Talk:Police warn Sydneysiders to stay away from Eastern beaches

Police Media Release

Media Release copied here for posterity. - Borofkin 06:13, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

http://www.police.nsw.gov.au/news/recent_media_unit_information?sq_remote_page_action=fetch_url&sq_remote_page_url=http%3A%2F%2Fcustomscripts.police.nsw.gov.au%2Fnews%2Fdetails_media.php%3FMediaID%3D5395

Operation Seta - the weekend ahead

Friday 16 December

Police have assessed five major locations around Sydney, Central Coast, Wollongong and Newcastle as being areas of concern for outbreaks of riotous behaviour violence over the weekend, Police Commissioner Ken Moroney said today. Police are urging the public to avoid visiting Cronulla, the Eastern suburbs beaches, Central Coast beaches, Wollongong and Newcastle where possible. “I would urge people who do not live in these areas to stay away unless they have a good reason to be there,’ Commissioner Moroney said. “Our latest intelligence tells us that large numbers of people are planning to go to these areas on Sunday to cause riotous behaviour. “In the interests of public safety it is my duty to warn the public that these areas have been identified as targets.” Commissioner Ken Moroney said as a result of this intelligence additional police numbers have been further boosted as part of Operation Seta to 1500 on Saturday and 2000 on Sunday. The officers will be drawn from the OSG, the riot squad, SPG, and the marine operation support team (MOST), Dog Squad and Air Wing. These police would be part of Operation Seta’s flying squad response units. Commissioner Moroney said the large scale police operations underway across Sydney, Wollongong and Newcastle throughout the weekend would include police security checks, roadblocks and alcohol free zones. Police security checkpoints would be established en-route to a number of beachside suburbs, to intercept and prevent potential troublemakers from entering those areas. Other measures expected to be taken under the new police powers included the confiscation of cars, mobile phones and other telecommunications devices from people who are deemed by police to be potential lawbreakers. Lockdown powers would also be invoked where necessary. “Anyone who wants to travel to these identified areas is very likely to get caught up in long traffic delays and may well have their car searched by police if they want to enter these areas”, Commissioner Moroney said. “Any unnecessary travel is almost certainly going to cause traffic gridlock and make it a much harder job for police.” RTA mobile signs will be used to warn the public of any delays due to the operation of the security checkpoints.

Rallies section added

I've added a section on the meetings held across Sydney in the last week. Or more exactly I have uploaded a photo I took at one of the meetings. I'm not sure if this should be a new article. Also it needs more material eg on the Wave of Reconciliation meeting at Coogee, I think. Please advise. M.e 10:41, 18 December 2005 (UTC)