Do wrong and be caught

By Inspector Della NIHILL

WE ARE continuing to see fatal, serious injury and injury collisions across our police service area.

To date, 166 people have tragically been killed on Victorian roads – a 28 per cent increase on the 130 lives lost at the same time in 2022.

These collisions have devastating effects on those involved as well as their friends, family and the broader community.

Road deaths and injury collisions are a continued concern in regional areas and we will remain focused on intentional high risk driver behaviour, rural roads, speeding, impaired driving, wearing of seatbelts and restraints, distraction and unauthorised driving.

Police will continue to be highly visible on major arterials as well as back streets,

Police Perspective

holding those who choose to do the wrong thing to account

This weekend celebrates the fourth annual TAC and AFL Victoria Road Safety Round with local football and netball clubs showing their commitment to reducing road trauma.

It is great to see some of the local clubs in our area donning blue armbands to honour people killed on Victorian roads and driving home the road safety messaging.

On August 23, Goldfields Police Service Area will be hosting the 2022-23 CommSafe forum in Maryborough.

We invite our community, stakeholders and emergency management partners to participate in discussions with a police panel on local and state-wide issues.

The panel will consist of executive command, divisional and local police on a range of current policing issues and trends and will discuss common problems faced by police and the community with a view of determining a shared responsibility for solving these issues.

Some of the topics to be discussed includes, crime themes and drug related crime, family violence, road policing, youth offending and emergency management.

Attendees are required to register with the event co-ordinator at Maryborough. UNI@police.vic.gov.au

*ActingInspectorDellaNihillisthe Goldfieldslocalareacommanderfor VictoriaPolice