 Good morning. As a result of actions by Task Force victim, a 35-year-old Auckland flower man has been arrested for the offence of attempted murder in relation to the cowardly act against one of society's most vulnerable and that being the homeless which occurred on Sunday last. The media and the public paid a great role in achieving this result. We got a lot of information through the public and in particular crime stoppers and that information has led us to a location where we're able to identify a person and subsequently an arrest has taken place and the man has appeared in court this morning. As you would be aware the matter is now before the court and I'm limited as to what information I can provide from that point. I'm happy to take questions. Is he a bow and arrow found or identified prior to finding him? The arrows were identified, the particular type of arrow was identified and from that information we were able to piece together and identify the offender in this matter. Was it a particularly rare type of arrow or something like that? No it wasn't a particularly rare type of arrow but it was an arrow that we were able to identify the distributors here in Queensland and from that we were able to track the offender. A big sort of arrow or a small one? I don't exactly know the particular type of arrow it is but it was a practice arrow that he had purchased. Where on the body was the victim shot? As we said the matter is now before the court their issues we just can't discuss. Are you able to update us on his condition at all? He is about to be released I understand from hospital. Can you tell us how you took the accused into custody where he was and what sort of thing? Again the matters before court suffice to say that we searched a premises in the Auckland flower area and from that point onwards that person in that premise was taken into custody. And was the bow found there as well at the premises? Yes the bow was found. Can you say whether the accused got a statement of police? Matters before the court as I said. He came on to police? He wasn't before that this night. What sort of information did the public come forward that really helped in this investigation? Through crime stoppers and also direct phone calls to the task force itself the public provided a number of leads in relation to possible suspects and from those suspects different persons of interest were identified or either eliminated or as in the case of the offender he was identified and as a result of a search warrant and a search of a premises the evidence that was required to put him before the courts was located. A bicycle was there when found at the home? Sorry. There was a bicycle identified and a helmet yes. Any indication as to why? Let's save him about that. Again that's before the court. And task force victim was that set up directly in relation to this incident or is it a wider sort of operation? The task force was established for the purpose of this investigation as a combination of resources from Metro North Region and State Crime Operations Command. Can you answer if the pair had met previously or had they seen each other previously as their sorts of altercation previously or this is just completely random and unprovoked? These are matters that will be determined during the court process. How is the victim mentally a few days on? How is he coping? I can't really comment on that. Did he regularly sleep where he was allegedly targeted? Yes he did but yeah. Any idea how long he's been homeless for? No we don't. A lot of the information that came in from Crime's Office identified that he was known by people who frequented the pathway and they knew him and didn't know him to ever cause any trouble. How often do police come across violence perpetrated against homeless people? It's probably not that often. It's a matter of whether they are reported but certainly something this serious. It's very concerning and hence the immediate response from the Queensland Police Service in terms of forming a task force of detectives to concentrate on that job specifically to identify the person responsible. How many detectives in this task force? At any one occasion there would have been 16 detectives working on any one shift. How pleased do you need to have someone before the court on this form? Very pleased. Obviously when you look at the type of offence that's occurred it's very concerning as I said before it's a cowardly act against someone that's very vulnerable and I'm sure the community would be quite happy that someone as dangerous as this individual is now off the streets. Any idea of the victim, what his intentions are upon being released from hospital? No. Do you have a military background? The victim was seen sorry in the Royal Brisbane Hospital. Ah yes. Just back to the military background, did he have any sort of training in using a bow and arrow? These are matters that will be discussed in court process. We're not going to engage in that type of dialogue. The accused live alone? The accused, yes. Commissioner I understand this is your last day at Crime Ops. Any highs and lows you'd like to share with us before you head off? Well it's actually the 24th of June. I commenced as the new Assistant Commissioner of the Central Region. I'm looking forward to the challenge. I've been with State Crime Operations Command for 11 years. The highlight of that was six and a half years in charge of the Homicide Squad. A fantastic group of professionals who work very hard to make the community of Queensland safer and work in partnership with the regional police. We've had some highlights, we've had some low times, but in the end of the day we work together with the community and the media I might say to solve a lot of very serious crime and rid society of some of the most dangerous individuals that we've seen walk the streets for many a decade. It's your name that's on the application to the Things Declared Criminal Organization. Will you continue involvement with that? Absolutely. Okay, nothing else? Thank you very much.