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Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong and Wyndham will receive 44 extra police, it was announced on Monday. The area, known as Westgate Division, received the lion’s share for the regions under Victoria Police’s allocation of 396 police to be deployed across the state over the next 12 months. Maribyrnong and Hobsons Bay will each receive 11 officers, Wyndham will get 19 and the divisional highway patrol will get three. Dandenong Division, which includes Casey, Cardinia and Greater Dandenong, will receiv...

Date Time Milestone reached as final allocation of 2729 police announced Melbourne’s north west and southern suburbs will soon see another injection of police in the community, with the latest deployment numbers announced today. Westgate Division, which includes Hobsons Bay, Maribyrnong and Wyndham Police Service Areas, will receive the lion’s share for the regions, with 44 more police set to be stationed in the area. Dandenong Division, which includes Casey, Cardinia and Greater Dandenong ...

An officer has been charged following an investigation into the alleged access of restricted data. In February this year, officers from the Professional Standards Command commenced an investigation following reports an officer had accessed restricted data on two occasions in October and November 2020. Following inquiries, a 33-year-old male senior constable was yesterday (Tuesday 27 April 2021), issued a Court Attendance Notice for cause unauthorised access to restricted data held in a computer...

Premium Content Subscriber only The case against a police officer accused of aggravated sexual assault of a teenager has been delayed as the prosecution attempts to finalise paperwork. The police officer, a 29-year old senior constable, is facing multiple charges of aggravated sexual intercourse with a child between 14-16. He was arrested in December 2020 after the Professional Standards Command (PSC) investigators established Strike Force Yalu in September to investigate alleged reports of ...

Premium Content Subscriber only A police officer who is facing charges of aggravated sexual assault of a teenager has been banned from entering two Northern Rivers towns as part of his amended bail conditions. The police officer, a 29-year old senior constable, is facing multiple charges of aggravated sexual intercourse with a child between 14-16. He was arrested in early December after the Professional Standards Command (PSC) investigators established Strike Force Yalu in September to inves...

A police officer has been charged with drug and firearm offences. In February 2021, officers from the Professional Standards Command commenced an...

Premium Content Subscriber only The case against police officer who is facing charges of aggravated sexual assault of a teenager has been delayed after paperwork was filed late, a court has heard. The police officer, a 29-year old senior constable, is facing multiple charges of aggravated sexual intercourse with a child between 14-16. He was arrested in early December after the Professional Standards Command (PSC) investigators established Strike Force Yalu in September to investigate allege...

Advertisement A man has died in police custody after he was found unresponsive in the back of a divisional van. The Keilor Downs man was taken into custody last Friday after being released from a hospital in Fitzroy, where he had come to the attention of officers after threatening self-harm, police said. Police said they took the man into custody to speak with him in relation to an investigation. On arrival at the Victoria Police Centre on Spencer Street, officers found the 30-year-old unrespon...

Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose car hit a tree and burst into flames after police deployed spike strips to try and stop him speeding away.

A new father and amateur cage fighter with a lengthy criminal rap sheet has died after he lost control of a car while fleeing from police. John Beirouti was followed after officers saw him travelling through southeast Melbourne about 3.30am on Sunday in a car which had been linked to an outstanding matter. The 43-year-old, who was known to police, refused to pull over before two of his tyres were slashed by stop sticks, sending the car spiralling out of control. He crashed into a tree, which se...