Police Reminder This Weekend
Police are urging the public to remember the COVID-19
Alert Level rules in
place across the country.
For
those outside of Tāmaki Makaurau, a reminder that Alert
Level 3 still
requires people to limit their
movement.
Please stay local, keep your bubble
exclusive and don’t forget the basics,
including social
distancing and contactless protocols.
Police across the
country will be maintaining high visibility and
reassurance
patrols.
If you are unsure of the rules then visit the Covid19 website.
We thank communities across the country for their compliance.
Traffic
volumes remain low and compliance pleasing at Tāmaki
Makaurau
checkpoints
Police checkpoints operating
in both north and south Auckland ran smoothly
overnight
and no issues were reported.
A total of 13,720
vehicles have now been stopped at the 10 checkpoints
on
Auckland’s northern and southern
boundaries.
The five northern checkpoints have been in
place since Northland dropped to
Alert Level 3 at 11:59pm
on 2 September. Between then and 3:30pm on 3
September,
992 vehicles have been stopped at the northern
checkpoints.
24 vehicles were turned away for non-essential travel.
Between 11.59pm on 31 August and
3.30pm on 3rd September, a total of 12,728
vehicles have
been stopped at the five southern checkpoints.
444 of these vehicles were turned away for non-essential travel.
This remains less than four percent of all
motorists and Police thank our
community for their
compliance.
The checkpoint with the most vehicles
turned around was the Southbound
checkpoint at SH1/Mercer
off ramp where 164 vehicles were turned
away.
Compliance figures:
Since Alert Level 4
came into place, 174 people have been charged with
a
total of 185 offences nationwide as at 5pm yesterday (3
September 2021).
Of the charges filed, 124 are for
Failing to Comply with Order (COVID-19), 38
for Failure
to Comply with Direction/Prohibition/Restriction, 18 for
Health
Act Breaches, and 5 for
Assaults/Threatens/Hinders/Obstructs
Enforcement
Officer.
In the same time period, 465
people were warned for 468 offences. Of the
formal
warnings 198 were for Failing to Comply with Order
(COVID-19), 153 for
Failure to Comply with
Direction/Prohibition/Restriction, 116 for Health
Act
Breaches, and 1 for
Assaults/Threatens/Hinders/Obstructs Enforcement
Officer.
As at 5pm on 3 September 2021, Police have
issued a rolling total of 3,257
infringements nationwide.
2,898 of these were issued under the previous
Health
Order, primarily for failing to remain at current
home/residence other
than for essential personal
movement.
Since the new Health Order settings for
Levels 3 and 4 came into force on 1
September, 359
infringements have been issued as follows:
- Left home / residence other than for essential personal movement (AL4) – 196
- Left home / residence other than for essential personal movement (AL3) – 125
- Other breaches under the new Health Order – 38
Police have now received a total of 16,046 105-online breach notifications.
9,729 were about a
gathering, 4,737 were about a business, and 1,580
were
about a person.
In addition to the online breach
notifications, a total of 10,287 Covid-19
related calls
were made to the 105-phone line.
The majority (7,461)
of calls were requests for information, and 2,826 were
to
report perceived Covid-19
breaches.