Frontline officers are maintaining a strong presence at Queensland borders to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, with more than 100,000 vehicles intercepted in the first four weeks.
Officers deployed to far reaching corners of the Queensland divide are remaining positive, professional and good humoured despite often being confronted with treacherous conditions.
Police from Mount Isa have shared stomach-churning vision of plagues of gidgee bugs (otherwise known as “stink bugs”) crawling over trailers and crunching under police cars.
To stay warm at night during patrols, officers from Camooweal started a fire pit and were joined by their Northern Territory counterparts along with Australian Federal Police and Australian Defence Force personnel, forming close bonds beyond the border.
Officers from the Gold Coast Rapid Action Patrol enjoyed a laugh at one innovative motorcyclist who took a more streamlined approach to crossing over from New South Wales by copying his border pass onto his t-shirt.
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