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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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September 2025

  • REMEBRANCE
    National Police Remembrance Day
  • VICTORIA POLICE
    Welcome to Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush CNZM
  • REMEMBER THE FALLEN
    Vale, Constable Keith Anthony Smith
  • POLICE MEMORIAL
    Blue Blood
  • CHILD EXPLOITATION
    Danger_33
  • ACCIDENTAL DEATHS
    Deadly Call of Nature
  • TERRORISM
    Armenian Terrorism in Australia
  • FORENSICS
    To Catch a Rapist
  • MOUNTED POLICE
    New Home for the ‘Police Greys’
  • HISTORICAL POLICE DEATHS
    Policing Australia’s Wild West
  • REMEBRANCE
    Vale, Special Constable Noel Johnson
  • AWARDS
    APJ Prize Winning Articles for 2024
  • BOOK REVIEW
    The Politics of Police Diplomacy – The Australian Experience
  • APJ UNSOLVED
    Reward for Frank Newbery’s Murder

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December 2017

  • UNIFORMS
    New AFP operational shirts
  • POLICE – WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    Introducing New Police Commissioner Dawson APM
  • POLICE QUESTIONING
    Assessing the Reliability of Intoxicated Witnesses
  • SEARCH AND RESCUE – QUEENSLAND
    Found After … Sometimes they are hard to find
  • RANDOM BREATH TESTING
    A Successful Policy Recipe
  • POLICE HISTORY
    100 Years of Federal Policing
  • SEXUAL ASSAULT – WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    Fresh Eyes Identify Uncle Pervy

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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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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 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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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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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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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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