Overview

• Queensland Police Service made public body-worn camera video of an officer and police dog tracking three teenagers hiding on a Cairns school roof on August 12
• The juveniles, aged 13, 15 and 16, were taken into custody for unlawful use of a motor vehicle and related property offences
• The clip highlights a ‘borderless policing’ strategy that shares resources across districts and combines intelligence-led tactics with overt and covert patrols
• During the week of intensified enforcement, officers charged over 100 individuals with 482 offences including vehicle thefts, break-ins and robberies
• Chief Superintendent Kevin Fitzgibbon described the initial results as promising and vowed to sustain heightened patrols to safeguard the community