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Pages in category "Australian police officers killed in the line of duty" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Australian Federal Police [52] and the New Zealand Police [53] sent their condolences, as did the Queensland Police Union [54] which subsequently announced plans to purchase the property, to serve as a memorial for the fallen officers and to prevent the site from "falling into the wrong hands".
Hancock joined the Western Australian Police in 1959. Initially part of the Gold Stealing Detection Squad, he transferred to the Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB) in 1966. He worked in various detective branches before becoming officer-in-charge of the CIB in 1989, and retired on 28 January 1994. [2]
A man who allegedly killed a colleague at an Australian grain silo Thursday died after turning the gun on himself, police said. The 25-year-old shot a man in his 40s at the silo in the town of ...
A 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth had been engaged in a deradicalization program since he detonated a homemade explosive ...
John Peter Pat (31 October 1966 – 28 September 1983) was an Aboriginal Australian boy who, at the age of 16, died while in the custody of Western Australia Police. [ 1 ] On 28 September 1983, four off-duty police officers and an Aboriginal police aide returned to Roebourne from a police union meeting at Karratha , where they had each consumed ...
As of 2023, some 9,481 police staff were employed by Western Australian police, which includes 7,214 police officers, auxiliary officers, and Aboriginal liaison officers. [ 1 ] : 154–155 Police staffing includes public servants, wages staff, and full-time employees, but not children's crossing guards.
Matthew Butcher (born 1975/1976) is a Western Australia Police (WAPOL) constable, who received significant media attention following an assault which left him brain damaged, partially paralysed and visually impaired. In 2009, Constable Butcher was awarded the Emergency Services "Pride of Australia" medal. [1]