{"id":9790,"date":"2020-12-27T18:55:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T18:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9790"},"modified":"2020-12-27T18:55:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T18:55:42","slug":"15-pins-issued-since-christmas-eve-north-bondi-partygoers-fined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/27\/15-pins-issued-since-christmas-eve-north-bondi-partygoers-fined\/","title":{"rendered":"15 PINs issued since Christmas Eve; North Bondi partygoers fined"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police have issued 15 Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs) since Christmas Eve, including to 11 people at a house party at North Bondi on Saturday that breached the Public Health Order.
\nJust before 11pm<\/a> (Saturday 26 December 2020), officers from Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command attended a home on Blair Street after receiving multiple noise complaints.
\nPolice located at least 40 people at the party, with most running from the home when officers arrived.
\nOfficers spoke with 11 people, including two residents and nine visitors, who remained at the property.
\nTwo women \u2013 aged 24 and 26 \u2013 and nine men \u2013 aged 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 34, and three aged 24 \u2013 were subsequently issued $1000 PINs for not comply with noticed direction s7\/8\/9-COVID-19.
\nThe residents were also issued a 28-day noise abatement direction, while the visitors were directed to leave the area.
\nInquiries are continuing to identify other partygoers who were in attendance.
\nIn addition, a further two people and two businesses have been issued PINs since Christmas Eve.
\n\u2022 About 7.40pm on Wednesday (23 December 2020), officers from Inner West Police Area Command attended a restaurant on King Street, Newtown, following reports of potential breaches of public health orders. On arrival, police noted a crowd on the footpath outside the restaurant and a large number of people inside. After speaking with the 45-year-old male owner, who stated he did not have a COVID Safe plan, officers determined there were 27 more people than allowed for the space. The owner was given an opportunity to reduce the number of people within the restaurant, however, the capacity was still exceeded. Following further inquiries, the following day the owner was issued a $5000 PIN for fail to comply with noticed direction in relation to section 7\/8\/9 COVID-19 -Corporation. A COVID Safe plan has since been submitted.
\n\u2022 As part of proactive patrols, officers from Campbelltown City Police Area Command conducted a business inspection of a restaurant on Tindall Street, Campbelltown, about 7.45pm on Thursday (24 December 2020). Police spoke to the manager about the business\u2019 COVID Safe plan and determined they had exceeded their capacity by at least 15 people. During the conversation, staff continued to seat more customers inside the restaurant and police issued a direction for no more people to enter the venue. Further inquiries revealed the restaurant had been given a formal warning earlier in the month for exceeding capacity by more than 65 people. Police subsequently issued a $5000 PIN for fail to comply with noticed direction in relation to section 7\/8\/9 COVID-19 -Corporation
\n\u2022 About 11.15am today<\/a> (Friday 25 December 2020), officers from Hawkesbury Police Area Command received information a Northern Beaches resident attended a home at Bligh Park in breach of the Public Health Order. Following inquiries, police attended the home on Porpoise Crescent and spoke to the 32-year-old Collaroy woman who confirmed she had travelled to Bligh Park in her car on Christmas Eve (Thursday 24 December 2020). She was directed to return to Collaroy and issued a $1000 PIN for fail to comply with noticed direction in relation to section 7\/8\/9 COVID-19.
\n\u2022 A man has been issued with a PIN after a crowd of people gathered in Centennial Park on Friday night<\/a>, in breach of the current NSW Health Directions (COVID-19). Officers attached to Eastern Beaches Police Area Command were called to Parkes Drive in Centennial Parklands about 8pm<\/a> (Friday 25 December 2020), due to concerns of a large gathering. As police approached, the group immediately began dispersing; however, a 22-year-old man \u2013 who police allege had been moved on from the Bronte gathering earlier in the day \u2013 was issued with a PIN for failing to comply with a Public Health Order (COVID-19). When a 25-year-old man failed to comply with a move-on direction he was issued with an infringement notice.
\nPolice continue to appeal to the community to report suspected breaches of any ministerial direction or behaviour which may impact on the health and safety of the community.
\nAnyone with information regarding individuals or businesses in contravention of COVID-19-related ministerial directions is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000<\/a> or https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police have issued 15 Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs) since Christmas Eve, including to 11 people at a house party at North Bondi on Saturday that breached the Public Health Order. Just before 11pm (Saturday 26 December 2020), officers from Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command attended a home on Blair Street after receiving multiple noise complaints. … Continue reading “15 PINs issued since Christmas Eve; North Bondi partygoers fined”<\/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-9790","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\/9790","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=9790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}