{"id":371289,"date":"2026-04-17T16:52:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=371289"},"modified":"2026-04-17T16:52:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:52:04","slug":"kingaroy-police-farewell-dave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/04\/17\/kingaroy-police-farewell-dave\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingaroy Police Farewell Dave"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_371297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371297\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-371297 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney1.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney1-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney1-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney1-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney1-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney1-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior Sergeant Dave Tierney leaves Kingaroy Police Station officially for the last time on Friday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 17, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Friends and colleagues officially farewelled former Kingaroy Police Station officer-in-charge Senior Sergeant Dave Tierney in a special ceremony on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Snr Sgt Tierney is retiring from the Queensland Police Service after 42 years service.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Police Minister, Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington, paid tribute to his service at the ceremony, as did recently appointed Kingaroy officer-in-charge Senior Sergeant Scott Prendergast (see below).<\/p>\n<p>An emotional Snr Sgt Tierney was then led to a waiting vehicle by a police piper Alistair Bremner as an informal honour guard applauded.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/03\/27\/friends-colleagues-farewell-dave\/\">Friends, Colleagues Farewell Dave<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/02\/07\/kingaroy-police-get-a-new-boss\/\">Kingaroy Police Get A New Boss<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_371298\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371298\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-371298 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney2.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney2-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney2-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney2-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney2-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Senior Bandperson Alistair Bremner piped Senior Sergeant Dave Tierney out of Kingaroy Police Station to a waiting police vehicle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_371299\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371299\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney2a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-371299 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney2a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney2a.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney2a-300x146.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371299\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snr Sgt Tierney pauses to kiss his wife Melissa on his way to the waiting police vehicle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_371300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-371300\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-371300 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney3.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney3-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney3-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney3-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney3-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260417tierney3-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-371300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Member for Nanango, Attorney-General (and Acting Police Minister) Deb Frecklington with Kingaroy officer-in-charge Senior Sergeant Scott Prendergast and South Burnett mayor Kathy Duff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Thank you speech delivered by Kingaroy officer-in-charge Senior Sergeant Scott Prendergast:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y0DWhMO4_Ww?rel=0\" width=\"760\" height=\"410\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friends and 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