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Man charged with multiple offences
Publish date: 09:53AM - 20 March 2020ACT Policing’s Territory Targeting Team arrested a 26-year-old man yesterday (Thursday, 19 March 2020) following a series of serious offences in recent days.
MORE ACT Policing is committed to policing our community
Publish date: 07:34AM - 20 March 2020ACT Policing officers will continue to keep the Canberra community safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MORE Police seek witnesses to Conder carpark assault
Publish date: 10:00AM - 19 March 2020ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an assault of a woman in a shopping centre carpark on Sidney Nolan Street in Conder about 11.30am yesterday (Wednesday, 18 March 2020).
MORE Random breath testing in the ACT during COVID19
Publish date: 02:34PM - 17 March 2020ACT Policing uses a targeted, intelligence led approach to deter, detect and remove impaired drivers from our roads. This approach will continue during the response to COVID-19.
MORE ACT Police Exhibit Management Centre temporary closure
Publish date: 10:52AM - 15 March 2020ACT Policing’s Exhibit Management Centre will be closed tomorrow for two days.
MORE Three teenagers arrested after abandoning stolen vehicle
Publish date: 10:13AM - 15 March 2020Three teenagers will be summonsed to appear at the ACT Children’s Court in relation to stealing a motor vehicle.
MORE Man charged with nine offences
Publish date: 09:12AM - 14 March 2020A 26-year-old man will appear in the ACT Magistrates’ Court this morning (Saturday, 14 March 2020) charged with nine offences including several relating to stolen motor vehicles.
MORE Witnesses sought to city traffic incidents
Publish date: 08:13AM - 13 March 2020ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a series of traffic incidents that occurred yesterday afternoon (Thursday, 12 March 2020).
MORE Police exercise in Belconnen tonight
Publish date: 05:34PM - 12 March 2020ACT Policing and partner agencies will conduct a training exercise between 6.30pm and midnight tonight (Thursday 12 March 2020) in the Belconnen area.
MORE Police seek witnesses and footage of Tuggeranong Parkway road rage incident
Publish date: 03:41PM - 12 March 2020ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage following a road rage incident yesterday (Wednesday, 11 March 2020).
MORE AFP to scrutinise telecommunications requests
Publish date: 01:06PM - 12 March 2020PwC Australia has been commissioned to conduct an independent audit into requests to telecommunications carriers made by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) under Section 180(2) of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 (Cwlth) (the Act).
MORE Police seek witnesses and footage following Chisholm robbery
Publish date: 02:42PM - 11 March 2020About 4am today (Wednesday, 11 March 2020), ACT Policing responded to a report of a robbery at the BP Service Station in Chisholm.
MORE Woman to face court on drug trafficking charges
Publish date: 09:57AM - 11 March 2020A 27-year-old Fraser woman will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning (Wednesday, 11 March 2020) on drug charges including trafficking.
MORE Be alert to vulnerable road users
Publish date: 12:04PM - 10 March 2020ACT Policing is targeting driver behaviour risking the safety vulnerable road users as part its traffic focus for March.
MORE Police seek footage following Northbourne Avenue collision overnight
Publish date: 09:46AM - 09 March 2020ACT Policing is seeking dash-cam footage following a collision between a pedestrian and a car overnight (Monday, 9 March 2020) in Lyneham.
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