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Three children questioned by police over damaging fire at Townsville's AstarA dance studio

A Queensland dance teacher watched her AstarA dance studio burn after it was allegedly set alight by three children on an overnight crime spree in Townsville.

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Qld Police Drops Documentary On Youth Crime, Accidentally Exposes Own Potentially Unlawful Acts

Footage of cops handcuffing kids appears to show officers violating the police manual.

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Queensland police's new youth crime documentary may show officers violating police manual rules, advocate says

In a new half-hour film designed to show the challenges of policing youth offenders, more than 20 shots of children appear in handcuffs. Critics say using this level of force is excessive.

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Elderly Rockhampton man Peter Roach an in-patient prior to disappearance

Queensland Police are continuing a search for Peter Roach, 80, who is non-verbal and has a medical condition that can make him confused. He left the local hospital Sunday afternoon. Search efforts have failed to locate him.

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Man in custody after death of young mother in Queensland

Queensland Police have arrested a man following a police pursuit as part of a murder investigation into the death of a woman found stabbed in Caboolture.

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Man accused of murdering woman in 'horrific' stabbing

Queensland Police have charged a man with domestic violence-related murder after a woman's stabbing death prompted a police pursuit on the Bruce Highway.

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Police recruitment crisis putting officers and community 'at risk'

Australia is experiencing a shortage of police officers, with some states embarking on overseas recruitment drives and one state trying to sign people up at football games.

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Queensland police cleared to use banned ‘sleeper’ chokehold

Queensland police have been cleared to use a controversial and potentially deadly chokehold after being challenged by union officials.

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Queensland Police look to poach new recruits from interstate and overseas

In an effort to bolster Queensland's police numbers, a new recruitment drive will offer a "significant increase" in wages and help you pay off some of your HECS debt.

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Search for missing paddler in Torres Strait scaled down

Water and air searches for Denne Bourke will continue but shoreline searches will end, five days after he was last seen between Thursday and Horn islands.

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Family of man shot dead by police question why they weren't called in to help

Desley Ketchup believes her son might still be alive if police had let her or his siblings speak to him during a siege. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of people who have died.

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Queensland police sergeant shot in calf by fellow officer during live-fire exercise

A Queensland police sergeant has been shot by a colleague during a live-fire exercise at Childers, in regional Queensland.

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Qld police brass back officers involved in fatal Townsville shooting

Senior Queensland police are confident officers involved in the shooting death of a man in Townsville acted appropriately.

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Probe under way after man shot dead by police

The Ethical Standards Command is investigating after Queensland police shot dead a man in Townsville, with the force confident officers acted appropriately.

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Queensland Police announce new role for retired officers to 'bolster the frontline' but not in senior roles

The Queensland Police Service has announced it will allow retired officers to return to the front lines under a new relief pool — but an experienced detective says they are shutting out experienced officers.

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'Items of interest' found in search for Lesley Trotter

Queensland police have found several "items of interest" at a Brisbane landfill site in their search for the body of Lesley Trotter, who went missing in March.

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Mother's car with baby inside stolen from Yeppoon car park

Police say the thief drove off in the vehicle while the mother was packing the boot, but soon returned to demand the baby be removed.

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A machete, knives and a knuckleduster seized in Queensland knife crackdown

A new law gives Queensland police the power to stop and scan people for knives in some public places, and what they found in a weekend blitz is concerning.

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ABSTUDY students allege mistreatment in government-run scheme

Providers from government-run hostels to elite boarding schools share in more than $170 million per year in ABSTUDY funding to support First Nations children going to high school away from home, however, stories of alleged abuse indicate better oversight is needed.

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Search continues for missing Queensland fisherman

Police will continue their search for a fisherman missing at sea for two nights after a boat capsized off the central Queensland coast.

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Search continues for man missing at sea in Queensland

A 42 year old fisherman is still missing while two others were rescued after a boat capsize off the coast of Mackay.

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Desperate search for man missing in Coral Sea

Emergency crews are scouring the sea off Mackay for a fisherman who has been missing in the ocean since late Thursday.

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Queensland police ban the use of chokeholds in arrests, last jurisdiction in Australia to do so

The ban comes after the death of two men in the last five years, who were subject to a chokehold during their arrests.

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Queensland police banned from using 'sleeper' chokehold

A Queensland Police decision to ban a controversial chokehold often applied during difficult arrests has been challenged by union officials.

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Reward offered in Indigenous mother's disappearance

A $500,000 reward for information to solve a young mother's disappearance in the remote Cape York is on the table.

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