Our Specialist Operations Unit are home to some of our most highly skilled officers, who work relentlessly every day to protect the public and keep our communities safe. The unit includes our Firearms and Marine Policing teams, and as part of our ongoing development, these officers will now be working side by side delivering water based patrols across the force area using both our watercraft and our boats. This enhanced training means officers can respond more effectively to incidents in coastal

Northern Drugs and Firearms Unit, Criminal Investigation Branch and Taskforce Viper have together seized 36 firearms, $45,000 in cash and quantities of ice, cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis through targeted operations across the North in the past 30 days. During that period members of Northern Taskforce Viper have arrested 45 people and charged them with more than 426 separate offences – with charges relating to firearms, drugs, burglary, assault, stealing, and family violence. We know drugs and il