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
Second vehicle identified following fatal Adelaide Avenue collision
Publish date: 11:28AM - 11 July 2024ACT Policing has confirmed details of a second vehicle believed to have picked up two people involved in a fatal collision on Adelaide Avenue in April, 2024.
MORE 
ACT Policing launch City Safe campaign
Publish date: 01:01PM - 10 July 2024ACT Policing has launched a City Safe Campaign to address criminal and anti-social behaviour in the City and immediate surrounds.
MORE 
Man facing additional charges following alleged sexual assault and forcible confinement
Publish date: 10:10AM - 10 July 2024A 44-year-old Lyneham man will be charged with an additional 34 offences after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman he had forcibly confined.
MORE Witnesses sought to arson attack in Gungahlin
Publish date: 02:29PM - 09 July 2024ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an arson attack that occurred at a barber shop in Gungahlin over the weekend.
MORE 
High range speeders detected in Gilmore and Fyshwick
Publish date: 08:02AM - 07 July 2024ACT Policing is reminding drivers there is no valid reason for speeding after two motorists were caught travelling at high speeds earlier in the week.
MORE 
UPDATE AFP member charged
Publish date: 10:02AM - 06 July 2024An additional charge of attempted murder has been laid today (Monday 8 July, 2024) in relation to this incident.
MORE 
Police seeking witnesses to Drakeford Drive collision
Publish date: 01:39PM - 05 July 2024ACT Policing is seeking witnesses and dash-cam footage of a two-vehicle collision on Drakeford Drive yesterday morning.
MORE 
Woman to face court for family violence offences
Publish date: 09:21AM - 05 July 2024A 34-year-old woman from Forrest will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Friday, 5 July 2024) charged with a number of family violence offences.
MORE 
Second man arrested in relation to violent home invasion
Publish date: 09:20AM - 03 July 2024An 18-year-old NSW man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today after allegedly taking part in a violent home invasion where the residents were stabbed several times.
MORE 
Calls for witnesses to alleged road rage incident
Publish date: 11:17AM - 02 July 2024ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an alleged road rage incident that occurred on Caswell Drive last month.
MORE Man to face court following Lyneham pub robbery
Publish date: 12:25PM - 01 July 2024A 31-year-old Curtin man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today (Monday, 1 July 2024) charged over a robbery at a Lyneham pub over the weekend.
MORE 
UPDATE Police investigate targeted property damage incidents in Isaacs
Publish date: 10:25AM - 29 June 2024ACT Policing is releasing a further CCTV image to identify an offender in relation to targeted property damage incidents in Isaacs.
MORE 
Police seek witnesses to statue theft from Botanic Gardens
Publish date: 08:16AM - 29 June 2024ACT Policing is seeking the public’s assistance to identify those responsible for the theft of the Sir Jospeh Banks memorial sculpture at the Australian National Botanic Gardens earlier this week.
MORE 
ACT Policing forms new High-Risk Domestic and Family Violence Investigation Unit
Publish date: 12:45PM - 28 June 2024ACT Policing’s family and domestic violence response will be enhanced with the creation of a new High-Risk Domestic and Family Violence Investigation Unit.
MORE 
Stolen property recovered and man charged following Gungahlin burglaries
Publish date: 09:21AM - 28 June 2024ACT Policing has charged a 31-year-old man with several offences and recovered stolen property following a series of burglaries in Gungahlin.
MORE