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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

From My Desk – Dezi Freeman Dead

Posted: 23rd May 2026

Category: Editorial
Tags: Vadim De Waart-Hottart, Dezi Freeman, Gareth Train, Nathaniel Train, VICPOL, Stacey Train, QPS, Mathew Arnold, Simon Bouda, BearCat, Editorial, Thologolong, Rachel McCrow, Wieambilla, Alan Dare, Reward, SOG, Special Operations Group, Porepunkah, Neal Thompson

Clan Labs

An insight into the formation of the Australasian Clandestine Laboratory Association

Posted: 1st March 2026

Detective Sergeant Zoe Knight

Category: Illicit drugs
Tags: Dutch, Zoe Knight, ACLA, Australasian Clandestine Laboratory Association, drugs, SDOU, AFP, VR, ACIC, Virtual reality training, QPS, Jorrit van den Berg, Queensland Police Service, Janneke Zeebregts, MDMA, Operation Vitreus, cocaine, Dutch National Forensic Institute, Netherlands, Immersive training, Clan labs, Powder, Andre van Rijn, NPN

Bundaberg Taxi Driver

Posted: 1st March 2026

Category: Homicide
Tags: Targo, Burnett Street, Tara Kentwell, Cold Case Investigation Team, Homicide, Coronial, Queensland, QPS, Missing Person, unsolved, CBD, Crime Stoppers, Taxi driver, Bryan Hodgkinson, Elaine Hodgkinson, Bundaberg

March 2026

NORTHERN TERRITORY POLICE FORCE
Welcome to NTPF Commissioner Martin Dole APM
BRAVERY
National Police Bravery Awards
AWARDS
World-Leading Forensic Scientist Recognised
HOMICIDE
6 Minutes of Terror: The Bondi Junction Massacre
BRAVERY
A Heroic Battle
DRUG MANUFACTURE
Clan Labs: An Insight into the formation of the Australasian Clandestine Laboratory Association
PLANNING
Total War: A Police Perspective
DRUG IMPORTATION
The Junkie Express
APJ UNSOLVED
Bundaberg Taxi Driver

December 2025

AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
Welcome to AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett APM
AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
Farewell to AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw APM
NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE
Welcome to NSWPF Commissioner Mal Lanyon APM
NEW SOUTH WALES POLICE FORCE
Farewell to NSWPF Commissioner Karen Webb APM
REMEMBRANCE DAY
Hasten the Dawn – Curtis Cheng
HOMICIDE
Everyone Matters or No One Matters
PUBLIC ORDER RESPONSE TEAM
Public Order Response Team (PORT) – The History
POLICE DEATHS
Porepunkah – Too Much Blue Blood
POEM
26 August 2025 – ‘Please No’
SOVEREIGN CITIZENS
The Sovereign Threat
FRAUD
The Shimming Swindlers – Operation Helsing
POLICE AWARDS
Respect and Honour
POLICE TATTOO
Pacific Police United in Music and Song
BOOK REVIEW
Homo Criminalis – How Crime Organises the World
APJ UNSOLVED
What Happened to Nancy?

The Shimming Swindlers

Operation Helsing

Posted: 1st December 2025

Jason Byrnes APM

Category: Fraud
Tags: California, Czech Republic, Campbelltown, Paul Garlick, Focusrite, Passports, ATM, eVisitor, Operation Helsing, Brisbane, Alexandru Badaric, AFP, Crimes Act, Burwood, VICPOL, Skimming, Rhodes, cash, Shimming, Alex Avrames, Fraud, The Shimming Swindlers, Audi, Victoria, United States Secret Service, Credit Cards, Jason Byrnes, USSS, Andreas Madison, QPS, San Diego, Kia Sportage, Australian Federal Police, Romania, Cemir Bode, NSWPF, JPC3, Vimla, USA, Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre, Kris Wilson, Bank, Owen Smith, Gary Poon, Sydney, Cestmir Bozdech, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act

Until Death do us Part

The Tragic Disappearance of Ruth Ridley

Posted: 1st December 2024

Detective Leading Senior Constable Andrew Leonard

Category: Homicide
Tags: 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, family violence, Garry Ridley, DVO, NSWPF, Pikes Dam, Petrol station, Domestic violence, Pajero, post-mortem, CCTV, Wodonga, Centrelink, VRA, Tallangatta, Medicare

Shattered Reef

The Grounding of the 'Shen Neng 1'

Posted: 1st December 2024

Jason Byrnes APM

Category: Environmental Crime
Tags: TMR, Gladstone, Douglas Shoal, GBRMPA, Free To Read, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, AFP, Coal carrier, Jason Byrnes, Kevin Rudd, QPS, Maritime Safety Queensland, China, MSQ, CDPP, DIAC, ATSB, Great Barrier Reef, Shen Neng 1, David Payne, Peter Bodel, AMSA

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: 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, QPS, NSWPF, Sydney, Scientific, Escape

In the Service of Peace

A Book Review

Posted: 1st September 2024

Category: Book Reviews
Tags: WAPOL, Thailand, ACTP, Cyprus, Book Review, Cambodia, 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

Police Peacekeepers March in Darwin

Posted: 1st June 2024

Jason Byrnes APM

Category: Peacekeeping
Tags: Timor-Leste, Australian police, WAPOL, Parade, Thailand, March, Solomon Islands, Mozambique, AFP, Cyprus, South Sudan, 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

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

Welcome to Commissioner Steve Gollschewski APM

Posted: 24th May 2024

Category: Commissioners and Leaders
Tags: Queensland, QPS, Commissioner Steve Gollschewski APM

A Lonely Death

Posted: 24th May 2024

Snr Sgt Jim Whitehead APM (Retired)

Category: Search & Rescue
Tags: Winfried Weiss, Search & Rescue, Queensland, Jim Whitehead, QPS, SAR, State Emergency Service, SES, Mareeba, Victor Horne, Hermit, Land Rover, Commonwealth Bank

Podcast: National Police Remembrance Day

Posted: 29th September 2023

Category: Podcast
Tags: Governor-General, Col Blanch, David Hurley, Dean Elliott, AFP, Queanbeyan Police Station, podcast, Recognition and Customs, QPS, I am, NPRD, Rebecca Kotz, National Police Remembrance Day, Reece Kershaw, Greg Primmer, WAPOL, National Police Memorial, Katarina Carroll, Vince Pannell, NPM

Museum of Australian Policing Update

Posted: 1st September 2023

Jason Byrnes APM

Category: Museums
Tags: MOAP, Jason Byrnes APM, Alex Stalker-Booth, Acton Peninsula, AFP, WAPF, VICPOL, NTPol, QPS, SAPOL, Canberra, NSWPF, TASPOL, Police Federation of Australia, WAPOL, Museum of Australian Policing, PFA

A Perfect Storm

A Search and Rescue

Posted: 1st September 2023

Snr Sgt Jim Whitehead APM (Rtd)

Category: Search & Rescue
Tags: Parkinson's disease, Federated Mountain Rescue, FMR, park rangers, Queensland, Will Buch, Search and Rescue, Jim Whitehead, QPS, Bones, SAR, Remains, Don Marchant, Lamington National Park, State Emergency Service, SES, Morans Creek Forestry Hut

Remember the Fallen

Vale, Constables Rachel McCrow and Matthew Arnold

Posted: 10th March 2023

Category: Police Deaths
Tags: Homicide, QPS, Police remembrance, Matthew Arnold, Rachel McCrow, Tara Police Station, Memorial Service, Honour

From My Desk

The March 2023 Editorial

Posted: 25th February 2023

Simon Bouda AM

Category: Editorial
Tags: QPS, Police Ode, Simon Bouda, Editorial, Matthew Arnold, Rachel McCrow

Web of Lies

Posted: 25th February 2023

Detective Sergeants Dario Goriup and Brett Long

Category: Homicide
Tags: Dermestid beetles, Toxicology, Saw, Ozito, Homicide, QPS, Forensics, Web of Lies, Dario Goriup, Brett Long, Lindy Williams, George Gerbic, Cedar Pocket, Headless torso, Beach towel, Operation Lima Sea

March 2023

REMEMBER THE FALLEN
Vale, Constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow
EDITORIAL
From my Desk
REMEMBER THE FALLEN
Heroism – Vale, Sergeant Peter Stone
EDUCATION
Court Craft
POLICE DOGS
Scent of a Crime
SIEGE
The Siege in Civic
HOMICIDE
Web of Lies
MYSTERY
The Mysterious Disappearance of Margaret Clement
HOMICIDE
Good Over Evil
PODCAST
Podcast Roundup

March 2022

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
APJ Editor Vacancy
POLICE – NEW SOUTH WALES
NSW Police Force Welcomes Commissioner Karen Webb APM
POLICE – NEW ZEALAND
Reflection: New Zealand Police Commissioner Andrew Coster
HIGHWAY PATROL – HEAVY VEHICLE SPEED ENFORCEMENT
100 Speed Limited (or Not)
POLICE BRAVERY
‘Help! He’s Setting My Kids on Fire!’
HOMICIDE
Murder, Manhunt and a Move Audition
PROPERTY THEFT
A Thief in the Night
POLICE HUMOUR
Night Shift in Bermuda
POLICE WELFARE
Operation Soul Surf
BOOK REVIEW
Blast from the Past

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