Arson Rockingham Drive Clarendon Vale
On Friday 6th April 2018 at 9:30pm The Tasmania Fire Service were called to attend a house on fire at Rockingham Drive Clarendon Vale. This is the second occasion in the past week that members of the Tasmania Fire Service have attended this residence in relation to a fire. Initial indications suggest this fire has…
Man charged over Elderslie arson
A 45 year old man has been charged with arson over a house fire in Elderslie in February. On Saturday 10 February 2018 at approximately 12:18am Tasmania Fire Service and Tasmania Police attended a report of a house fire at 1826 Elderslie Road, Elderslie. The fire was extinguished by fire crews a short…
Easter Operation Crossroads – State-wide enforcement activities (Total) – Day 6 Final report
Note: This is a cumulative report comparing this stage in this year’s operation to the same stage in Last year’s operation. State wide traffic enforcement activities 2018 2017 % Diff. Random drug & alcohol tests to date 18471 19000 -2.8 Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date 43 54 -20.4 Motorists who…
Easter Operation Crossroads – State-wide enforcement activities (Total) – Day 5
Operation Crossroads ends at midnight tonight. Overall traffic infringement notices are down by around 12% from last year which is encouraging, but Tasmania Police would have preferred a larger margin. Over 65% of the infringements issued during this operation have been cautions. These are issued to eligible drivers who have been observed committing offences but…
Easter Operation Crossroads – State-wide enforcement activities (Total) – Day 4
This is the fourth full day of operation Crossroads. It is pleasing to see there has been a reduction in the number of positive oral fluid tests; however, disappointing to see that drivers are still putting their lives at risk as well as other members of the public by driving whilst exceeding the prescribed…
Suspicious House Fire – Rockingham Drive Clarendon Vale
Approximately 1.00am on Monday the 2nd of April 2018, a suspicious house fire occurred at a private residence in Rockingham Drive at Clarendon Vale. The residents were not home at the time of the fire which has caused approximately $200,000 worth of damage. The residence had been subject to several complaints in the last two…
Easter Operation Crossroads – State-wide enforcement activities (Total) – Day 3
Note: This is a cumulative report comparing this stage in this year’s operation to the same stage in Last year’s operation. State wide traffic enforcement activities 2018 2017 Random drug & alcohol tests to date 9816 12296 Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date 29 33 Motorists who returned positive oral fluid tests to…
Easter Operation Crossroads – State-wide enforcement activities (Total) – Day 2
Note: This is a cumulative report comparing this stage in this year’s operation to the same stage in last year’s operation. State wide traffic enforcement activities 2018 2017 Random drug & alcohol tests to date 4994 8707 Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date 19 22 Motorists who returned positive oral fluid tests to…
Easter Operation Crossroads – State-wide enforcement activities (total) – Day 1
State wide traffic enforcement activities 2018 2017 Random drug & alcohol tests to date 2820 5118 Motorists charged with drink driving offences to date 11 10 Motorists who returned positive oral fluid tests to date 9 7 Total Infringement notices issued to date 88 224 Infringement notices issued for speeding offences 58 153 Infringement…
Mountain bikes stolen from Launceston PCYC
Police are seeking public assistance following the theft of 12 mountain bikes from the Launceston PCYC, Newstead, sometime between Saturday 24 March and earlier today. The brands of mountain bikes include Jamis, Giant (Talon) and Scott, with the majority of bikes being white Jamis. The bikes are used by Project Booyah, which is a ‘youth…