New laws will make it easier for NSW Police to tackle organised crime during raids on outlaw motorcycle gang clubhouses, Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Attorney General Mark Speakman and Police Minister Troy Grant announced today.
\n\u201cNSW has the toughest organised crime laws in Australia and our Police will now be better equipped than ever to tackle dangerous outlaw bikie gangs,\u201d Ms Berejiklian said.
\n\u201cThe NSW Liberals & Nationals Government will not tolerate criminal behaviour which undermines community safety.\u201d
\nUnder the new laws, Police executing a warrant on outlaw bikie clubhouses will have clear powers to:<\/p>\n
Mr Grant said the reforms, which will help police identify suspects, gather evidence and seize dangerous firearms and weapons, are part of the NSW Government\u2019s unrelenting crackdown on organised criminal gang activity. \u201cStrike Force Raptor has dismantled numerous bikie-led drug and organised crime operations and is continuing to crack down on outlaw bikie violence,\u201d said Police Commissioner Mick Fuller. New laws will make it easier for NSW Police to tackle organised crime during raids on outlaw motorcycle gang clubhouses, Premier Gladys Berejiklian, Attorney General Mark Speakman and Police Minister Troy Grant announced today. \u201cNSW has the toughest organised crime laws in Australia and our Police will now be better equipped than ever to tackle … Continue reading “NEW LAWS TO TACKLE OUTLAW BIKIE GANGS”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cThere is no room for outlaw bikies in NSW, who will continue to be hounded by Police until they leave the state or find a new, legal hobby,\u201d Mr Grant said.
\nThe legislative amendments, to be introduced into the Parliament in coming weeks, respond to the Ombudsman\u2019s report on the\u00a0Restricted Premises Act<\/em>.
\n\u201c<\/em>The NSW Government has accepted all the Ombudsman\u2019s recommendations which will give Police greater clarity about their powers and responsibilities when raiding outlaw bikie gang clubhouses,\u201d Mr Speakman said.
\nPolice have been using the powers provided under the\u00a0Restricted Premises Act<\/em>, which was formerly known as the\u00a0Disorderly Houses Act<\/em>, to target outlaw bikie clubhouses for the past decade.
\nThese powers were strengthened in 2013 to enhance the ability of Police to combat firearms-related and organised crime, with a focus on the activities of outlaw bikie gangs.
\nThese powers are on top of a range of other tough measures available to Police to target outlaw bikie crime, including those set out below.<\/p>\n\n
\nIn April 2018, NSW Police successfully applied to the Supreme Court for Serious Crime Prevention Orders against 10 high-ranking members of the Finks and Nomads outlaw motorcycle gangs who were linked to gang-related violence across the Lower Hunter region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"