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• Qld cops aim high with signal jamming drone guns

  ​Queensland cops will be armed with signal jamming guns to down drones at the XXI Commonwealth Games this April.

• ​Qld cop charged after QPS database breach

  A Queensland police constable has been charged for the alleged breach of the Queensland Police Service’s (QPS) Qprime database system, and the disclosure of confidential information.

• Cybercrime reporting site launches in Australia

  Australians who have fallen victim to cybercrime will be able to report the incident online via a new site called the Australian Cybercrime Online Reporting Network (ACORN).

• Drones could prove useful for high risk situations: Queensland Police Service

  Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have the potential to help the Queensland Police Service (QPS) with situations such as sieges or industrial fires where officers’ lives could be put at risk, according to QPS Superintendent Brian Huxley.

• Queensland Police Service lags behind in IT: report

  A review by former Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Mick Keelty of the Queensland Police Service (QPS) has found that its ICT is “significantly behind” other policing agencies in Australia.

• Police, Health big winners in Queensland ICT budget spend

  The Queensland Police Service (QPS) has been allocated funding for a technology refresh program in the 2013-14 budget.

• AusCERT 2013: Police urge banks to install ATM chip technology

  Australians will continue to be ripped off by international crime syndicates unless banks fast track the rollout of ATM chip technology, according to Queensland Police Detective Superintendent Brian Hay.

• Queensland Police Service seeking new radar guns

  The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is looking for a supplier of light detection and ranging (LIDAR) speed detection devices as part of a state-wide speed management program, according to tender documents published this month.
  

• QLD Police Service expands records management capabilities

  Queensland Police Service (QPS) has ramped up its records management capabilities with the expanded roll out to 2000 users of ASX listed Objective’s (ASX:OCL) records management solution.