A WA-made documentary about a specialist police team working in the multicultural community of Mirrabooka will screen nationally tonight on SBS from 8.30pm. Behind the Blue Line includes police ‘reality’ scenes including executing arrest warrants, drug busts and a dramatic car chase, but also gives viewers an insight into the WA Police’s Multicultural Unit. […]
WA Police will march in uniform at the Pride Parade on Saturday night. It’s the first time Western Australian officers have been given permission to wear their uniforms in the parade. Officer from the WA Police force have taken part in the parade in previous years, but until now have had to appear in plain […]
A Perth man has been threatened with incarceration and sexual assault after he swore at police. John Martin, 24, was stopped by police for failing to wear a helmet when riding his bicycle on a footpath in Forrestfield on Tuesday afternoon. Martin filmed part of his interaction with the officers on his mobile phone and […]
A new trans* and intersex inclusive search policy has been gazetted for WA Police. The Transgender and Intersex Search Policy is designed to guide police officers in making appropriate decisions when conducting basic or strip searches with people who are trans or intersex or whose gender is unclear. Under the Crimes Investigation Act, unless conducted […]
