THE NEW SOUTH WALES Police Force has today launched the first of five new drug testing vans, equipped to test motorists for the presence of drugs.

Minister for Police, Tony Kelly, said that the new vehicles will join the force’s existing three roadside drug testing vans and five random breath testing vans.

Since roadside drug testing [...]

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A MOVE EARLIER THIS MONTH by NSW Police to waive fines in protest against a new wage deal that the NSW Police Association says is unfair, now looks set to continue indefinitely.

The action, which ran for a week in early July and cost the NSW State Government an estimated $2 million in lost revenue, [...]

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POLICE IN NEW SOUTH WALES have vowed to cease issuing on-the-spot traffic fines for a week, as part of a protest against a new wage deal that they say is unfair.

As a result, motorists caught speeding and otherwise flouting road rules won’t be hit with an instant fine, but simply cautioned at the discretion of [...]

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Don’t – in case the thought entered your head – don’t even think about scarpering if you find flashing blue lights filling your mirrors in NSW. In a first for an Australian police force, NSW police can now be seen in the saddle of Yamaha’s highway blaster, the FJR1300A. No less [...]

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Last February, the Bankstown police received a late Christmas present in the form of a bright yellow lightweight Lotus Exige. With full NSW Police livery and a removable emergency light system, the Exige was used at Random Breath Testing, Radar and Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) sites. Its bright Saffron Yellow paint was chosen specifically [...]

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