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September 2020

  • POLICE REMEMBRANCE 
    Remember the Fallen
  • ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
    Dead But Still ‘Live’
  • HOMICIDE
    Lethal Injections on the Vulnerable
  • EDUCATION AND TRAINING
    Brain Fingerprinting
  • POLICE HUMOUR
    Lampooning Tasmania Police
  • EDUCATION AND TRAINING – RECRUIT TRAINING
    Recruits Prepare for the Reality of Policing

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June 2016

  • FORENSIC SCIENCE
    Australia Launches its First Body Farm
  • POLICE DOGS – VICTORIA
    Nat the Crook Catcher
  • SEARCH AND RESCUE – QUEENSLAND
    The Suicide Factor
  • POLICE DEATHS – VICTORIA
    Remembering Angela
  • POLICE – VICTORIA
    Russell Street 30 Years On
  • AIR CRASH INVESTIGATION
    The MH17 Tragedy
    In Search of MH17
    The Quest for Justice on MH17
  • POLICE EQUIPMENT
    Eight Body Camera Concerns
    Understanding the Tech
  • POLICE EQUIPMENT – AUSTRALIA
    BWC Down Under
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Smoke and Mirrors by Robin Bowles Reviewed By Denise Cullen
  • PHOTOGRAPHY
    APJ Photography Competition 2016 Winner

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December 2015

  • POLICE – SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    Introducing Commissioner Grant Stevens – Commissioning A Plan For The Future
    Farewell Commissioner Gary Burns – New Branches, Stronger SAPOL a Burns Legacy
  • CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
    Sins Of The Father – The Life and Crimes of Dean Stanley
  • POLICE – SOCIAL ASPECTS
    25 Years and GLLO-ing – A Special Anniversary Conference
  • BORDER ENFORCEMENT
    Australian Border Force Gets to Work
  • TERRORISM
    Countering Radicalisation and Violent Extremism
  • HOMICIDE
    Death in the South Sinai – The Murder of Xochi Kama Mace
  • STRESS
    PTSD – Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Police Officers
  • CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
    Dead Men Can Tell Tales – Part Five of the Series
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Silk Road by Eileen Ormsby- Review by Denise Cullen

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September 2015

  • NORTHERN TERRITORY POLICE COMMISSIONER
    Introducing Reece Kershaw; Evolution with a Badge
  • VICTORIA POLICE COMMISSIONER
    Introducing Graham Ashton AM APM
    Victoria Police’s 22nd Chief Commissioner
  • HOMICIDE
    All for Nothing, The Death of Police Constable David Edward McGrath 1915
  • POLICE QUESTIONING
    The Truth About Lying
  • HOMICIDE
    The Mutilator
  • SEARCH AND RESCUE
    Lost Persons: Sometimes We Don’t Find Them

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March 2015

  • POLICE – AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
    AFP Welcomes Commissioner Andrew Colvin
    The AFP Farewells Commissioner Tony Negus
  • POLICE – VICTORIA
    Chief Commissioner Ken Lay APM: Policing – a privilege never taken for granted
  • TERRORISM
    Attack Likely! Are you Prepared? Are you Alert?
  • DRUGS
    Death of a Dancer
  • FORENSIC PHOTOGRAPHY
    Locard’s Theory – Or Something Else?
  • POLICE EQUIPMENT
    Madame Kevlar
  • WOMEN IN POLICING
    NSW Police Force Celebrates 100 Years of Women in Policing
  • HOMICIDE INVESTIGATIONS
    The Weckert Murders
  • ACTIVE SHOOTER INCIDENTS
    Responding to “Active Shooter’ Incidents in Australia
  • FIREARMS
    Guns on our Doorstep, Illicit Firearm Markets of South East Asia

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June 2013

  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    Mobile Phone and GPS Jammers
  • POLICE – VIOLENCE AGAINST
    Alcohol and its Relationship to Violence Inflicted upon Police
  • HOMICIDE
    The Darkest Side of Human Nature
  • POLICE QUESTIONING
    How to Interview Witnesses with Communication Impairment
  • POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY
    APJ Photo Competition 2012
  • HOMICIDE
    Dead Men Can Tell Tales! – Part III: The Unpredictable Finger of Fate
  • POLICE PATCHES
    Timor-Leste Police

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March 2013

  • POLICE – QUEENSLAND
    Introducing Commissioner Ian Stewart
    Commissioner Bob Atkinson Retires
  • ARMED ROBBERY
    Bowling Bandits Meet the Jacks
  • DRUGS
    Kava in the Northern Territory – a Unique Situation
  • POLICE UNIFORMS
    New Victoria Police Attire
  • POLICE EQUIPMENT
    AFP Load Bearing Vests
  • DRUG TRAFFICKING
    Fly-By-Nighters 
  • AIRPORT POLICE
    Policing the National Community – The AFP’s Role at the Nation’s Major Airports
  • SEX CRIMES
    ‘The Little Pebble’
  • POLICE PATCHES
    Cook Islands Police

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The Insatiable Rapist

Darren Prickett

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September 2010

  • NATIONAL POLICE REMEMBRANCE DAY 2010
  • HOMICIDE
    Cold Case – The Johanne Hatty Murder
  • POLICE DEATHS
    Remember the Fallen
  • HOMICIDE
    Murder Beneath the Pyramid
  • POLICE DEATHS
    ‘Together, We Remember. 50 Years On’
  • HOMICIDE
    The Murder of Constable Peter Forsyth
  • FORENSIC SCIENCE
    World First DNA Breakthrough for Tasmania Police
  • POLICE TRAINING
    Visualisation, or Mental Imagery
  • OPERATIONAL HAZARDS
    The Handcuff Sandwich
  • POLICE FAUNA
    Northern Territory Police Kangaroo

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December 2009

  • APJ NEWS
    Introducing new Assistant Editor Victoria Williams
  • POLICE NEWS – AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
    Introducing Commissioner Tony Negus
    Farewell to Commissioner Mick Keelty
  • APJ AWARDS
    Presentation of Prize Winning Articles
  • POLICE NEWS – NEW ZEALAND
    New Zealand Police Museum
  • CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
    The Criminal Investigator
  • SEXUAL OFFENCES
    Drink Spiking – A Two Man ‘Crime Wave’
  • APJ PHOTO COMPETITION
  • CRIME – ALTERNATIVE SUBCULTURES
    Crime and the Contemporary Vampire Subculture
  • POLICE TRAINING
    NSW Police College – Celebrating 25 Years in Goulburn
  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    Generation Next: LAPD Prototype Vehicle
  • POLICE – IRAQ
    Training the Iraqi National Police – A Personal Perspective
  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    Compact Remote Operated Underwater Vehicles
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Outside the Law 2: Australian True Crime Stories
    Outside the Law 3: Australian True Crime Stories
  • POLICE FLAGS
    United Nations

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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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December 2008

  • FASHION POLICE
    What the Well Dressed Lady was Wearing to Court 100 Years Ago
  • EDITORIAL
    Retirement Farewell from Editor Phil Peters
  • POLICE – AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
    Cops! – Commander Grant Edwards, Sport and Strength Help Make a Man
  • SEXUAL OFFENDERS
    A Glimpse into the Mind of a Predator
  • MISSING PERSONS
    The Baffling Disappearance of Kevin Beal
  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    New Japanese Tow Trucks? Truly Amazing!
  • POLICE – NORTHERN TERRITORY
    Postcard from Croker Island, NT
    Postcard from Willowra, NT
  • CRIME
    Australian Crime and Violence Prevention Awards
  • POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY
    Cop Cam! – A Picture Tells a Thousand Words
    Gun Cam!
  • HISTORICAL
    ‘There’s Something Queer About Harry’ – A Woman who Lived and Killed as a Man
  • WILDLIFE RESCUE
    Crocodile Arrested and Taken into Custody
  • HISTORICAL
    Slang – used by Police and Others a Century Ago! – Part Four
  • POLICE TRAINING
    Exploding Some Myths in Police Education – Reflections on the Police Problem Based Learning Course
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Reasonable Doubt – Bizarre Tales of Death and Justice
  • POLICEWOMEN
    Policing New Territory – The 46th International Association of Women Police Annual Training Conference
  • POLICE FLAGS
    Tasmania Police

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September 2008

  • REMEMBER THE FALLEN
    Constable Samuel Nelson
    Constable Brett Irwin
  • APJ AWARDS
    Prize Winning Articles
  • SPORT – SECURITY MEASURES
    Olympic Torch Relay
  • POLICE – NEW SOUTH WALES
    Detective Senior Constable Valerie Wagstaff’s Story: A Change for the Better
  • HOMICIDE
    Murder at Koroit Opal Fields
  • POLICE – SPORT
    Australasian Police Basketball Championships
  • ANIMAL CRUELTY
    Broken Seals (The Prom Massacre)
  • HOMICIDE
    Where’s Michelle? Case of a Murdered Mother whose body has never been found
  • DRUG COURTS
    The Adult Drug Court – Police Assisting to Combine Justice and Treatment
  • HISTORICAL
    Slang – used by Police and others a Century ago! – Part Three
  • MAJOR EVENTS – SECURITY MEASURES
    Policing World Youth Day (2008)
  • POLICE PURSUITS
    Cocktail Cartwheel
  • HOMICIDE
    Copycat TV Killing: Suicide Scripted by CSI
  • CRIME
    ‘Steroids Made Me Do It!’: Auburn Westpac Bank Robbery
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Forensic Files: ‘The Lottery Kidnapping’
  • POLICE FLAGS
    New South Wales Police Force

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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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December 2007

  • REMEMBER THE FALLEN
    Constable Brett Irwin
  • POLICE – NEW SOUTH WALES
    Introducing Commissioner Andrew Scipione
  • IDENTIFICATION
    Irrefutable Evidence
  • RECENT DECISION
    Skating on Thin Ice
  • POLICE – UNITED NATIONS
    UN Top Cop an Australian
  • FIREARMS
    Illegal Firearm Trafficking – A NSW Perspective
  • PUBLIC RELATIONS
    On the set of the new Crash Investigation Unit TV Series
  • POLICE – IRAQ
    Formation of the Iraqi National Police
  • VIP SECURITY MEASURES
    APEC – A NSW Police Response
  • HISTORICAL
    Slang – use by Police and others a Century Ago! – Part One
  • HISTORICAL
    Seventeen Steps (Hanging)
  • AUSTRALIAN CRIME AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION AWARDS
    Top Honours for NSW Police at 2007 Crime and Violence Prevention Awards
  • FIRE INVESTIGATION
    A Fiery Night in St Ives
  • ORGAN DONORS
    Organ Donor Registration
  • WATER POLICE
    Helping our Stranded Wildlife
  • POLICE – AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
    New Vehicle Markings
  • POLICE FLAGS
    New Zealand 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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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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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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December 2004

  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    New Police Vehicles (New Zealand and Solomon Islands)
  • HOMICIDE RESEARCH
    Contract Killings in Australia
  • ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
    A Tragedy on Two Wheels
  • POLICE POWERS
    Is a Police Officer Ever Off Duty?
  • POLICE – AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
    Fighting Crime Together … 25 Years of the Australian Federal Police
  • CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
    Child Pornography in an Australian Context – the Problem, the Legislation and the Offenders
  • APJ AWARDS
    Presentation of Awards for Prize Winning Articles
  • HOMICIDE
    Justice Too Swift
  • POLICE – JORDAN
    Another Day in Paradise
  • POLICE WORK
    A Police Prosecutor’s Bad Day in Court – The Breast-Feeding Defendant
  • AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDALS
    Australian Federal 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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March 2004

  • OVERSEAS POLICING
    Reflections on Timor Leste
  • FRAUD
    The Prince of Love – Overview of Police ‘Operation Grenada’
  • POLICE AND MASS MEDIA
    What Kind of Dog? The Media’s Influence on Public Perceptions About Crime and Policing
  • EVIDENCE – COMPUTERS
    Collecting Evidence from Computers
  • IDENTIFICATION
    Shark Attack – Part 2: DNA on Human Intestinal Tissue Identifies Shark Victim
  • TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS
    Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) – A Clear and Present Danger
  • STRESS
    Occupational Stress Among Police Officers
  • AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDALS
    Western Australia Police Service Medal
  • DANGER
    Lighting Strikes Only Once!

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December 2003

  • SOLOMON ISLANDS
    Operation: Helpem Fren
  • HOMICIDE
    Operation Tulip
  • DEMONSTRATIONS
    Parliamentary Riots
  • HISTORICAL
    ‘One of Us’
  • POLICE QUESTIONING
    A Guide to Introducing the Topic of an Interview about Abuse with a Child
  • ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION
    Fatal Blowout (Tread Warily Near Tyres)
  • HISTORICAL
    The Way We Were (Paddy Wagon)
  • AUSTRALIAN POLICE MEDALS
    NSW Police Medal

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