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Carroll was born in the police station at Woombye, Queensland, [2] on 8 July 1888, the son of Patrick Carroll and Margaret (née McGrath). [3] Patrick Carroll was then a country policeman who rose to the rank of inspector and retired after 44 years of service.
The Australian Federal Police [52] and the New Zealand Police [53] sent their condolences, as did the Queensland Police Union [54] which subsequently announced plans to purchase the property, to serve as a memorial for the fallen officers and to prevent the site from "falling into the wrong hands".
In 1905 he was promoted to chief inspector of police. Urquhart again had a leading role in crushing striking unionists during the 1912 Brisbane general strike, the first mass strike of its kind in Australia. Urquhart mustered 2,000 police officers and special constables to attack a group of 15,000 striking workers.
In 1900, Douglas was transferred to Brisbane to be the chief inspector for the Queensland Police [25] and while in this position, Douglas took on the role of Acting Queensland Police Commissioner on four occasions. [26] Douglas retired from the Queensland Police in 1905, when he returned to England. He died on 5 February 1914, near Portsmouth.
On Wednesday, the Met Police confirmed four of its officers were under investigation for misconduct in relation to a complaint Ms Holm made against Cooper for assault in April 2023, as first ...
A Queensland Police officer in standard uniform. The Queensland Police Service has two classes of uniformed personnel: police officers ('sworn' and 'unsworn'), [a] and staff members (public servants, including police liaison officers, watchhouse officers, protective services officers and pipes and drums musicians). Both classes wear the same ...
In late 1975 then-Inspector Lewis was transferred to Charleville, at the same time Tony Murphy was posted to Longreach.However, with Queensland Premier Joh Bjelke-Petersen was unhappy with Commissioner Whitrod, he made two trips to Charleville in March and May 1976 to talk with Lewis, who had been mentioned to him as a possible future commissioner. [8]
A pair of Detroit police officers responding to a 911 call arrived at a house around 2:30 p.m. when they encountered their 45-year-old colleague, wearing a police uniform and armed with a high ...