Jerome Laxale (Bennelong, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Today I want to acknowledge the hard work of officers at the Ryde Police Area Command in ensuring the safety and wellbeing of the community of Bennelong. Recently, locals have been contacting me concerned about crime. Many have shared their experiences in reporting these crimes to Ryde Police Area Command. In response to this, it was great to read that Ryde Police Area Command ramped up their efforts to fight crime in my region.

In early November, the Ryde Police Area Command carried out operation RIPCORD, a two-day blitz across the area. Over the two days, this operation resulted in 14 arrests and 20 charges across a range of offences. The operation's approach was to enforce bail conditions, ensuring compliance with domestic violence orders, expecting licensed premises and increasing high visibility patrols. This demonstrated that the police area command are responding directly to community concerns. Importantly, 61 bail enforcement checks and 163 apprehended domestic violence order compliance checks were conducted, showing that our local police are ensuring that existing offenders are complying with the conditions of orders issued upon them.

Many in our area are concerned about crime and I encourage them all to report these matters to police. The more reports there are, the more resources that police can allocate to our region. As always, if a resident has concerns, my office and I are here to assist.