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Subscriber only The Officer-in-Charge of Rockhampton Station, Senior Sergeant Hanlen has found that her strength lies in working with people, which is an ideal skill to have when you are the boss of around 50 police officers and 10 administrative staff in a busy regional centre. It was almost by chance that Senior Sergeant Hanlen even came to policing. Unhappy with her choice of teaching as a career, she was 18-years-old and at a loose end when a family member challenged her to give policing a go. An event she experienced during the application process convinced her she d found the right path.
A former Queensland police officer will wake up on his 34th birthday in jail for his abhorrent behaviour in grooming a 15-year-old he met while interviewing her over nude photos.
Matthew Paul Hockely made sexual and suggestive comments to the girl after adding her on Snapchat days after interviewing her over photographs that had been circulated at school.
The pair exchanged more than 1000 chat messages and 30 images over three weeks from July 30, 2019.
Matthew Paul Hockely (pictured right) made sexual and suggestive comments to the girl after adding her on Snapchat days after interviewing her over photographs that had been circulated at school
Former officer Matthew Hockley admitted to adding teenage girl on Snapchat
He was working at the Inala Child Protection and Investigation Unit at the time
He was accused of making sexual and suggest comments to the girl on social
Exchanged more than 1000 chat messages and 30 images over three weeks
Was found guilty of grooming a child under 16 with intent to procure sex act
A former child protection police officer in Brisbane accused of sending "sexual and suggestive" messages to a teenage girl he met during an investigation has been found guilty of child grooming offences.
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