Police and Emergencies

  • Ex-policeman stands by hit-run claims

    FORMER Colac policeman Peter Goonan has stood by claims of police involvement in the 1976 hit-run death of Hugh Wilson.

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  • WILSON INQUEST: Police car repaired “on the quiet”

    A PANEL shop worker has told an inquest he repaired a damaged police car “on the quiet” around the time a war veteran died in a hit-and-run crash.

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  • Sleeper thefts railroad track work

    V-LINE authorities are baffled after discovering 15,000 kilograms of sleepers missing from Colac district railway tracks.

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  • Coastal speedsters disappoint police

    AN Apollo Bay police officer says he is disappointed motorists continue to speed at a coastal “hot spot”.

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  • Police nab drug-runners in Colac

    Police have arrested two alleged Colac drug-runners with 100 ecstasy pills and a “significant amount” of the drugs ice and speed.

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  • Children with lighter start school fire

    Police say two children caused $300 damage when they allegedly lit a fire at a Colac primary school.

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  • Media pack will descend on Colac

    A media pack is set to descend on Colac next week when a coronial inquest into the death of Colac’s Hugh Wilson begins.

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  • Police investigate car theft

    Police are investigating the theft of a car they found burnt at Winchelsea.

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