During the first year of its operation, beginning November, 1985, the Squad arrested 32 persons on 328 charges, involving forging and uttering, stealing, wilful damage, fraud and drugs, and administering stupefying drugs with intent one man was subsequently charged with 278 offences. A survey carried out in 1986 showed that on a given off-peak season Saturday, 23,000 people were recorded visiting the Casino.

The complex comprised of a 622 room hotel, 100-plus table casino, convention venue and entertainment complex. The small team of detectives monitored a vast number of hotel and casino guests and visitors. Image courtesy of the Queensland Police Museum. More so, the mobility of the specialised unit guaranteed a reduction in the number of car thefts and theft and damage to motor vehicles in the vicinity of the casino.Ĭasino Crime Squad, 1997. It also worked in close operation with other specialist police squads, local plain clothes, uniformed police, assisted Federal Police and casino management in the protection of visiting VIPs on a number of occasions. The Casino Squad worked under, and enforced, the Casino Control Act 1982, keeping a close watch over staff and management ensuring integrity of operations. Video surveillance utilised by the Squad led to the successful prosecution for illegal acts which otherwise would have been hard to discern by the untrained eye.

The Squad operated from offices within the Casino conducting electronic surveillance of suspects through the network of video cameras installed in and around the hotel and casino. The Squad was set up at the Conrad International Hotel and Jupiters Casino at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, and consisted of a Detective Sergeant 1/c in charge with a staff of three detectives. In November 1985, the Queensland Police created the first Casino Crime Squad in Australia.

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