NSWPF - Australian Police Journal

Nature’s Fury

Posted: 1st March 2025

Detective Inspector Hassan El-Khansa

Category: Natural Disasters
Tags: USAR, Hassan El-Khansa, NSWPF, C17, natural disasters, The Pile, SAR, BOO, Turkey, Base of Operations, Paramedics, AUS-2, Turkiye, NSW Ambulance, Hatay, Earthquake, FRNSW, ACT Fire & Rescue, DART, Disaster Assistance Response Team, Urban Search & Rescue, Security Liaison, Free To Read, Emergency Management Command

A New Symbol for Police Badges

Posted: 1st March 2025

Category: Ceremonial and protocol
Tags: AFP, NTPol, Australian Federal Police, NSWPF, TASPOL, Tasmania Police, New South Wales Police Force, Tudor Crown, King Charles III, Northern Territory Police Force, Badges, Patches, Symbols, Free To Read

Operation Land Rover

A fifty-year story

Posted: 1st March 2025

Senior Constable Ash Bold

Category: Peacekeeping
Tags: Jason Byrnes, Lew Thomas, SAPOL, Repatriation, NSWPF, Landmine, crash, Barbara Ward, Cyprus, Rosemary Ward, UNFICYP, COMPOL, Peacekeeping, Ashley Bold, Land Rover, Ian Ward, John Woolcott, Brett Kinloch, Australian War Memorial, AWM, AFP, Pat Hackett

Horse Whispering

From Mounted Constable to Healing Hearts

Posted: 1st March 2025

Former Senior Constable Scott Brodie

Category: Mental Health
Tags: PTSD, NSWPF, mounted police, Scott Brodie, Don Rowland, Horses, Medical discharge, Surf lifesaving, Kangaroo Valley, mental health

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

Murder in Cowra

APJ Unsolved

Posted: 1st March 2025

Category: Homicide
Tags: NSWPF, unsolved, Behavioural science, Reward, Cowra, Georgina Whatmore, Catherine Holmes, Strike Force Alister, David Booth, Geoff Kendall, Free To Read

Until Death do us Part

The Tragic Disappearance of Ruth Ridley

Posted: 1st December 2024

Detective Leading Senior Constable Andrew Leonard

Category: Homicide
Tags: 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, 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

In the Line of Duty

Vale, Xtra and Soldier

Posted: 1st December 2024

Category: Accidental deaths
Tags: NSWPF, Karen Webb, Police dogs, K9, Xtra, Soldier, Stephen Hegarty, Wall of Remembrance, canine

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

The Retirement of APJ Deputy Editor Barry Fay

Posted: 1st September 2024

Jason Byrnes APM

Category: APJ Business
Tags: Barry Fay, NSWPF, Forensics, Scientific, Simon Bouda, Retirement, Farewell, Jason Byrnes

Fingerprints Catch a Strangler

Posted: 1st September 2024

Senior Constable Barry Fay

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

In the Service of Peace

A Book Review

Posted: 1st September 2024

Category: Book Reviews
Tags: AFP, COMPOL, VICPOL, East Timor, NTPol, Peacekeeping, Jason Byrnes, New York, QPS, Sudan, SAPOL, Liberia, NSWPF, Mozambique, TASPOL, South Sudan, United Nations, Namibia, UN, In the Service of Peace, Timor-Leste, WAPOL, Thailand, ACTP, Cyprus, Book Review, Cambodia

100 Years of Police Radio

Posted: 1st September 2024

Category: Historical
Tags: VKG, Morse code, Police Radio, Radio Operations Group, Wireless patrol vehicles, NSWPF

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

An Enigmatic Death

Posted: 20th August 2024

Detective Senior Sergeant CB Barry Fay

Category: Crashes (land, air, sea)
Tags: NSWPF, CIB, Enigmatic Death, Louth, Dubbo, Farm, Utility, Ute, Barry Fay

Police Peacekeepers March in Darwin

Posted: 1st June 2024

Jason Byrnes APM

Category: Peacekeeping
Tags: VICPOL, Cambodia, Bougainville, Darwin, Commonwealth Police, Namibia, NTPol, COMPOL, Blue beret, Afghanistan, East Timor, QPS, Peacekeeping, SAPOL, Haiti, ACT Police, Sudan, NSWPF, Somalia, TASPOL, Liberia, United Nations, Peacekeepers, UN, UNOPAA, Timor-Leste, Australian police, WAPOL, Parade, Thailand, March, Solomon Islands, Mozambique, AFP, Cyprus, South Sudan

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