Police to use SMS technology to strengthen home quarantine compliance checks
Tasmania Police will use SMS technology to further strengthen home quarantine compliance checking from tomorrow. Since 25 March this year, Tasmania Police has co-ordinated over 36,000 physical checks of those required to home quarantine. This has only been achieved through the support from volunteers within the State Emergency Service, Tasmania Fire Service and up until…
Longford Robbery
In the early hours on the 25th of October 2020 Tasmania Police and Ambulance Tasmania were called to attend a unit complex in Longford where an elderly male was assaulted in his home. During this incident personal items were stolen from the address. The elderly male sustained injuries to his head and body, which required…
Evade Police Incident – Midland Highway, Symons Plains
A 19-year -old Molesworth man has had his vehicle confiscated after evading police at high speed on the Midland Highway at Symons Plains this evening. At around 6:20pm police began receiving several reports from members of the public of a black Holden Commodore Sedan overtaking other road users at high speeds on the Midland Highway.…
Expressions of Interest for Appointment to the Police Review Board
Expressions of interest are being sought from suitably qualified persons for appointment as a member of the Police Review Board, established under the Police Service Act 2003. The principal functions of the Board involve the determination of applications for review lodged by members of Tasmania Police under the Act. The Board is made up of…
New social media campaign calling on Tasmanians to take responsibility on our roads
Tasmania’s emergency services have banded together as part of a new campaign calling on Tasmanians to take responsibility for keeping themselves and others safe on our roads. The social media campaign includes five short videos featuring first responders from Tasmania Police, Tasmania Fire Service, State Emergency Service and Ambulance Tasmania. “As emergency service workers it’s…
Single Vehicle Crash – York Plains Road, Oatlands
Around 8.40pm last night emergency services attended the scene of a single vehicle crash at Oatlands where two people were reportedly trapped. A blue Toyota Hi-Lux single cab utility had crashed on York Plains Road approximately 10 kilometers from the Midlands Highway where two people were reportedly trapped. The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to…
Serious Traffic Offences
At 4.40pm on Sunday 18 October 2020 Southern Road and Public Order Police identified a black Suzuki GSXR 1000 motorcycle overtaking dangerously at a corner on double white lines on Tea Tree Road into Brighton. The motor cycle was detected travelling at 120kph in the 60kph zone. The motor cycle was followed to an address…
Drug, firearm detections after Midlands traffic operation
Tasmania Police last night conducted a large traffic operation at Melton Mowbray in the state’s southern midlands with the assistance of other government enforcement agencies. Members of Tasmania Police Road Safety Task Force, Bridgewater Uniform Division personnel, together with Transport Safety Inspectors, Parks and Wildlife Service rangers and compliance officers and Tasmania Police Dog…
Police charge man with Firearms Trafficking
A 38yr old man from Stonehenge has been charged with a number of offences, including the crime of Trafficking in Firearms following an investigation by Tasmania Police. Police attended a remote rural property on Wednesday this week where they recovered 18 firearms along with various types of ammunition. The firearms recovered included one each…
Police investigating serious crash at Emu Heights
Burnie Police are investigating a serious two vehicle crash involving a utility and a laden log truck around 9.30am today on Old Surrey Road at Emu Heights. Initial investigations indicate that the utility has failed to give way to the truck, which has collided with the front driver’s side of the utility. The male driver…