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Police target anti-social driving in October
Publish date: 11:42AM - 07 October 2015ACT Policing is targeting anti-social driving during October and urges the public to report incidents of burnouts, street racin
MORE Man to face court for assault following citizens arrest
Publish date: 10:32AM - 05 October 2015A 20-year-old Lyons man will face court following an assault in Phillip yesterday afternoon (Sunday 4 October).
MORE Weapons seized in Red Hill
Publish date: 09:00AM - 04 October 2015ACT Policing has seized weapons following a search warrant in Red Hill on Friday (2 October).
MORE Police respond to suspicious package
Publish date: 04:00PM - 03 October 2015ACT Policing responded to a suspicious package found in Garema place today (Saturday, 3 October).
MORE Witnesses sought to hit and run in Monash
Publish date: 09:00AM - 03 October 2015ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to a collision between a vehicle and a pedestrian near the intersection of Barraclough Cresce
MORE Double demerits this Labour Day long weekend
Publish date: 10:02AM - 02 October 2015ACT Policing is reminding motorists that double demerit points will be in effect this long weekend (Friday 2 to Monday 5 Octobe
MORE Police operations at two City hotels
Publish date: 04:00PM - 30 September 2015ACT Policing is responding to two reports of unsubstantiated ransom requests directed to the Novotel and Pavilion hotels today
MORE Off duty police member apprehends armed robber
Publish date: 08:07AM - 28 September 2015An off duty police member has apprehended a 39-year-old Kambah woman following an armed robbery at the BSW Liquor Store at Wool
MORE Police describe actions of drink-driver as ‘reckless’
Publish date: 10:12AM - 27 September 2015ACT Policing has described the actions of a 33-year-old Gowrie woman as ‘reckless’ after her vehicle, with two children inside,
MORE Police seek witnesses to aggravated robbery in Calwell
Publish date: 08:59AM - 27 September 2015ACT Policing Criminal Investigation detectives are investigating an aggravated robbery that occurred at the Woolworths store in
MORE Man to face court following burglaries
Publish date: 10:52AM - 26 September 2015ACT Policing has charged a 22-year-old Conder man following two burglaries in Nicholls and Conder and an attempted burglary in
MORE National Police Remembrance Day to honour fallen officers
Publish date: 04:25PM - 25 September 2015ACT Policing will join with police across the country to commemorate fallen police officers during National Police Remembrance
MORE Drivers urged to stay safe over long weekend
Publish date: 03:53PM - 25 September 2015ACT Policing is urging Canberra drivers to stay safe over the Family and Community Day long weekend, when police will be conduc
MORE ‘Big Red’ to deliver child safety messages from capital to coast
Publish date: 09:00AM - 25 September 2015The Daniel Morcombe Foundation’s ‘Big Red’ truck will feature in the inaugural ‘Capital to the Coast’ tour next month (October)
MORE Police seek witnesses to assault in Richardson
Publish date: 02:15PM - 23 September 2015ACT Policing is calling for witnesses who may have seen an assault which took place in Richardson on Sunday (20 September).
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