Shot cop in 'good spirits' A police officer shot in the face on the Gold Coast on Thursday night remains in "good spirits" following his ordeal, Queensland's police commissioner says. Sergeant Gary Hamrey and his police dog had tracked down two armed men hiding after they allegedly held up the Arundel Tavern at Parkwood in the early hours of Friday morning. The veteran officer was shot in the face as he approached the pair and, despite his injuries, he and a colleague returned fire striking the bandits in the legs and feet. A Varsity Lakes man, 23, and a Labrador man, 47, have both been charged with one count each of attempted murder, three counts of armed robbery and 14 counts of deprivation of liberty. They have been remanded in custody until November 11 after a bedside hearing on Friday. Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said he spoke with Sergeant Hamrey on Friday night. "He's a wonderful officer and I've known him probably all his career, as I have known his brother, who is also a police officer, and I've also spoken to his son to assure them they have our full support," the Commissioner said. These are very difficult times for police officers, when they're involved in a violent event. Mr Stewart said such incidents were a fact of life for police officers and there was nothing he could do as police commissioner to stop "the fate of a serious offence like that" occurring again. "We can train our police, we can equip them, we can provide extra police out there, but occasionally that is a sad reality of policing, that police put themselves at risk for the benefit of the community," he said. That's exactly what Gary did that night - and other officers, and I've also spoken to the officer who was with him at the time - they go out to do their job to keep the community safe and unfortunately there are those times where fate deals a very deadly hand. Thankfully, and gratefully, on this occasion our officer is safe and he'll come through virtually without any physical aftermath from it.