John Silvester

Former police officer Wayne Sherwell, a Valour Award recipient, was recently arrested, fingerprinted and formally interviewed. It was over a Facebook post.

From suits to spouses and crocodile tears – what a jury sees is carefully orchestrated.

Critics say random searches concentrate on marginalised groups but it is the marginalised who are overwhelmingly the victims.

Former judge and one-time ministerial adviser Howard Nathan has held onto this secret for 50 years, but was determined to reveal Sir John Kerr’s Machiavellian move before he “dropped off this mortal coil”.

Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Mike Bush has called out what everyone else had been choosing to ignore about where PSOs are stationed.

The city’s nightlife has long been a magnet for the underworld, and some clubs have been the deadly battleground for gangsters and bikies.

Some relationships slowly disintegrate, others explode, but few turn into the running, public battle of Vic and Jacqui Ramchen.

More than 24 hours before they confronted a double police killer, the Special Operations Group moved into their go positions and lay in wait, using electronic surveillance to confirm their fugitive was alone.

Robert Wootton worked for his dad, Charlie, the legendary “honest crook” who ran illegal gambling dens. John Silvester’s father Fred, the “feared gaming copper”, once hid in the ceiling of one of those casinos. The two sons caught up.

Inspector Kane Robinson commands the elite unit handling Melbourne’s ugliest street clashes. His secret weapon? Empathy learned from tragedy.