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June 2010

  • HOMICIDE
    Murderous Denials – The De Gruchy Murders
  • POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY
    APJ Photo Competition 2009 Winners
  • HOMICIDE
    ‘Mad’ or ‘Bad’ – The Murder of Pamela King
  • HISTORICAL
    The Kelly Hunters
  • FORENSIC SCIENCE
    The Inaugural John Harber Phillips Award
  • HISTORICAL
    The Justices’ Manual and Police Guide
  • BOOK REVIEW
    The Face Without a Name – Finding Jane Doe
  • RANK INSIGNIA
    Tasmania Police Service
  • POLICE FAUNA
    NSW Police Force Eagle

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March 2010

  • POLICE – NORTHERN TERRITORY
    Farewell to Commissioner Paul White
    Welcome Commissioner John McRoberts
  • APJ AWARDS
    Prize Winning Articles 2009
  • POLICE VEHICLES
    Fleet Management and the Multi-Functional Police Vehicle
  • HOMICIDE
    Evil Husband – The Murder of Jean Keir
  • DRUGS
    Does Anybody Win in a War on Drugs?
  • POLICE WORK
    Twist of Fate – WA Biggest ‘Unplanned’ Drug Bust
  • HISTORICAL
    Gunfight at Kentucky Creek
  • SUICIDE
    Fatal Consequences
  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    ID Scanning Technology
  • POLICE (IRAQ)
    Training the Iraqi National Police – A Personal Perspective
  • BOOK REVIEWS
    The Second Father: An Insider’s Story Of Cops, Crime and Corruption
    The Chinawoman
    Razor: Tilly Devine, Kate Leigh and the Razor Gangs
  • POLICE FAUNA
    Platypus (AFP)

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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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June 2009

  • RANK INSIGNIA
    Queensland Police Service Rank Insignia
  • POLICE – VICTORIA
    New Chief Commissioner for Victoria – Simon Overland
    Christine Nixon signs off after eight years
  • HOMICIDE (VICTORIA)
    Asian Gangs Blood the Yarra: The Salt Nightclub Murders
  • TRAFFIC SAFETY
    Road Safety is No Accident
  • APJ NEWS
    APJ Inaugural Liaison Officer’s Seminar
  • EMERGENCY RESPONSE
    Flood Operations: Queensland
  • VICTORIAN BUSHFIRES
    Scorched Earth: Victorian Bushfires 2009
  • SEXUAL OFFENCES
    No One Heard Her Scream! – Gang Rape at Wattle Flats
  • HOMICIDE
    Death of a Drug Dealer – The ‘Ecstasy’ and the Agony!
  • GENERAL INTEREST
    Arthur Takes on the Riot Squad
  • HISTORICAL
    Slang – Used by Police and Others a Century Ago! – Part Six
  • AUSTRALASIAN POLICING NEWS
    ANZPAA: Achieving Excellence in Australian and New Zealand Policing
  • CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
    Man Hides Pigeons in his Budgie Smugglers
  • CHARITY AUCTION
    Centenary of the 1909 ‘Lock Out’
  • POLICE FLAGS
    INTERPOL

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June 2008

  • APJ AWARDS
    Presentation of Awards for Prize Winning Articles
  • POLICE – TASMANIA
    Commissioner Richard McCreadie Signs Off Deputy Commissioner Jack Johnson Appointed His Successor
  • POLICE – AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
    Building Sino-Australian Relations: Tribute to AFP Commander Brice Steele
  • POLICE – NEW SOUTH WALES
    Cops! – Senior Constable Paul Jones: A Truly Inspirational Officer
  • HOMICIDE
    They Walk Amongst Us
  • HOMICIDE
    ‘But Dad … What Exactly Do You Do?’ The Death of Francis Sale
  • RAIL DISASTER
    Off the Rails – The Waterfall Train Crash
  • HOMICIDE
    The Murders of Somjai Insamran and Phuangsri Kroksamrong
  • MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
    One Man’s Trash – Is Another Man’s Treasure
  • HISTORICAL
    Slang – used by Police and others a century ago! Part Two
  • POLICE EQUIPMENT
    Police Crash Puts ‘Xplore’ PC to the Ultimate Test
  • POLICE FLAGS
    South Australia Police

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September 2007

  • 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

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June 2007

  • APJ AWARDS
    Presentation of Awards for Prize Winning Articles
  • KIDNAPPING
    The Ghost Catchers
  • HISTORICAL
    Did You Know? Sillitoe’s Tartan
  • HOMICIDE
    Nigel Stiffe Murder
  • FORENSIC SCIENCE
    Forensic Entomology
  • HISTORICAL
    Loose Lips
  • POLICE QUESTIONING
    Recommendations for Eliciting a Disclosure of Abuse from a Young Child
  • HISTORICAL
    In Search of the ‘Butcher’s Ridge Bandit’ – Alan Torney
  • COUNTER TERRORISM LAW
    New Defence Force Powers to Aid Civil Authorities and Related Matters – Part 2
  • POLICE ATTITUDE
    The Copper
  • BOOK REVIEWS
    Joanne Lees – My Journey – No Turning Back
    The Taxi Driver Killer
    The Rampage of Killer Kast
    The Thin Red and Blue Lines
  • CRIME
    Catch me if you can
  • POLICE FLAGS
    Northern Territory Police

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December 2006

  • NATIONAL POLICE MEMORIAL
    National Police Memorial Dedication Ceremony
  • POLICE – NEW ZEALAND
    Introducing Commissioner Howard Broad
  • IN MEMORIAM
  • HOMICIDE
    The Wickham Terrace Massacre
  • CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
    Who Do You Trust?
  • COURT APPEAL
    Walking Evil – ‘Fiend Will Die Behind Bars’
  • HISTORICAL
    Ned Kelly – The Murderer Unmasked
  • POLICE METHODS
    Strike Force Kamiri – Sexual Assault Investigation in a Remote Aboriginal Community
  • RAIL DISASTER
    Granville – The Day of the Roses
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Frontline Policing/ On the Beat and in the Bush (with Mr Bob)
  • POLICE METHODS
    CIRT – (Victoria Police) Critical Incident Response Team
  • POLICE EQUIPMENT
    Fuel into the Future
  • PAST AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDAL
    Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal

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June 2006

  • POLICE – AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
    New AFP Shoulder Flash
  • POLICE – AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
    Vale – Regional Kennedy (1921 – 2006)
  • POLICE – NEW SOUTH WALES
    Cops! – Sergeant James Beatty Reg’d No. 1162
  • KIDNAPPING
    The Devil in Disguise
  • LEADERSHIP
    Strategic Leadership in an Policing Environment
  • POLICE METHODS
    Harm Minimisation – Different Expectations on Police
  • POLICE DOGS
    Seven Siblings Make the Grade
  • HOMICIDE
    Death by Reckless Indifference (Husband and Wife killed simultaneously)
  • POLICE – SPORT
    Victoria Police Soccer Club
  • ROAD SAFETY
    Road Carnage – Where’s the Motorcycle?
  • AUSTRALASIAN POLICE MEDALS
    New Zealand Special Service Medal recognises tsunami work

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December 2005

  • POLICE – AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
    Killer Found fit to Plead
  • POLICE – SOLOMON ISLANDS
    Introducing Commissioner Shane Castles
  • HOMICIDE
    History Repeats – Murder of Ronald Joseph Williams
  • BICYCLE THEFT
    The Bicycle Graveyard: From Little Things, Big Things Come
  • RECENT DECISIONS
    Sniffer Dogs: Evidence from over-keen pooch excluded
  • POLICE TEACHING
    The Manly Experience
  • GENERAL
    Chicken Thief on INTERPOL List
  • POLICE – VICTORIA
    Victoria Police Shrine Guards
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Victor Chang: Murder of a Hero
  • PERSONAL SAFETY
    ICE (In Case of Emergency)
  • POLICE POWERS
    New Commonwealth Laws Supporting Counter-Terrorism Measures
  • INTERNET – CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
    Child Pornography and the Internet – A Statistical Review
  • POLICEWOMEN
    Summary of 2005 Australasian Council of Women and Policing Conference
  • CRIME PREVENTION
    SHEDucation
  • AUSTRALASIAN POLICE MEDALS
    New Zealand Police Long Shrive and Good Conduct Medal

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September 2005

  • POLICE – NAURU
    Danger UXB!
  • POLICE – WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    Introducing Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan – New Breeze blows through West
  • POLICE – NEW SOUTH WALES
    Cops! – Tribute to the Late Retired Detective Superintendent Ron Stephenson
  • POLICE MEMORIAL
    Proposed National Police Memorial in Canberra
  • POEMS
    A Soldier Died Today
    The Policeman’s Funeral
  • REMEMBER THE FALLEN
  • POLICE – AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
    Introducing ACT Chief of Police Audrey Fagan
  • CRIME
    Infidelity can be a Dangerous Pastime
  • TRAFFIC ISSUES
    Driver busted with 26 people crammed in tray
    Man drives vehicle through procession
  • HOMICIDE
    Patricide – The Murder of Laurence Santos Snr
  • LAW ENFORCEMENT – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
    FBI’s Joint Terrorist Task Force Chicago and Milwaukee Field Offices
  • HOMICIDE (POLICE DEATH)
    Murder Most Foul – The Murders of Trooper Frederick Henderson and Others
  • POISONINGS
    Affairs of the Heart and Poisons
  • BOOK REVIEWS
    Milperra: The Road to Justice
    One Door Too Many – The Police Shooting of David Gundy
  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    Divisional Vans (Victoria) and Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (AFP)
  • AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDALS
    Queensland Police Service Medal

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June 2005

  • CRIME REPORTING
    Long Distance Crime Alert
  • NATURAL DISASTERS
    Tsunami – A Police Perspective
  • POLICE METHODS
    Crime Scene Investigation – A One Stop Shop
  • POLICEWOMEN
    NSW Police Celebrates 90 Years of Women in Policing
  • HOMICIDE
    The Purvis Hit (Unravelling a Contract Killing)
  • CRIMINALS
    Crooks! – The Infamous Darcy Dugan
  • POLICE – TIME MANAGEMENT
    Time Management Tops for Police
  • FIREARMS
    Punt Gun – An Old Relic
  • AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDALS
    South Australia Police Service Medal

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March 2005

  • POLICE DEATH
    Solomon’s Murder: A Tribute to a Slain Officer Adam Dunning
  • APJ AWARDS
    Prize Winning Articles
  • POLICE – NEW SOUTH WALES
    Cops! – Inspector Don Eyb (Mounted Police)
  • HOMICIDE
    Forensic-Led Investigation – The Murder of Samantha O’Reilly
  • BALLISTICS
    Shotgun Booby-Traps and Warning Devices
  • HOMICIDE (POLICE DEATH)
    The Story of the Bega Bombing
  • IDENTIFICATION
    Robber’s Dandruff Costs Him 15 Years
  • RECENT DECISIONS
    On the Road Again – The Right to Drive Normally
  • POLICE WORK
    The Relative Hazards of Australian Police Work
  • DRUGS
    A Case of MDMA ‘Madness’
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Officer’s Life Hits Bookstands
  • AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDALS
    Tasmania Police Service Medal

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September 2004

  • POEM
    Police Remembrance Day
  • APJ AWARDS
    Presentation of Awards for Prize Winning Articles
  • POLICE – NEW SOUTH WALES
    In the line of Duty …
  • POLICE HISTORY
    Constable Michael Dwyer Story – Past, Present and Future
  • MISSING PERSONS
    Without a Trace
  • COURT PROCEDURES
    Tips for Police and Prosecutors in Large People Smuggling Trials
  • POLICE – HUMOUR
    Wanted – Good People for a Thankless Job!
  • POLICE DEATHS
    The Murder of Australian Police
  • POLICE HEALTH
    Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Police Officers
  • POLICE METHODS
    Police Contribution to Illicit Drug Harm Minimisation
  • INTERNATIONAL POLICING
    RAMSI Celebrations
  • AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDALS
    Victoria Police Service Medal

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June 2003

  • HOMICIDE
    Murder and Dismemberment
  • DRUGS
    Synthetic Drug Trends and the Mining Industry
  • DRUGS
    More than One Way to Deal with a Dealer
  • DEMONSTRATIONS
    Protecting the Right to Protest
  • STRESS
    Psychological Aspects of Stress
  • PROHIBITIVE WEAPONS
    Electric Shock Weapons – Stun Guns and Tasers
  • POISONINGS
    They Flypaper Poisonings
  • TERRORISM
    Terrorism 101
  • CRIME REPORTING
    False Reports in Stalking – Motivations and Investigative Considerations
  • CHILD ABUSE – RESEARCH
    Using the Internet as an Intelligence Tool for Child Protection Duties
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Islam in Australia
  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    Police Vehicles – NSW Mini Cooper S
  • BADGE CALL
    Australian Federal Police Senior (Commissioned) Officers Cap Badge

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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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June 1996

  • HOMICIDE
    Murder – Ayers Rock Inland Motel Bar Carnage
  • AIRPORT SECURITY
    Tsutomu Takahashi
  • FRAUD
    Refund Fraud
  • POLICE METHODS
    The Sex Offences Unit
  • POLICE METHODS
    Wingfield’s Man-Eating Circus Lions
  • HOMICIDE
    There’s Always a Clue
  • VIP SECURITY
    Innovative Concept to Heighten VIP Security Consciousness: Factor X
  • CRIME – ASIAN
    Chinese Triads and Japanese Yakuza – How Dangerous is the Asian Mafia?
  • POLICE HEALTH
    To Hell and Back (Diary of an Alcoholic)
  • PATCH CALL
    New South Wales Police

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March 1996

  • POETRY
    They Don’t Have to do my Dirty Job
  • HOMICIDE
    The Greenough Murders
  • OVERSEAS POLICING (HAITI)
    The Australian International Police Monitoring Contingent in Haiti
  • TECHNOLOGY
    Patrolling the Information Superhighway
  • POLICE PRACTICES
    Revolutionary CAD System for Victoria
  • TRANSIT POLICING
    Transit Crime and Order Maintenance (USA)
  • COMING EVENTS
    World Police Road Race Championships 1996
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Police Leadership in Australasia
    The People’s Force: A History of the Victoria Police
    Ned Kelly: A Short Life
  • POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY
    All is not as it Seems
  • PATCH CALL
    Australian Federal Police

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December 1995

  • VALE
    Senior Constable Peter Kidd
  • HOMICIDE
    The Hunt for Paul James Mullin
  • POLICE METHODS
    Operation Flashdance
  • FRAUD
    The Serious Fraud Office (London)
  • HOMICIDE
    The Black Widow
  • POEM
    Reflection

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September 1995

  • HOMICIDE
    Murder of Ross Anthony Browning
  • BALLISTICS EVIDENCE
    Ballistics Evidence in the Murder of Dr Victor Chang
  • POLICE SPORTS
    ‘Guns and Hoses’: 1995 World Police and Fire Games
  • OFFICER SURVIVAL
    The Will to Survive
  • WATER POLICE
    NSW Water Police: Our First Police
  • COMMUNITY RELATIONS
    Triad Program Moving Ahead
  • HISTORICAL
    The Russell Street Police Complex
  • JUDGES
    ‘Get This Scum Out of Here’
  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    Pedal Power Moves Up a Gear

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September 1994

  • POEM
    I Hope … (Keeping the Dream Alive …)
  • CHILD ABUSE
    Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy – Poisoning
  • HOMICIDE
    The Slaughter of the Innocent
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Suddenly Dead – Ten Famous Cases Through the Eyes of the Coroner
  • HISTORICAL
    Black-Trackers: A Bent Twig is Enough
  • TAXATION
    Substantiation and Record Keeping … What is in it for You?
  • HOMICIDE
    Child Abuse – Boots and All

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September 1993

  • DEATH – SUSPICIOUS
    Where There’s a Will
  • DEATH
    Assessing a Crime Scene
  • SUICIDE
    Signs to Help Parents Stop Teen Suicides
  • COMMUNICATIONS
    Policespeak: Mind your Language!
  • SAFETY
    Bonehead Laws
  • SURVEY
    “Must be a Full Moon …!”

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June 1993

  • POLICE DOGS
    The Long Paw of the Law
  • HOMICIDE
    A Back-Packer Tragedy
  • CORRUPTION
    Corruption Revisited
  • POLICE DOGS
    The Nose that Knows
  • LEGAL PROCEDURE
    Young Courage: Part 2 – Justice Takes Over

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