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Monday, February 17, 2025

AFP officer takes shot at world honours

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) will be cheering on one of its own at the 2024 Women’s Softball World Cup, with canine handler and athlete Senior Constable Jade Wall set to represent Australia in Italy this month.

Senior Constable Wall, who made her Olympic debut at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, will be competing at the Softball World Cup in Castions di Strada, Italy, from 15 to 21 July, 2024.

Growing up in Queensland, Senior Constable Wall started playing softball at the age of nine after her cousin joined the local team. From there, she rose through the ranks, eventually being selected to tour with the Australian team in 2009 for the Canada Cup and the United States World Cup.

She joined the AFP in 2015 as a police officer after completing tertiary studies and was posted to Sydney. Senior Constable Wall spent four years working at Sydney Airport before undertaking positions in the Transnational Serious Organised Crime area and the National Operations State Service Centre.

After the Tokyo Olympics, Senior Constable Wall joined the Canine Team in Sydney and was paired with two Labradors; Swaino, an explosive detection dog, and Phantom, a cash and narcotics detection dog. The trio spend most of their time at the airport protecting Australians and attending search warrants around the country.

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