BRISBANE, Queensland, Dec. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release:

Queensland Police Service's (QPS) Dive Unit is strengthening its specialist capability through intensive training exercises including a large, semi-submerged vessel, allowing officers to safely rehearse the complex underwater scenarios they face in real operations.

The training vessel offers a realistic environment for divers to refine the specialist skills required for some of policing's most challenging search and recovery tasks.

Based at the Water Police Complex in Brisbane, the Dive Unit is a highly trained unit made up of eight full-time and 12 part-time officers who respond to incidents across Queensland.

Their work spans evidence recove...