Tag: Police
Footscray police blitz injury hotspots
Footscray police will soon be cracking down on pedestrians and cyclists in a bid to cut the number of injuries and deaths occurring on...
Joint police, sheriff operation nets $385,000
A joint operation between police and sheriff officers in Altona Meadows netted $385,000 in unpaid fines in one day.
Forty members of the Hobsons Bay...
New Tarneit base for Westgate highway patrol
Highway patrol crews from Footscray and Williamstown police stations will move to Tarneit this week in a combined effort to drive down road trauma...
African filmmaker accuses police of harassment
An African-Australian filmmaker has accused police of victimising him in a string of racially motivated attacks – a claim that police deny.
Representing himself at...
Pupils buddy up with police
Footscray police have paired up with children at Dinjerra Primary School for some old-fashioned letter writing.
Grades 4, 5 and 6 pupils at the Braybrook...
Cops kick more goals
Footscray police showed plenty of heart but failed to topple their young opponents in the Recwest soccer tournament.
Acting Senior Sergeant Amma Bridgeman, from the...
Armed man arrested at Highpoint
An armed man has been arrested at Highpoint Shopping Centre in Maribyrnong.
Shoppers reported they had seen a man believed to be carrying a knife...
Sexual assault reports on the rise
Sexual offences reported to police in Hobsons Bay almost doubled in a year, mainly because victims are more confident in coming forward.
Data from the...
Melton police reject ‘gun culture’ claim
Melton police have denied that the area is turning into a ‘ghetto’ amid reports guns are being discovered in cars every two days in...
Dodgy ‘tradies’ target Yarraville elderly
Police are warning inner-west residents to be on the lookout for fake tradies after a spate of deceptions and thefts.
Footscray Inspector Tony Long said...
Maribyrnong Council and police join forces
Family violence, drug use and disconnected youth are all targets of a joint Maribyrnong council and Footscray police plan to make the region safer.
The...
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Upgrades on the way
Work will begin later this month on the reconstruction of the two soccer fields located at the north-eastern corner of Hansen Reserve.
Maribyrnong council said...
