Overview

• Detective Leading Senior Constable Neal Thompson, 59, is being farewelled with full honours at the Victoria Police Academy in Glen Waverley.
• Thompson and Senior Constable Vadim de Waart-Hottart were shot while officers executed a warrant at a Porepunkah property on August 26, leaving a third officer wounded.
• The hunt for Dezi Freeman continues with hundreds of officers searching Victoria’s High Country and more than 100 properties checked without a confirmed sighting since the attack.
• Victoria Police have offered a $1 million reward for information leading to Freeman’s arrest, the state’s largest arrest-focused reward, with tips urged via Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
• Investigators say the accused gunman is believed to be heavily armed and was last seen in dark green clothing and brown Blundstone boots, with no evidence he is being aided by a specific person.