Operation Summer Safe has been launched for the duration of the current NSW school holidays (Monday, September 28 to Sunday, October 11), and the following summer months throughout regional NSW.
The operation will focus on policing licensed premises, public spaces and entertainment precincts in an effort to decrease anti-social behaviour and alcohol-related violence, while ensuring adherence to current public health orders.
Road safety will also be a focus, with traffic and highway patrol officers to assist police districts with targeting speeding, drink and drug driving, driving while fatigued, mobile phone and other traffic offences.
Double demerit points will be issued across NSW this weekend.
Murray River Police District western sectors’ Inspector Paul Huggett urged everyone to do the right thing to ensure they arrived alive.
“Everyone will be itching to get out and explore, which is understandable, but everyone needs to take care while on the roads,” he said.
“It’s important everyone in the car — driver and passengers — ensure the laws are being followed.
“We’ve all been working hard to keep the community safe this year and I want to see that continue.”
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