It’s late 2018 and, for the past three nights, thieves have tried breaking into ATMs in small towns around Ballarat in Victoria’s west. ⁣ ⁣ Two weeks earlier an ATM in Beaufort had been broken into and $189,000 in cash was stolen. ⁣ ⁣ Local detectives decide it’s time to bring in the experts and that’s when the job landed on the desk of Senior Sergeant Andrew Pybus at the Armed Crime Squad (who was a Detective Senior Constable at the time). ⁣ ⁣ While non-armed crimes of this type aren’t what Andrew and his colleagues usually look into, their close relationships with banks were seen as vital in this case, along with their ability to investigate multiple crimes linked as a series. ⁣ ⁣ You can read great policing stories like this one plus more via the ‘Police Life Autumn/ Winter 2024’ tab. Just visit the link in bio. 🔗 ⁣ ⁣ #PoliceLife #VictoriaPolice #PoliceCareers #CommunityPolicing