Police

Victoria Police Acting Chief Commissioner Rick Nugent has quit

Top cop backs away just 41 days into acting role

Victoria Police’s top cop has resigned after just 41 days in the role, plunging the force into further turmoil as it grapples with soaring crime rates and leadership instability. 

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Machine guns made with a 3D printer are among firearms allegedly found in a cache by police.

Former cop charged over home-made machine gun cache

A highly sophisticated machine gun manufacturing operation has been dismantled after a former cop was busted with a cache of firearms and ammo, police say.

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Police have shared shocking new details about an alleged stabbing in Sydney after making an arrest.

Shocking family twist in Sydney alleged child stabbings

As three children, including one who is a paraplegic, remain in hospital with stab wounds, police have shared harrowing new details, confirming an arrest has now been made. WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT

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A late-night altercation in Wangaratta has left one man dead.

Man dead, woman arrested after fatal stabbing

A man has died after a stabbing incident in Victoria, with police arresting a 47-year-old woman believed to be known to the victim.

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John Singleton, who’s daughter Dawn, 25, weas killed in the Bondi massacre doesn’t want an inquest into the tragedy to go ahead.

‘There’s no point’: Bondi victim’s dad in emotional plea

Millionaire advertising executive John Singleton, the heartbroken father of Bondi stabbing victim Dawn, has made an emotional plea ahead of a planned coronial inquest into the massacre.

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Police at the scene of a crash in Rowville where two teens died.

Two Aussie teens found dead in crashed stolen car

A passerby has made the grim discovery, finding the bodies of two teenage boys in a crashed stolen car on a suburban Melbourne road.

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The elderly woman involved in the alleged hit-and-run death of a six-year-old boy has been released from police custody.

Grandma accused of killing schoolboy, 6, in hit-and-run released by cops

The woman was interviewed by police and released pending further enquiries.

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Two students are in a serious conditional in hospital after being hit by a car outside school.

Two kids in serious condition after being hit by stolen car

Two students have been rushed to hospital in a serious condition after being hit by a vehicle that is believed to have been stolen in the nation’s capital. 

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An e-bike rider has been killed after being hit by a police car.

Man dead after being hit by police car

A critical incident has been declared after an e-bike rider was hit by a police car and later died on an inner city Sydney road.

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Former senior constable Kristian White has been spared jail after fatally tasering an elderly woman. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Cop who killed great-grandmother with Taser learns fate

A police officer who fatally shot a 95-year-old woman with a stun gun has faced court for sentencing over the crime which the judge described as a ‘terrible mistake’.

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An Arizona man allegedly told the FBI he felt responsible for two Australian police deaths. (HANDOUT/QUEENSLAND POLICE)

US man 'felt responsible' for Aussie cop shooting: FBI

A US man who talked to an Australian family before and after they fatally shot two police officers later allegedly told FBI agents he added ‘fuel to the fire’.

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A child has died in a hit-and-run west of Geelong, Victoria.

Child dead after hit and run on walk to school

A child has died on their way to school after a shocking alleged hit and run on a Victorian road.

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A death has rocked the opening night of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Death rocks comedy festival opening night

The opening of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival has been rocked by a tragic incident, with a patron who attended the Allstars Supershow confirmed dead. 

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A 23-year-old man has been charged over a spate of alleged anti-Semitic graffiti attacks across the Eastern suburbs last month.

Man charged over alleged anti-Semitic graffiti attacks

Police have charged another man in their fight to combat anti-Semitic attacks across Sydney, bringing their total number of arrests to 31.  

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The AFP bungle has reportedly put undercover agents at risk of retribution from major crime figures.

Criminal informant bombshell: We know ID of undercover cops

An informant from inside a dangerous organised crime mob says they have discovered the identity of undercover Australian Federal Police officers forced into hiding after their cover was blown.

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