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Coroner to examine death of man injured in crash with police car We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement A coroner is set to examine the manner of driving and actions of a police officer in the minutes before he collided with a vehicle during a Mornington Peninsula pursuit, injuring an elderly man who later died. Senior Sergeant Stephen Burt from Frankston police station was driving one of two police cars involved in the pursuit of a silver Holden Commodore, which was alleged to have been connected to serious offence...

A caller to radio station 3AW said police gave the man "every opportunity to stop" before he was shot.

Police say a 31-year-old man allegedly involved in a carjacking produced an "edged weapon" shortly before he was fatally shot by officers in the Gippsland town of Drouin this morning.

Police have shot dead a man wielding a knife following reports of an armed carjacking in Victoria’s east.

Premium Content Subscriber only Threats have been made aginst a serving police officer, who is facing charges of aggravated sexual assault of a teenager, a court hearing has been told. Magistrate Jeff Linden granted the policeman bail yesterday based on these threats and serious concerns about his safety if he remained in custody. The bail application was originally set for Lismore local court last Wednesday but was adjourned to allow the reading of a 90-page interview transcript. The crown submitted to the court the applicant posed an "unacceptable risk" if he was granted bail, after all...