Police Sieges

Seven months after a gunman killed two police officers on a nearby property, the tiny town woke to news Dezi Freeman was dead.

The best friend of slain Porepunkah detective Neal Thompson says the police shooting of fugitive gunman Dezi Freeman gives "closure", though it will not bring back his mate.

Victoria Police commissioner Mike Bush says Dezi Freeman, who has yet to be officially identified, was given an opportunity to surrender before he was shot dead.

An inquest has been told a Newcastle woman who died after being shot with a bean-bag round, threw an axe at police when they entered her home.

A man who was allegedly armed with a gun has been arrested after a tense stand-off with police that closed Dubbo's main street.

Tactical Operations police burst into the Central Coast house and opened fire on a 49-year-old armed with a sharp object who tried to set fire to an officer using an aerosol can, police say.

Police say all seven youths who escaped the Ashley Youth Detention Centre last night are now back in custody. One staff member was stabbed during the breakout.

A Queensland coroner has found two police officers who were killed by extremists were "adequately equipped" yet "no match for an ambush", as he made recommendations to prevent another tragedy.

A man has been arrested after allegedly holding three people hostage with an axe at a home on the NSW south coast. The siege lasted four hours before police stormed the home. 

A brother of three-year-old Cheryl Grimmer, who vanished in 1970, has given the man who confessed to her killing a deadline to come forward or be named.

A suburb in Sydney's inner west was plunged into lockdown overnight after the alleged gunman, Artemios Mintzas, opened fire on passing cars.

Heavily-armed tactical offers attend a property in Panania in south-west Sydney.

The Special Operations Group were there as "backup" at the scene of a fatal police shooting in Tasmania, but what happened on that day is yet to be revealed. So, what is the SOG and what part does it play in law enforcement?

The inquiry heard a security guard on duty had previously failed when tested on the two main objectives of security in an active armed offender situation.

Todd McKenzie's death is among a number of incidents behind calls by the head of the NSW Police watchdog for the force to embrace body-worn video.

Police were called to a unit in Woodbine Street in Mayfield just before 11am on Sunday. 

Victims’ families, survivors and first responders recall the 16 and a half terrifying hours which struck fear into the hearts of Australians.

It is 10 years today since a lone-wolf gunman walked into the Lindt Cafe and took 18 people hostage, demanding politicians declare Australia was under attack from Islamic State.

A Tasmanian father says he now accepts police played no role in the death of his fugitive son in 2022 — with an inquest hearing the theory originated with the operator of a Facebook news page.

A Special Operations Group officer tells a coronial inquest that allegations Tasmania Police shot a fugitive and destroyed his car with fire to destroy evidence are "absolutely incorrect".