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
Seven charges for man on bail and subject to good behaviour order
Publish date: 08:54AM - 26 October 2022A 41-year-old Bonner man has been charged with seven offences including possession of stolen property and driving while disqualified following his arrest in Bruce yesterday.
MORE 
UPDATE - Police seek public assistance to locate missing woman Emma Meneghel - FOUND
Publish date: 04:30PM - 25 October 2022Great news Canberra - Emma has been found safe and well.
MORE 
Operation Pyrite alleged offender receives further charges
Publish date: 12:43PM - 25 October 2022A 56-year-old man has had additional sexual assault charges laid against him following an eighth alleged child victim speaking with police.
MORE UPDATE - Have you seen Jayden - FOUND
Publish date: 12:18PM - 25 October 2022Great news Canberra - Jayden has been located safe and well.
MORE 
New footage released to assist investigation into February hit and run fatality
Publish date: 01:17PM - 24 October 2022ACT Policing’s Major Collision Team is releasing new information and dash-cam footage in the hope the public can assist with the investigation into the death of a pedestrian in February.
MORE 
Drink driver caught twice in two hours
Publish date: 10:31AM - 24 October 2022A 24-year-old Latham man has been caught drink driving twice in one night by police on Sunday morning.
MORE 
Kaleen collision brings ACT road toll to 18
Publish date: 08:56AM - 23 October 2022A 24-year-old man has died following a single vehicle collision in Kaleen last night (Saturday, 22 October 2022).
MORE Operation TORIC extradites NSW man to face ACT Magistrates Court
Publish date: 08:13AM - 17 October 2022Operation TORIC officers have extradited and charged a 30-year-old man who it will be alleged committed vehicle offences in the ACT before returning to his NSW residence.
MORE 
UPDATE: Triple fatality brings road toll to 17
Publish date: 06:03PM - 16 October 2022ACT Policing can now confirm the fatalities from yesterday’s collision in Whitlam were that of a 61-year-old man, a 54-year-old woman, and a 21-year-old man. All three were Bangladeshi nationals in Australia on tourist visas.
MORE 
Man faces 37 charges for multiple offences
Publish date: 10:16AM - 15 October 2022A 45-year-old Crace man will face the ACT Magistrates court today (Saturday, 15 October 2022) after he was charged with 37 offences relating to multiple burglaries over the past month.
MORE 
Project Safe Plate on tomorrow in Woden
Publish date: 01:54PM - 14 October 2022ACT Policing will be holding Project Safe Plate tomorrow in Woden - with the aim of reducing number-plate theft by providing free tamper-proof screws to motorists.
MORE Disqualified driver apprehended following Evatt collision
Publish date: 08:37AM - 14 October 2022A 28-year-old Franklin man will face the ACT Magistrates Court this morning after being arrested by Operation TORIC members yesterday (Thursday, 13 October 2022).
MORE 
Sydney man extradited a second time to face assault charges
Publish date: 08:18AM - 14 October 2022A 35-year-old Kings Langley (NSW) man has been extradited for a second time to face serious assault charges following a February 2022 incident at Exhibition Park in Canberra (EPIC).
MORE 
Can you identify these people?
Publish date: 01:53PM - 12 October 2022ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance to identify three people who allegedly assaulted a woman and damaged property in Acton on Tuesday, 4 October 2022.
MORE Three more arrested by Operation TORIC
Publish date: 11:50AM - 12 October 2022A 35-year-old man who was subject to an intensive corrections order and a 28-year-old woman will face court today charged with multiple offences following a fail to stop incident in Fyshwick yesterday (Tuesday, 11 October 2022).
MORE