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Emergency service crews attend a vehicle rollover on Friday afternoon.

CRASH UPDATEPremiumTeenage rollover victim lucky to be alive say traffic police

A teenage driver is lucky to be alive after rolling his car on Chester Pass Road on Friday, with police warning the crash could easily have been fatal.

Melissa Sheil

A masked person was captured on CCTV smashing the front of tobacconist and perfume shop Candy Station with a hammer before the business was set alight.

CRIMEVideoPremiumFears tobacco wars have hit WA after string of shootings

The tentacles of Melbourne’s bloody tobacco wars have hit WA with police fearing a rapid number of drive-by shootings and arson attacks could result in an innocent person being killed.

Caleb Runciman

Son saves father from brutal home invasion.

VIC NewsHeroic son restrains home invader after being stabbed

A man was repeatedly stabbed after confronting a violent intruder who had broken into his father’s home and was assaulting the 84-year-old resident.

Madeline Cove

Eamon Flanagan, detective acting superintendent officer-in-charge of serious and organised crime, is appealing to the public for any information or footage on two targeted shootings at Smoke Station, Cannington, on August 9 and 10. Pictured during a press conference at Police Headquarters.

CrimePremiumDetectives investigating third Perth shooting in two days

Police say it is too early to tell whether two shootings at the same Cannington smoke shop over the weekend are linked to a third shooting in Ballajura.

Georgia Campion

A 27-year-old security guard was unharmed following a second shooting in Cannington in the early hours of Sunday morning.

CrimeBullets fired again near busy Perth shopping centre

Detectives believe a second gun incident in Cannington near a busy Perth shopping centre in the early hours of Sunday morning is related to a similar shooting on Saturday.

Georgia Campion

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Bullets fired near busy shopping centre in Perth

Police said two rounds of ammunition were fired, piercing a metal roller shutter and a glass window.

Caitlin Vinci

The incident unfolded early Friday morning when police received reports a man was found with serious injuries,

Courts and CrimePremiumTwo men charged after man hit by car in northern suburbs

The Friday morning incident left a man hospitalised with serious injuries.

Hannah Cross

A man has died of critical head injuries in the carpark outside The Local House Bar and Grill in Cockburn.

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Homicide squad investigates death of man in Cockburn

Homicide squad detectives are investigating the suspicious death of a man after he was found critically injured in a carpark.

Caitlin Vinci and Hannah Cross

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CrimePremiumMan found seriously injured on road in coastal Perth suburb

The man was found at 5.30am and rushed to Royal Perth Hospital.

Jessica Evensen

Crews work to free the trapped teenager from his rolled car on Willyung Road.

Albany AdvertiserCommentsPremiumTeenager freed from car after rollover near Albany

Emergency service crews successfully freed a teenager who was trapped in his vehicle after it rolled on Chester Pass Road near Albany on Friday afternoon.

Melissa Sheil

Premier Roger Cook, Police Minister Reece Whitby and Police Commissioner Col Blanch have officially opened the new Baldivis Police Station.

WA NewsCommentsBaldivis police station hailed ‘as best in the country’

Perth’s newest state of the art police station in Baldivis has celebrated its official opening.

Oliver Lane

WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch said the statistics revealed by the West Australian were the tip of the iceberg.

WA NewsPremiumTop cop’s concerning admission about record-high DV rates

Col Blanch says the shocking DV statistics revealed by the West Australian are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’, claiming there is another number the community should be concerned about.

Oliver Lane and Shannon Hampton

Pet Detective Mick Buckley with Jessie the Border Collie.

PolicePremiumThe determination that turned cop into Perth’s pet detector

Former WA Police senior detective Mick Buckley has been reuniting West Australians with their beloved fur babies for more than four decades.

Jessica Evensen

A man in his 60s is in hospital after his Mirrabooka home was engulfed by flames early this morning while he was still inside.

EmergencyCommentsPremiumPerth man pulled from burning home overnight, police injured

A man in his 60s is in hospital after his home was engulfed by flames early this morning while he was still inside.

Caitlin Vinci

Whereabouts Sought - David Craig SLATER

PolicePolice hunt for Perth man who removed his ankle monitor

The public has been warned not to approach Mr Slater if spotted, and instead contact the police immediately.

Police commissioner Col Blanch told a Parliament that he didn’t want unlicensed high-powered e-scooters and motorbikes on the streets.

PoliceCommentsPremiumCol Blanch calls for crackdown on illegal e-scooters

WA’s top cop has called for restricted access to high-powered electric vehicles as pressure mounts on the Federal Government to crack down on their importation. 

Caleb Runciman

Col Blanch says he accepts the findings of a coroner who found police failed to respond quickly enough to a call for help before a Perth woman was murdered by her estranged husband

Courts & JusticePremium‘We get it wrong’: Top cop on Lynn Cannon murder findings

Col Blanch says he accepts the findings of a coroner who found police failed to respond quickly enough to a call for help before a Perth woman was murdered by her estranged husband.

Caitlin Vinci

Gary Edward Fitzgerald.

Courts & JusticePremiumCop’s trial abandoned as prosecutors drop ‘authority’ case

A former Fremantle police officer who had a sexual relationship with a teenager he met on the job more than two decades ago has had charges against him dropped after his trial got underway.

Rebecca Le May

First Class Constable Charlotte Coultate and Sergeant Lorena Morris with the collection box and a number of donated phones.

DV SAFE PHONESCampaign sparks donation inundation to DV victims

Less than two months after they kicked off a media campaign, officers in the Great Southern Family Violence team have been inundated with donated mobile phones for victims of domestic violence.

Melissa Sheil

Detective Acting Inspector Jessica Securo.

PoliceCommentsPremiumCops plead for info as WA records hundreds of missing people

WA’s top homicide cop says her ‘heart goes out’ to the families of the 367 people who vanished in the State as police pledge to investigate ‘every bit of information’ related to their disappearances.

Caleb Runciman

Krissy Barrett has been announced as the first female commissioner of the Australian Federal Police.

Federal PoliticsCommentsShock resignation paves way for first female AFP boss

Reece Kershaw’s shock resignation as Australian Federal Police commissioner has paved the way for the force’s first female boss, Krissy Barrett, who brings a strong focus on counter terrorism and espionage.

Katina Curtis

Local members of the National Socialist Network took to a road bridge above the Kwinana Freeway earlier this month. 

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Perth neo-nazis probed over Kwinana Freeway protest

A group of masked neo-nazis are being investigated by police after they staged a protest on a Perth freeway calling for ‘mass deportation’.

Caleb Runciman

Police are investigate an incident at an Albany gym after a man threatened staff and damaged property.

CRIMEPremiumPolice say man made threats with pole in Albany gym incident

Albany detectives are investigating a serious violence incident at a popular Albany gym on Wednesday, where a man threatened people with a wooden pole and smashed a glass door. 

Melissa Sheil and Jacki Elezovich

James Robert Reynolds died in a crash east of Coral Bay on Sunday morning. ` Unknown

CRIMEPremiumREVEALED: Identity of driver killed in tragic crash

A Scotsman and former Royal Marine who moved to WA last year has been revealed as the young driver who died in a crash near Coral Bay.

Caleb Runciman

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