Eumundi Voice - Issue 103, 3 October 2024

Sgt Ryan Hanlon has accepted the position of Officer in Charge at Cooroy Police Station which became vacant with the recent retirement of Officer in Charge Sgt Mal Scott.

Ryan said, “I am not moving far but with that comes the challenges of occupying a brand new police station.” Sgt Nick Van Der Maat from Noosa will work at Eumundi until a new sergeant is appointed. That appointment is expected to be announced by December.

Ryan has been a police officer since October 1998. He worked for 5 years at Mt Isa including 6 months at Doomadgee and Normanton, Airlie Beach, North Stradbroke Island and Rockhampton. He was a sergeant at Longreach and Bribie Island before being Officer in Charge of Woodford from 2014 to 2018. Ryan took up his post at Eumundi Police Station in 2018.

Generous praise for Ryan’s service has been passed on to Eumundi Voice from business operators and community residents. In response Ryan kindly said, “I have appreciated my monthly articles in Eumundi Voice as it helps let the community know the work the Eumundi police do that the community fortunately don't have to see. I have truly appreciated all the support since I arrived in 2018. In my 26 years of policing, I have never worked in such a pro-police town where the community genuinely appreciates all the work Eumundi station continues to do behind the scenes to make our community safe.”

L-R Chris Durie, Eumundi Officer in Charge Sgt Ryan Hanlon, Warren O’Neill