Police have targeted Ipswich, south-west of Brisbane, as part of a crackdown on domestic violence, arresting 14 alleged high-risk offenders.
The arrests were made as part of Operation Shield, which was launched in April, and aims to use local police, specialist domestic violence officers and the Ipswich District Tactical Crime team to reduce offending.
Police arresting a 39-year-old Goodna man as part of Operation Shield, charging him with multiple domestic violence offences.Credit: QPS
Police said officers had arrested, since the program’s launch, 14 alleged high-risk offenders, charging them with several offences including assault, stalking and contraventions of domestic violence orders.
“We use a series of risk assessment tools. We also look at risk factors, previous offences and overlay the knowledge of our specialist officers and DFV behavioural specialists to identify offenders whose behaviour was most likely to escalate,” Senior Sergeant Lee Fortune, officer in charge of Karana Downs, said.