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Mervyn Henry Stevenson served as a Queensland police officer from 1947 until 1982. He started as a bush cop and ended up as the superintendent in charge of the Townsville Police District, though his retirement years were tainted with the spectre of corruption.〔Anderson, John, "Tough bush adversary", ''Townsville Bulletin'', 22 December 2001.〕〔Hansen, P, "Ex-policeman lashes out: confessions 'red hot'", ''Sunday Mail'', 23 September 1984.〕 ==Renowned bushman== Described as "the last of the corned beef and damper coppers", Stevenson made a name for himself as a horseman, cattleman and bushman.〔Anderson, John, "Tough bush adversary", ''Townsville Bulletin'', 22 December 2001.〕 He gained notoriety in 1950 at the northern township of Coen for tracking down on horseback a group of 12 Aborigines wanted for questioning over the murder of an indigenous police boy.〔"Two natives charged with having murdered police boy", ''Cairns Post'', 10 May 1950.〕 In 1965 he was promoted to detective sergeant and named officer-in-charge of the CIB stock squad based in Charters Towers.〔Anderson, John, "Tough bush adversary", ''Townsville Bulletin'', 22 December 2001.〕
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