Police Enforcement To Continue In Alert Level 4
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster:
Police
around the country will step up their visibility and road
patrols to
ensure people are complying with the Alert
Level 4 restrictions, and staying
home.
With the
Alert Level remaining the same for the weekend, we ask
New
Zealanders to continue to ensure their movement away
home is for essential
purposes only.
All Police
districts will ensure they have high visibility in the
community
where people are accessing essential services,
and on the roads, to deter
travel that is not
essential.
The vast majority of New Zealanders have
demonstrated an amazing level of
compliance, and we need
to ensure their hard work and sacrifice is
not
compromised by a few who deliberately break the
rules.
People can expect that police will intensify
our enforcement of the Level 4
restrictions, and more
people will be stopped and questioned about their
reason
for moving away from home.
We are already prepared for
an alert level change and our planning includes a
more
stringent approach to non-essential movement in the current
Level 4.
Our operational planning is well-advanced and
we are ready to move quickly to
establish region-specific
boundaries to enforce any alert level changes.
The
official locations for these will be publicised once the
Health Order has
been received.
New Zealanders have
responded well to the latest restrictions, and the
vast
majority of people have been doing the right
thing.
As we have all through Alert Level 4, staff
will look to ensure people
understand the restrictions,
but we will take enforcement action
where
necessary.