Arthur Gorrie
Polair capability is to be expanded in Gympie’s Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay regions, Premier Steven Miles has announced.
He said “more police and more police resources” were included in new community safety legislation,
This would include “expanding electronic monitoring of young offenders, expanding Jack’s (weapon detection) Law, cracking down on posting and boasting on social media, a new Firearms Prohibition Order Scheme, new offences for ramming an emergency vehicle and removal of detention as a last resort.”
Police Minister Mark Ryan said weapons safety was a priority for community and police safety.
“We plan to reform the qualifying test for members of the public by expanding the types of serious offending captured in our data and to introduce a category listing disqualified people.”
Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski welcomed increased penalties for carrying knives in public without good reason and promised a continuation of successful police operations like Operation Whiskey Legion, which saturated Gympie’s Wide Bay region with police and resulted in a large number of arrests here recently.
The new laws would also increase to the maximum penalty for dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death or grievous bodily harm.
Domestic and Family Violence amendments included removing parent-minor child discipline from domestic violence laws, allowing these problems to be dealt with under child harm or youth justice rules.
They would also enable more media coverage of Childrens Court criminal proceedings.
Recording, online publication and even watching a hooning offence “without reasonable excuse” will become an offence.
