Police and Emergencies

  • Forrest resident seeks police petition support

    A Forrest resident is urging Victorians to sign a petition and save one-person police stations around the state.

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  • Law change concerns ex-cop

    Being drunk in a public place will no longer be a criminal offence from Melbourne Cup Day but a local retired police sergeant says this leaves police with their hands tied.

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  • SAFETY PLEA: Drivers risking lives on Colac district roads

    Emergency service workers are pleading with the public to drive safely after four serious crashes and five drivers caught travelling up to 174 kilometres an hour on Colac district roads.

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  • Colac joyride over for teens

    Police have arrested and charged two Colac 14-year-old boys who stole a ute and drove erratically through Colac’s CBD, before flipping it and fleeing the scene of the accident.

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  • Alarming high-speed roadtrip

    Colac district police have charged a Melbourne woman who they caught driving 48 kilometres above the speed limit with an unrestrained child in the backseat.

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  • Stolen ute crashes on Cants Road

    Two male offenders have fled the scene of a crash in Colac after they flipped a stolen ute.

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  • Cumberland River camper theft arrest

    An Avalon man is in custody facing multiple charges over the theft of a campervan at Cumberland River while two people slept inside.

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  • Bin fire damages van at Lorne park

    Detectives are investigating an intentional fire that damaged a van at Lorne this month.

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