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The chase had spanned more than 20 minutes, but the suspect had barely broken the speed limit and was not driving dangerously. Seconds later, a police vehicle was riddled by automatic gunfire.

Wanted man Ricky Maddison stopped abruptly on Wallers Road – a dirt track near Gatton, west of Brisbane – and unleashed a hail of bullets on a police vehicle at close range, killing one officer inside.

The dashcam footage from the police four-wheel-drive carrying the late Senior Constable Brett Forte and his surviving on-duty partner Senior Constable Catherine Nielsen, has been released.

It followed a coronial inquest during the past two weeks that investigated whether anything can be done to reduce the chances of another Queensland police officer meeting a similar death.