School Holiday Patrols
n the first weekend of the recent school holidays, officers from
the Gold Coast Water Police, Brisbane Water Police, Maritime
Safety Queensland and Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol joined
forces in an attempt to make the waterways safer for the school holidays.
The officers based themselves at the Jumpinpin and engaged with water
users throughout the Southern Moreton Bay Islands.
In excess of 170 vessels were intercepted over the weekend with no
masters detected drink driving, which was great news for water users.
Unfortunately there were still some people doing the wrong thing and
35 marine infringement notices were issued, along with proceedings
commenced against 3 people for exceeding fishing bag limits.
The overall behaviour of those on the waterways was great and
officers from all agencies thank those responsible water users. Another
similar operation is planned for the start of the December school
holidays and Police are appealing for people to practice safe boating to
ensure another incident free holiday period on the water.
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Vsheet - DECEMBER 2018
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