Complaints about bad language and bullying are just some of the reasons for disciplinary actions against some Southern district police officers.

A senior Queensland police officer has described the killing of eight children in a Cairns home as one of the most tragic events the service has had to deal with.

NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has revealed his wife and daughter were inside the Lindt cafe at Martin Place just before Monday's siege.

Two police recruits have been stood down from police college after a number of alleged bullying incidents.

An incident in Auckland on Sunday shows that, sooner rather than later, firearms locked in police cars will prove too far away to save lives.

A former air force sergeant and several former volunteer firefighters are among 78 new police constables about to hit the beat.

A senior officer in the police area where hundreds of burglaries disappeared from official crime statistics says his former boss and colleagues have been "hung out to dry".

A police prosecutor who used methamphetamine and posted photographs of his drug use online has been struck off as a lawyer.

A woman is appalled it took three emergency calls to get help for an Auckland student writhing in pain at her inner-city campus.

A drunk driver who fled the scene of an early morning crash in Waikato could be seriously injured and police are "seriously concerned" about his whereabouts.

A policeman sitting in his car with his family warned a gang member not to do anything stupid moments before being punched in the head.

Police bosses have been forced to call in staff from a private IT firm to help answer soaring numbers of emergency calls on 111 and *555.

The public should have faith in the police service and feel confident it is working after another police employee appeared in court today, the Police Association says.

Police have launched 13 homicide inquiries after a dramatic spike in violent crimes in the past month.

Labour has joined the chorus of voices calling for urgent attention to be paid to the case of Teina Pora, who is now into his 21st year in prison for rape and murder.

The Police Association is calling for an independent inquiry into the conviction of Teina Pora, now into his 21st year in jail for the rape and murder of Susan Burdett.

Top New Zealand police officers could be lured to run British police forces under a proposed shake-up in the UK.

Police have confirmed that gang members have tried to join the police force but they could not say how many had been intercepted during the recruitment stage.

The police are laying their ghosts to rest with different methods and a fresh culture, report Catherine Masters and Jared Savage