Porepunkah shooting: Two officers dead and another wounded after shooting at High Country property, Victoria, Australia #2

[Lisbeth_S]

A few seconds google search: cow cams
Not in porepunkah tho.
Still, I'm hooked

 

[TootsieFootsie]

Do you think an Octopus cam would look out of place, I hear they are good at camouflage.

Or how about a moving bush.

 

[Kemug]

If only we could organise this somehow……


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I think it would be less conspicuous on her nose. But alas, I'm too far away

 

[drsleuth]

I'd rather a cam on Mali & the son/s

 

[essareem]

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/police-swoop-on-myrtleford-home-in-hunt-for-cop-killer-dezi-freeman/news-story/b7f1b48c8aa448a2400cdcad0d7f5eee

Police raided a Myrtleford home in search of Dezi. One man taken away in handcuffs.

 

[essareem]

What I can't understand is that if the airport camera/telecommunications setup is used to contact people in the bush then why isn't someone there all day (and night)?
So I think it must be a camera and someone goes there each day to check the images.
But I also I don't think it takes two and sometimes 3 cars with police to check images.
There would be no localised images to see and I don't think it is a microwave or heat sensing device for peering into the bush.
If the police wont say, I would love a reporter to find out what it is.
(Are you there Jonica? )

Someone heard you @Lucy.D

High-tech surveillance unit that has been deployed in Dezi search

One of their main tools is a long-range system that combines a high-resolution telescopic camera with a microwave booster.

Several of these units have been set up across the region, using powerful zoom lenses to capture detailed images in the search..

One has been mounted on a hilltop overlooking Freeman’s Porepunkah farm, the site of the deadly ambush before he vanished into the bush.

 

[ScottToorak]

You can be assured that any surveillance cameras are being monitored either live or with alerts set up when certain happenings occur. I wouldn't be surprised if the strategy going forward is to starve him out if he is in fact still alive and in the wilderness. As life returns to normal for the local residents and tourists to the area watch this space because I do not think Desi is a patient type and undoubtably something will happen in the coming weeks if he is still alive. Do you think his wife has been co operating with police and do you know if she is an Australian resident/citizen?

 

[Marg944]

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-victoria/police-swoop-on-myrtleford-home-in-hunt-for-cop-killer-dezi-freeman/news-story/b7f1b48c8aa448a2400cdcad0d7f5eee

Police raided a Myrtleford home in search of Dezi. One man taken away in handcuffs.

I wonder if this is the arrest? Doesn’t seem related to Freeman.


Paywalled

It's lucky nobody's been killed': multiple guns, drugs found after car crashes​

By Court Reporter
September 19 2025 - 3:00pm


“Police found a gun and drugs inside this crashed white Holden Commodore at Myrtleford. Benjamin Kramer was allegedly driving, and was arrested nearby after a two hour search. Picture by Myrtleford Times


Police say a man allegedly caught with a large amount of drugs, multiple firearms and stolen cars after several collisions is a large-scale drug dealer and a danger to the public.”

'It's lucky nobody's been killed': multiple guns, drugs found after car crashes

Police say Ben Kramer has been running a large drug operation.

www.bordermail.com.au

 

[TootsieFootsie]

It's lucky nobody's been killed': multiple guns, drugs found after car crashes

Similar article, same car photo with a different date May 26 2025

Guns allegedly found in accused drug dealer's car after Myrtleford crash

Albury man Benjamin Kramer facing serious charges after arrest.

www.bordermail.com.au

An Albury man arrested with help from the police air wing after a Myrtleford car crash is facing commercial drug trafficking and firearms-related charges, with two guns allegedly found in a suspected stolen car.

Benjamin Kramer was taken into custody on Friday, May 23, two hours after allegedly fleeing a crashed white Holden on Prince Street.

 

[Marg944]

Similar article, same car photo with a different date May 26 2025

Guns allegedly found in accused drug dealer's car after Myrtleford crash

Albury man Benjamin Kramer facing serious charges after arrest.

www.bordermail.com.au

An Albury man arrested with help from the police air wing after a Myrtleford car crash is facing commercial drug trafficking and firearms-related charges, with two guns allegedly found in a suspected stolen car.

Benjamin Kramer was taken into custody on Friday, May 23, two hours after allegedly fleeing a crashed white Holden on Prince Street.

Yes I noticed that. Strange they would use the old photo yesterday. I saw a few media reports over the past years of various charges.

IMO

 

[Lucy.D]

Someone heard you @Lucy.D

High-tech surveillance unit that has been deployed in Dezi search

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One of their main tools is a long-range system that combines a high-resolution telescopic camera with a microwave booster.

Several of these units have been set up across the region, using powerful zoom lenses to capture detailed images in the search..

One has been mounted on a hilltop overlooking Freeman’s Porepunkah farm, the site of the deadly ambush before he vanished into the bush.

Do you think that is definite then, a microwave booster is what is at the airfield?

But I thought microwave cameras cannot see through dense foliage like a bush.

A microwave imaging camera uses microwave radiation to capture images, often penetrating materials like fog, fabric, or even walls to see internal structures.

If it's sending out microwaves on the trailer at the airfield, a sov cit like Dezi would probably believe any radiation would be harmful to humans and he would not be able to help himself but to come out from his hiding place to argue with police in no uncertain terms they are causing themselves harm when they are in the shed next to the camera for long periods, not to mention the harm they are also causing to him by pointing several cameras in his direction.

Is that how they might catch him?

 

[BreakingNews]

If they put a cowcam or two on, let's hope they don't choose the very cow that Dezi is disguised as!

That's offensive to cows.

 

[essareem]

Police execute firearm search at Myrtleford home in hunt for Dezi Freeman

Still no sign of fugitive almost a month after tragic shooting.

www.bordermail.com.au

About the Myrtleford search from yesterday - says the search was related to a firearm prohibition order, and no arrests were made.

Interestingly, yesterday's article about it said that witnesses saw a sniper, drones, several officers in camo gear with guns drawn, and a man being led out in handcuffs.

 

[Lucy.D]

I wonder if they're parking further away this morning because they read my post about possible microwave radiation concerns.

 

[essareem]

Do you think that is definite then, a microwave booster is what is at the airfield?

But I thought microwave cameras cannot see through dense foliage like a bush.

A microwave imaging camera uses microwave radiation to capture images, often penetrating materials like fog, fabric, or even walls to see internal structures.

If it's sending out microwaves on the trailer at the airfield, a sov cit like Dezi would probably believe any radiation would be harmful to humans and he would not be able to help himself but to come out from his hiding place to argue with police in no uncertain terms they are causing themselves harm when they are in the shed next to the camera for long periods, not to mention the harm they are also causing to him by pointing several cameras in his direction.

Is that how they might catch him?

It's hard to say. By 'microwave booster' do they mean communication booster or microwave radar / life-detection device? I wish they would be more specific.

Also if I had to guess, regardless of what these particular trailers are, IMO they would have to be throwing all the technology they could at it. It seems resource is no issue here.

 

[Warshawski]

Someone heard you @Lucy.D

High-tech surveillance unit that has been deployed in Dezi search

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One of their main tools is a long-range system that combines a high-resolution telescopic camera with a microwave booster.

Several of these units have been set up across the region, using powerful zoom lenses to capture detailed images in the search..

One has been mounted on a hilltop overlooking Freeman’s Porepunkah farm, the site of the deadly ambush before he vanished into the bush.

Someone up line suggested specialist ADF troops should be called in, and I agree.

And I’m sure they have Smoke Grenades that they use in war time to ‘draw out the enemy’ .

 

[Ijustgarden]

I'm not fully seeing it? Like maybe, but old film cameras made things look weird anyway. ?
Sources:

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It does look a bit weird but to me it just looks like he's holding the snake very tightly, as you would, and so his hand is flexing and the metacarpals are showing, plus the hypothenar eminence / muscles inside that mound.

But I might be missing the point.

Hi Essareem, I’m not an expert on photo editing, or many things at all However that fist holding the snake hand looks like its been inserted close to what was an original fist or hand. That has caused an unnatural sized and formed fist. I think the direction of natural light hitting the hills in the background versus the light hitting the face of the subject may also be in question. But again, I’m no expert in this stuff, it just doesn’t look right to me.

MOO

 

[Kemug]

I suppose it would be illegal to put Mali and sons in jail? (Gently, of course) Just thinking that it may coax our hero out to rescue them. Haven't we seen this done in Westerns?

 

[Lucy.D]

I suppose it would be illegal to put Mali and sons in jail? (Gently, of course) Just thinking that it may coax our hero out to rescue them. Haven't we seen this done in Westerns?

It's an interesting concept and I think the reason why they kept their options open about charging family members in the future, which was probably due to withholding info, was to put a bit of pressure on. Personally I think Dezi is in the mountain with no communications.

 

[Lucy.D]

Can someone tell the cops I was only joking about the risk of getting sick from the microwaves and it's OK to park next to the shed if they want to: