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MELBOURNE, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Police stations in the Australian state of Victoria have been robbed on an average of once every two weeks for the past two years, a newspaper reports.
The thefts range from potentially serious with handcuffs, police badges and parts of uniforms stolen, to the petty, including a chocolate bar and a few dollars in coins, the Melbourne Herald Sun said Tuesday. A young shoplifting suspect who had been given a warning and released tried to steal a cell phone on the way out and ended up with a criminal charge.
The Herald sun examined reports between January 2007 and April 2009 and found 47 thefts. Twelve remain unsolved.
At least five were believed to have been carried out by police officers. Three officers quit after the Ethical Standards Department began investigations while a rookie police officer suspected of stealing uniform items has been suspended.
Ten of the cases involve the theft of collection boxes for the Blue Ribbon Foundation, which honors police officers killed in the line of duty.
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