Police
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Police build on ties with Footscray community
Police have been hammering home their community building credentials in a bid to improve safety in Footscray. A police-led project to build a new wall…
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Drunken violence sparks call for action
Alcohol-induced violence at a park near Derrimut Hotel in Sunshine has forced management to stop staffing its bottle shop with female attendants for safety reasons,…
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Brimbank ‘needs 42 more cops’
Brimbank urgently needs 42 more frontline police officers to be on par with the state average, the Police Association claims. Association secretary Ron Iddles said…
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Alert cops sieze $4 million in drugs at Cairnlea
UPDATE Police have charged two men after a $4 million drugs seizure in Cairnlea early Wednesday morning. Sunshine officers were on patrol in Wattlegrove Road…
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Sunshine’s top cop welcomes mental health review
Sunshine Inspector Dave Byrt believes a Victoria Police mental health review will help overcome the stigma that has stopped officers seeking help when they need…
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Two arrested after Kings Park shooting
Two men have been arrested in relation to a shooting in Kings Park on Sunday afternoon. A man in his 20s has been taken to the Royal…
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Witnesses sought for Ring Road crash
Police are calling for witnesses after timber fell from a truck on the Western Ring Road in Sunshine earlier this month, causing a collision between…
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Call goes out for new custody officers
The search for 20 custody officers to join the Sunshine police station has begun. As Star Weekly revealed earlier this month, Victoria Police aims to…
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Third teen charged over fatal hit and run
UPDATE A third teenager has been charged over a fatal hit and run involving an allegedly stolen car in Taylors Lakes on Saturday morning. The Broadmeadows youth, 17, is…
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Cops score big during grand final weekend
A total of 57 driving offences were detected in Brimbank during Victoria’s first AFL grand final long weekend. Operation Scoreboard was a statewide operation running…
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Police raids uncover drugs, guns and fake cash
Five Braybrook residents and a St Albans man have been charged after drugs, firearms, counterfeit money and cash were discovered in raids as part of…
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Unsworn officers to help Sunshine police
UPDATED – Sunshine police station will be one of the first stations in the state to get custody officers from January next year, with 20 to…
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St Albans real estate director on drug charges
A veteran St Albans real estate director has been refused bail after being charged over his alleged role in a drug ring, which used 46…
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Stolen laptop with tracker leads to arrests
A laptop tracker led police to arrest three men and seize numerous firearms, ammunition, a conducted energy device (commonly known as a Taser), drugs and…
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Melton West man charged after Deer Park death
A 48-year-old Melton West man has faced court charged with the murder of a man killed in an alleged hit-run in Deer Park on Friday. Gavin…
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