Single Member Response Model
Tasmania Police operates single and two officer patrols to assist in managing response times and the police capacity to attend calls. The Single Member Response Model is designed to reduce risks associated with single police officers attending or responding to incidents. Tasmania Police has reviewed its current Model and will soon be implementing a revised…
Operation Zero – starts at midnight
Fair warning to Tasmanian road users: Operation Zero begins at midnight. Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Mark Mewis said that the next stage of Operation Zero – a 24-hour traffic blitz – would start at midnight tonight. More than five times the usual amount of rostered officers throughout the State will target road safety offences,…
RICHMOND ARRESTS UPDATE
Hobart CIB has been investigating a series of crimes across the state after the arrest of two men at Richmond last night. A 31 year old and a 23 year old, both from Ravenswood, have been in police custody since yesterday whilst the investigations were conducted. This afternoon the men were charged with the following…
TWO MEN APPREHENDED RICHMOND
At approximately 4pm on Thursday 2 July two men were observed in Evandale in a stolen motor vehicle. Approximately 1 hour later police observed the same vehicle travelling south on the Midland Highway near Oatlands. A number of police units were involved in an attempt to contain the vehicle. The vehicle was followed onto Mudwalls…
Fatal crash Lennah Valley
An 87 year old male from Lennah Valley has died after being struck by a motor vehicle on Girrabong road, Lennah Valley in the vicinity of Baldwin Place. The crash occurred on Thursday the 2nd day of July 2015 at approximately 15:47pm. The male was walking in a southbound direction on Girrabong road towards Kalang…
Missing Person:- Glynn O’Halloran 38yrs of Wynyard
Police are concerned for the health and welfare of Mrs Glynn O’Halloran who left her home at Wynyard early in the morning on the 1st of July 2015, and who has not been seen since. When Mrs O’Halloran left her home she was driving her 2011 white Ford Ranger Flat tray utility, registered number D76JC. …
HOUSE DAMAGED BY FIRE – UPPER NATONE ROAD, UPPER NATONE
A house located on Upper Natone Road, Upper Natone has been damaged by fire on the afternoon of the 1st of July 2015. Damage of the fire is estimated at $30,000. Approximately 5pm, Burnie uniform officers and three Tasmania Fire Service appliances attended the weatherboard house to find smoke emitting from the residence. It took…
Serious Crash Lyell Highway
Three people were conveyed to the Royal Hobart Hospital early evening on Wednesday the 1st day of July 2015 as the result of a two vehicle crash on the Lyell Highway near Granton at about 4.43pm that afternoon. A westerly bound white Toyota Corolla sedan being driven by a 67 year old New Norfolk man…
House fire at Canberra Road, Claremont
Police were called to a house fire at Canberra Road, Claremont shortly before 12pm today. Upon police arrival both the home and a vehicle parked in the driveway of the residence were well alight. The 49-year-old occupant of the home was the only person to be injured as a result of the fire, receiving minor…
CHARGES LAID IN RELATION TO BURGLARIES
Devonport CIB have today charged two people in relation to a number of burglaries which have occurred over the last week. These matters involved burglaries of businesses, private residences and the stealing of cars in the Ulverstone, Devonport and Railton areas. The persons continue to be the subject of an investigation in relation to burglaries…