Police Briefs
LOCAL police are disappointed after 17 people were caught speeding in a school zone over two days last week.
The traffic operation is part of a blitz in local school zones to help protect children, with local police urging motorists to slow down.
Noosa Heads’ officer in charge Senior Sergeant Steve McReight said police would continue patrols of school zones throughout the term.
“We do it to look after the little ones,” he said.
All five fail drugs test
MOTORISTS are being warned that more police officers are now trained in drug driving testing.
Since the Statewide Drug Testing Deployment Project in late December 2014, more than 230 road policing unit officers in Queensland are certified to conduct drug driving testing, including officers in Noosa.
Sen Sgt McReight said the increase in trained officers meant a drug driving blitz was planned for the Easter holidays.
The new technology in drug testing has been tested throughout Noosa with a 100 per cent strike rate so far.
“It’s shocking to think that of the five people stopped for a random drug test, all were positive results,” Sen Sgt McReight said.
“That’s a 100 per cent strike rate and that was on a weekday.”
