Media releases
In this section you will find the latest news on arrests, missing persons, seizures and crimes committed and solved in the ACT.
Subscribe and receive email alerts when new media releases are published.
If you are looking for an archived media release or have a media enquiry, please email ACT Policing's Media Team or phone (02) 5126 9070.
Find a media release
Three in custody in relation to an alleged aggravated robbery
Publish date: 04:54PM - 28 February 2018Three people are assisting ACT Policing after they were taken into custody in relation to an alleged aggravated robbery that occurred today (28 February 2018).
MORE 
Police seeking witnesses to aggravated robbery in Ainslie
Publish date: 08:47AM - 28 February 2018ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery that occurred in the Ainslie Football Club car park yesterday (Tuesday, 27 February 2018).
MORE 
Man driving with unrestrained children fined over $2000 and 12 demerit points
Publish date: 12:19PM - 27 February 2018ACT Policing has issued a driver with five infringement notices for driving with unrestrained children.
MORE 
Man arrested following family violence incident
Publish date: 08:31AM - 27 February 2018A 28-year-old man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning (Tuesday, 27 February 2018), following a family violence incident.
MORE 
Update Five – Suspicious House Fire in Bonner
Publish date: 05:19PM - 26 February 2018ACT Policing’s investigation into a suspicious fire which occurred at a residence in Bonner on Monday, 19 February 2018 is continuing.
MORE 
Media Advisory: note to journalists
Publish date: 02:33PM - 26 February 2018ACT Policing will provide an update into the investigation regarding a suspicious fire which occurred at a residence in Bonner on Monday, 19 February 2018.
MORE 
Witnesses sought to road rage incident in Braddon
Publish date: 10:18AM - 26 February 2018ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a road rage incident that occurred on Lonsdale Street, Braddon on Saturday (24 February 2018).
MORE Man arrested for intimate image abuse
Publish date: 08:45AM - 26 February 2018A 47-year-old Gordon man will face the ACT Magistrate’s Court today (Monday, 26 February 2018) for intimate image abuse.
MORE 
Police investigate fatal collision in Palmerston
Publish date: 11:59AM - 25 February 2018ACT Policing is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in Palmerston on Friday, 23 February 2018, in which a child has died.
MORE Police investigating aggravated robbery in Mawson
Publish date: 09:58AM - 24 February 2018ACT Policing is investigating an aggravated robbery that occurred at the Caltex Woolworths petrol station in Mawson last night (Friday, 23 February 2018).
MORE Second man charged with murder of Eden Waugh
Publish date: 08:54AM - 24 February 2018A 22-year-old Ainslie man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Saturday, 24 February 2018) charged with the murder of 37-year-old Eden Waugh in 2016.
MORE Media advisory - Note to journalists
Publish date: 06:49PM - 23 February 2018ACT Policing’s Criminal Investigations team has today charged a second man in relation to the 2016 murder of Eden Waugh in Wats
MORE Update (4) - Suspicious house fire in Bonner
Publish date: 04:28PM - 23 February 2018ACT Policing’s investigation into a suspicious fire which occurred at a residence in Bonner on Monday, 19 February 2018 is cont
MORE Careless driver issued fines totalling $726.00
Publish date: 02:21PM - 23 February 2018About 7.55am this morning (Friday, 23 February 2018) a driver overtook an unmarked police vehicle on Parkes Way, Russell. It is alleged the woman was talking on her mobile phone (and speeding) while a young child was also in the back seat of the vehicle.
MORE 
Police seek witnesses to violent assault in Civic
Publish date: 12:37PM - 23 February 2018ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a violent assault in Civic on Saturday 17 February 2018.
MORE