Lock your car
Police have a simple message – lock your car.
They say they are growing frustrated with people who choose not to lock their car as the latest statistics show the Noosa police region has experienced a 4.9 per cent increase in theft form cars while all other regions in Queensland have seen a decrease in the number of break-ins.
Office in Charge of Noosa Heads Senior Sergeant Steve McReight said the areas being targeted by thieves are expanding throughout the Noosa shire.
“Most of the theft used to happen along Claude Batten Drive, Noosa Heads, but the areas affected are spreading,” he said.
Sen Sgt McReight said it was becoming more common for opportunistic thieves to steal from unlocked cars at work sites and throughout industrial areas such as Rene Street and Venture Drive in Noosaville.
“People are just walking along, trying car doors and when one is open they take advantage,” he said.
“We have made significant arrests over the past 12 months to try and curb the rise in theft from cars, but people really need to take the steps to secure their vehicle.
“It’s very simple – lock your car.”
School speedster
Local police are reminding drivers to slow down when approaching a school zone with one driver caught doing more than twice the speed limit last week.
The offence resulted in an immediate loss of licence for the male motorbike rider who was caught doing 84 km/h in a 40 km/h school zone last week.
Sen Sgt McReight said police plan further operations around school zones in the coming weeks to try and reduce the number of people speeding through these zones.
Road Safety Week
The inaugural Queensland Road Safety Week ran from 17 to 21 August and saw police join forces to run two major operations throughout Noosa.
The first operation was held on 19 August and saw the Pomona, Cooroy, Noosa Heads and Eumundi police along with the Nambour and Gympie road policing units close down the Bruce Highway near Federal for a major traffic operation.
Sen Sgt McReight said the operation was a great team effort with more than 360 drivers tested for drunk-driving, with four people to face court charged with offences such as drink-driving, drug possession and driving unlicensed, while three drivers returned positive tests for illegal drugs.
The second joint operation was held on 20 August and saw a section of the David Low Way between Noosa and Coolum closed down.
More than 1400 drivers were breath tested, resulting in five charged with drink driving, four people returning positive drug tests, 23 tickets issued for traffic offences such as speeding and three people arrested for drug possession.
Sen Sgt McReight said more joint traffic operations were planned for the future.
