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ACT Policing: Police to focus on underage drinking at Skyfire

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Mar 192010

ACT Policing will be targeting underage drinking and anti-social behaviour at Skyfire tomorrow night (Saturday, March 20), with parents urged to be aware of their children’s whereabouts at all times.

An estimated 130,000 people attended last year’s Skyfire event over Lake Burley Griffin. Of the large crowd, only one adult male was lodged in the Regional Watch House for being intoxicated and disorderly in a public place. However police detained approximately 40 juveniles for intoxication and/or underage drinking.

These minors were held in temporary youth detention areas at the venue, and parents were called to collect them from the event. Similar measures will be in place this year, with police detaining any intoxicated juveniles at City Police Station.

Superintendent Lesa Gale encourages the community to enjoy the Skyfire event, however warned that underage drinking and supplying alcohol to young people would not be tolerated by police.

ACT Policing: Pedestrians urged to take care after woman struck by vehicle in Civic (Sunday 21 February 2010)

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Feb 222010

An incident in which a woman was struck by a vehicle outside a nightclub in Civic early today (Sunday, February 21) has prompted ACT Policing to warn pedestrians of the dangers of failing to use appropriate care and attention when crossing a roadway.

ACT Policing: Helmet warning to cyclists after serious collision

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Feb 102010

ACT Policing has issued a reminder to cyclists that wearing a helmet is compulsory and could potentially save your life after a serious collision between a car and a cyclist in Braddon on Monday morning (February 8).

ACT Policing: Drunken brawlers in city; seven taken into custody (5 February 2010)

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Feb 062010

Four ACT Policing caged vehicles and up to a dozen officers responded to a series of disturbances within Mooseheads nightclub on London Circuit, Civic early Friday morning (Friday, February 5).

ACT Policing: Hot weather raises home security concerns

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Feb 032010

Police are again reminding Canberra residents of the need to properly secure their homes and property, particularly at night, following rising rates of property crime in and around the suburbs of Narrabundah, Griffith and Kingston.

These crimes include burglaries, attempted stolen motor vehicles and property theft, and are often opportunistic in nature, with offenders choosing targets with the least amount of security or the lowest chance of being detected.

Superintendent Kate Buggy from ACTP’s Crime Prevention Team today urged the community to apply simple household security practices to reduce their chances of being targeted.
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