A senior Queensland police officer should have been more than capable of managing the calm surf conditions before he disappeared without his surfboard in northern NSW. A large-scale search for Inspector Jay Notaro continued on Wednesday, a day after he failed to show up for work and a search was launched. The keen surfer’s car was quickly found at Broken Head in Byron Bay, with his surfboard on the shoreline 500 metres away. “The condition of that surfboard was unremarkable – there was no damage and the leg rope was fully intact,” NSW Police Detective Inspector Matt Zimmer told reporters near the scene on Wednesday. “The inspector is a very strong swimmer who is a previous officer in charge of the Queensland water police … and the conditions that presented over the past few days were quite calm,” he said. “He would be extremely capable of managing those conditions due to his experience, an extremely fit man as well.” The marine search was relying on police models of currents, while additional investigators were searching inland for the officer. The search was expected to continue into Thursday if the 45-year-old had not been found. The areas between Lennox Head and Cape Byron, particularly the Broken Head area, were focal points, police said. Queensland police said they and the officer’s family were worried for Insp Notaro’s welfare as his disappearance was out of character. “Anyone with information that may be able to assist with the whereabouts of the member is asked to contact police,” a spokeswoman said. “There is no further information available at this time.” Insp Notaro started with Queensland police in Townsville in 2003 before he rose through the ranks to oversee a number of homicide investigations in the Gold Coast from 2015 onwards. In 2024, the Queensland Homicide Victims’ Support Group presented its annual compassion in policing award to the officer for going beyond his duty for a victim’s relative. “Jay was always there for myself and my family statements, media interviews, phone calls, and texts,” said nominee Sharni Mill, whose partner Greg Dufty was murdered in his Brisbane home in 2015. “He made impossibly difficult tasks a little easier to handle.” Insp Notaro has also played a major role in the local water police command and marine rescue volunteers have noted he had a keen interest in surfing. A man who was shopping at the store with his wife suffered a 3cm laceration to his head after he was attacked by a stranger with an axe. A man accused of killing his neighbour over a fallen tree branch allegedly said he would put him “to sleep” before the deadly confrontation. Police have warned this offence can result in serious penalties. Alcwyn Thomas is accused of murdering Victoria Thomas at their home. A distressing video has emerged on social media of a woman swinging a dead kitten by its tail and throwing it into a harbour after it was run over. Police have alleged a woman assaulted, tortured and neglected a four-year-old girl, leaving her with bruising, burns, fractures and disfigurement. Gladys and Nelson Gonzalez spent nearly four decades raising a family in the USA after fleeing instability in Colombia Elon Musk’s X has challenged an Australian court’s judgment that found it was required to comply with reporting obligations over child exploitation material. A female teacher accused of decades-old child abuse has claimed that by 1970s’ standards she was under no obligation to refrain from sex with students. Universal $5 a week tax cuts are being raced through parliament as debate around cost of living intensifies ahead of the federal election. Male on suspicion of robbery and possession of stolen property, say Scotland Yard Disgraced war veteran Ben Roberts-Smith is considering legal action following a shock leak of audio recordings. The federal treasurer won’t budget a “big number” to fill a funding hole in a massive rail line project, but the state’s premier vows to push on regardless. The founder of an iconic Sydney restaurant has resigned following explosive untested allegations of sexual misconduct against his son. Stewart was arrested on two misdemeanor charges on Sunday morning and posted bond hours later Pictures allegedly showing sniper hides similar to those found where two Queensland police officers were shot dead have been filed in a US court case. After a dramatic rescue mission saved a stranded family of four from the Aussie outback, the mother has revealed how they got through the ‘scary’ ordeal. People were spotted swimming to get their hands on a mysterious item that washed up on a beach along the NSW south coast. The grandparents of a French toddler who went missing nearly two years ago have been arrested on suspicion of his murder, prosecutors said Tuesday. A 17-year-old girl has been charged with attempted murder after a man was shot in a carpark, leaving him with serious injuries.
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