Collectors Association of Australia (PICAA)
APJ UNSOLVED
Beachside Murder

The Pizza Hut Heist

Posted: 24th May 2024

Simon Bouda AM

Category: Homicide
Tags: Andrew Kramer, Vincent Piller, Balaclava, Jannali, Enough is enough, Goulburn gaol, Karl Kramer, Central court, Homicide, Murder, NSWPF, Simon Bouda, Pizza Hut, Ken Marslew, Michael Marslew

Cold Case Homicide

A Western Australia Perspective

Posted: 1st September 2023

Quentin Flatman APM, Allyson Beaton and Sally Coombes

Category: Homicide
Tags: Cold case homicide, Quentin Flatman, Allyson Beaton, Sally Coombes, investigations, Murder, Western Australia, WAPOL, Forensics, Perth, Media

The Coiner Killers

Posted: 1st September 2023

Noel Johnson and Sergeant Danny Webster (Rtd)

Category: Police Deaths
Tags: National Police Memorial, St Kilda, Police Ode, Bravery, NPM, Wilson, Coiner Killers, Counterfeit, Denis Guilfoyle, Homicide, Michael Maher, Murder, George Shaw, VICPOL, George Skidmore, Redfern, Youdan, Noel Johnson, Richard Johnson, Danny Webster, Killed on duty, NSWPF, Touchstone

September 2023

REMEMBER THE FALLEN
Vale Constable Anthony Woods
EXTORTION
Catching the Collar Bomber
BOOK REVIEW
Vanished: True stories from families of Australian missing persons
POLICING
The Future of Federal Policing
INTELLIGENCE
Intel Breakthrough
HOMICIDE
Cold Case Homicide: A Western Australia Perspective
POLICING
Hill Street Blues: Singapore Police Force
SEARCH AND RESCUE
A Perfect Storm
POLICING
Museum of Australian Policing Update
HISTORICAL
The Coiner Killers
PRIZES
APJ Prize Winning Articles for 2022