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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

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When Seconds Count

Search and Rescue in the Wilds of Tasmania

Sergeant Damian Bidgood (Retired), Tasmania Police

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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

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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

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March 2024

  • CEREMONIAL AND PROTOCOL
    Milestone for Police Service Awards
  • EDITORIAL
    From My Desk
  • SEARCH & RESCUE
    The Angry Sea
  • ROAD TRAUMA
    Crash or Accident
  • PEACEKEEPING
    Forensic Peacekeepers
  • REMEMBER THE FALLEN
    Hasten the Dawn
  • ORGANISED CRIME
    Tobacco Wars
  • APJ UNSOLVED
    The Janine Vaughan Mystery

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June 2001

  • AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE
    Commissioner Mick Palmer Retires
  • POLICE PUBLICATIONS
    Intelligence in Brief: Promoting Knowledge and Officer Safety
  • RESCUE
    Federal Police Search and Rescue
  • FRAUD
    Art Fraud in Australia
  • HOMICIDE
    Joseph Thomas Schwab – Serial Killer
  • DEATH
    Vale – Sir Colin Woods (former AFP Commissioner)
  • LEGAL ISSUES
    ARPS v The Commissioner of Police (NSW)
  • OVERSEAS POLICING
    Cyprus – Should Australian Police Stay on the Island
  • HOMICIDE
    The Scent of a Crime
  • NEW EQUIPMENT
    New Police Caps for Canberra Cops
  • VEHICLES
    Horse to Horsepower
  • BADGE CALL
    Victoria Police

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September 1998

  • STRATEGIC PLANNING
    Environmental Scans for Police
  • IDENTIFICATION
    The Thredbo Patchwork
  • POEM
    Brave Servants and Friends
  • POLICE DIVING
    Diving Fatality in a Submarine
  • MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
    Stolen Vehicle Re-Birthing – A Case Study
  • POLICE PHOTOGRAPHY
    Getting the Right Image
  • SUICIDE
    The ‘Green Dream’
  • POLICE EQUIPMENT
    The Spray Must Stay

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March 1995

  • NEW SOUTH WALES
    Maxims for General Guidance of Members of the Police Force
  • SEXUAL OFFENCES
    The Balaclava Rapist (Canada)
  • SEARCH AND RESCUE
    ‘Operation Isobella’ – A Rescue that Beat the Odds
  • POLICE EQUIPMENT
    The Kason Vibroscreen Separator
  • HISTORICAL
    The Black Museum
  • MOTORCYCLE GANGS
    Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs – An Overview

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October 1981

  • TRAFFIC POLICING
    Towards a Realistic Traffic Policy
  • DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
    Domestic Violence
  • MARITIME
    Tragedy of the Sea Dreamer
  • FUTURES
    Policing in the Eighties
  • ADMINISTRATION
    Introduction to Police Administration – Directing, Controlling, Coordinating & Leading
  • COMMUNITY RELATIONS
    The Balance Between Police and Public
  • FINGERPRINTS
    A Technique for Fingerprinting Dehydrated Fingers
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Migrant Crime in Australia
    Civil Liberties in Australia

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July 1980

  • LEGISLATION
    The Bail Act (1977) Victoria – Police and Practice
  • EDUCATION
    Queensland Police Arts and Science Course
  • COMMUNITY RELATIONS
    Ethnic Minority Groups
  • ADMINISTRATION
    Introduction to Police Administration: Disciplining Others
  • DISASTERS
    Mt Erebus Air Disaster
  • BOOK REVIEW
    The Police in British India 1861 – 1947

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April 1973

  • ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES
    The Use of Assessment Techniques, Appraisal Methods, and Interview Boards – Part II
  • COMMUNITY RELATIONS
    The Police Image
  • SEARCH AND RESCUE
    The Aeroplane and Search and Rescue
  • DISASTER OPERATIONS
    Police Operations During a Natural Disaster
  • HISTORICAL
    I Would Live the Same Life Over
  • BOOK REVIEW
    Police Weaponless Control
    Criminal Law and Practice in New South Wales
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Homicidal Gunshot Wound of Mouth

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April 1972

  • CRASH INVESTIGATION
    Phenomena of Aquaplaning
  • QUEEN’S POLICE GOLD MEDAL ESSAY
    Is Democratic Society Becoming Ungovernable
  • CRIME INVESTIGATION
    Co-Operation
  • FORENSIC PATHOLOGY
    The Art of Forensic Pathology
  • SEARCH AND RESCUE
    Sea Search & Rescue
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Bloody Fingerprints

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October 1970

  • AIR DISASTERS
    Air Disaster and its Problems to Police
  • CONSPIRACY
    A Case of Conspiracy
  • ACCOUNTING
    Books of Account
  • QUOTES
    The Thin Blue Line
  • LEGAL
    The Law Relating to Public Meetings
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Tool Marks: Recovery of Obliterated Marks

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October 1961

  • LEGAL
    The Lawyer’s Approach to the Criminal Law – Part II
  • LEGAL
    The Philosophy of Tribal Law
  • ROAD POLICING
    Road Users and the Human Element
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    A Remarkable Impression
    Suicide by a Home-made Gun
    Specialised Unit Answers Calls of Search and Rescue
  • ROAD SAFETY
    New Ways of Carrying out Traffic Education of Children by the Norwegian Police
  • ROAD POLICING
    Alcohol as a Factor in Victorian Road Collisions

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July 1957

  • JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
    The Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency
  • HOMICIDE
    Investigation on a Case of Murder
  • ALCOHOL 
    The Provisions of the Liquor Act in Respect of Registered Clubs in NSW
  • FORENSICS
    Handwriting Examinations
  • SEARCH & RESCUE
    Search Parties Organised by Police
  • STATISTICS
    Murder in NSW
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Crime Scene Evidence
    Television as an Aid to the Detection of Sneak Thieves
    Rear View Spectacles
  • LEGISLATION
    Manslaughter by Unlawful Act – Part I

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April 1955

  • FINGERPRINTS
    The Viscid Period
  • HISTORICAL
    The Dick Turpin Myth
  • HISTORICAL
    The Early History of Trial in English Law, Including Ordeals and Juries
  • HOMICIDE
    The French Case
  • EVIDENCE
    Documentary Evidence
  • SEARCH AND RESCUE
    The Behaviour of Human Bodies in Water
  • HISTORICAL
    Victoria Police, A Historical Review
  • ALCOHOL
    Alcohol and Crime
  • TECHNICAL NOTES
    Determination of Amount of Alcoholic Liquor Consumed
    Identification of Wood Bit
  • LEGAL
    Inquiry Desk

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