Winner: Queensland Police Vehicle Crime Unit and Organised Crime Investigation Unit - Investigation Team: Detective Inspector Mark Ainsworth, Det. Acting Senior Sergeant Peter Ziser, Det. Sergeant Naomi Cornish, Det. Sergeant Renee Kurtz.

In January 2010 the Vehicle Crime Unit within the Organised Crime Investigation Unit (OCIU) embarked on a project aimed at the Marine Crime Industry.  It was found that traditional auto theft offenders were regularly stealing high value caravans and boats and utilising well tested and proven methods of vehicle rebirthing to conceal their activities.  In response to these identified deficiencies initiatives that have been developed and are being implemented to address the Marine Crime issues include:

• A National Marine Crime Conference
• The creation of a National Stolen Vessel database.
• Registration deficiencies have been identified and research commenced in establishing best Practice model.
• Training packages were developed with regards vessel identification and the investigation of marine crime.
• A Marine Crime webpage.

Research has identified the most prominent vessels stolen and inspections have begun with those manufacturers. A further by-product of these inspections was that advice was able to be provided on how their identification of their vessels could be enhanced. These suggestions were enthusiastically adopted by the Manufacturers.

• Delivered presentations at Mallorca, Auckland and Perth on Marine Crime issues in Australia and shared resources to enhance investigative capabilities.
• Extensive communications have resulted in the projected formation of an Australasian Chapter of the International Association of Marine Investigators (IAMI).
• The development of a Marine Crime team within the Vehicle Crime Unit umbrella to provide a specialist response to marine crime.  Vehicle Crime unit has gone from a staffing strength of two to a staffing of nine, which reflects the commitment to these vehicle related crime class by the QPS.  The unit regularly seizes stolen luxury wakeboard boats, jetskis, motorcycles, caravans, earth moving equipment.

Winners of the Outstanding Achievement Award, Queensland Police, from the left, Det. Acting Senior Sgt. Peter Ziser, Det. Sgt. Naomi Cornish, Det. Sgt. Renee Kurtz