Enhanced police powers and tighter new rules will spearhead the enforcement response launched against the few people who refuse to do the right thing during a global pandemic.
\nA new high-visibility policing operation has been launched to assist the state\u2019s health strategy to tackle the further spread of the COVID-19 Delta strain.
\nThousands of police officers will be deployed across Greater Sydney from the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, Police Transport Command and general duties to enforce the following new rules as well as protect the wider community from the selfish and unauthorised behaviour of a small number of individuals.<\/p>\n
From 12.01am on Friday, 30 July 2021, residents of the eight Local Government Areas of concern (Blacktown<\/strong>,\u00a0Campbelltown<\/strong>,\u00a0Canterbury-Bankstown<\/strong>,\u00a0Cumberland<\/strong>,\u00a0Fairfield<\/strong>,\u00a0Georges River<\/strong>,\u00a0Liverpool<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Parramatta<\/strong>) will be subject to new exercise, mask and shopping rules. These rules will only be applied to any LGA that is determined to be of concern now and into the future:<\/p>\n Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott said the new restrictions follow a call from the vast majority in the community who are doing the right thing by complying with the Public Health Orders. Enhanced police powers and tighter new rules will spearhead the enforcement response launched against the few people who refuse to do the right thing during a global pandemic. A new high-visibility policing operation has been launched to assist the state\u2019s health strategy to tackle the further spread of the COVID-19 Delta strain. Thousands of police … Continue reading “New powers, new fines as police crack down on non-compliance”<\/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-12319","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\/12319","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=12319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\n\u201cThe time for warnings is over. I know 99 per cent of the population are furious with the minority who continue to disregard the health orders and put the safety and livelihoods of families at risk,\u201d Mr Elliott said.
\n\u201cCrime Stoppers received more than 15,000 calls and reports providing information following last weekend\u2019s illegal protest. Police made it clear from the start, they want to educate \u2013 not fine \u2013 members of the community but the 15,000 calls to Crime Stoppers is a clear message to the Government that the community expects action.
\n\u201cIf we all work together, these new rules have the potential to stop the spread of the virus and save lives.\u201d
\nNSW Police Commissioner Michael Fuller APM said police will significantly ramp up compliance activities with officers performing an extra 1000 shifts throughout the next week.
\n\u201cThese officers will be out in force across the Greater Sydney footprint conducting high-visibility proactive patrols and compliance checks, and responding to all Crime Stoppers reports,\u201d Commissioner Fuller said.
\n\u201cThe stronger powers and police presence are about getting us out of lockdown sooner.\u201d
\nFor the latest information visit\u00a0www.nsw.gov.au\/covid-19<\/a>.
\nTo report individuals or businesses in contravention of a public health order visit\u00a0http:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"