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Victoria Police is aware of a number of incidents over the weekend where people have deliberately breached the Chief Health Officer directions and are not wearing face coverings.
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Thankfully this selfish behaviour is an exception and the vast majority of people are doing the right thing to protect the health and safety of our community.
However, the behaviour of those who blatantly choose to disregard the rules on the insistence their human rights
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However, the behaviour of those who blatantly choose to disregard the rules on the insistence their human rights
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...being breached is alarming.
Worse yet, it seems these people are more interested in notoriety & getting likes on social media than the health & wellbeing of their fellow Victorians.
My message to anyone planning to break the rules is simple: no one has a human right to
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Worse yet, it seems these people are more interested in notoriety & getting likes on social media than the health & wellbeing of their fellow Victorians.
My message to anyone planning to break the rules is simple: no one has a human right to
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...infect other people and place the entire Victoria community at risk.
In fact, this type of behaviour is childish and is completely unacceptable when police are working incredibly hard to keep the community safe.
Victoria Police will continue to use the powers available
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In fact, this type of behaviour is childish and is completely unacceptable when police are working incredibly hard to keep the community safe.
Victoria Police will continue to use the powers available
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...to them under the Public Health and Wellbeing Act 2008 to enforce the Chief Health Officer directions.
We will not hesitate to issue $200 fines to people who are obviously and blatantly failing to wear a face covering without a valid reason, such as a medical condition.
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We will not hesitate to issue $200 fines to people who are obviously and blatantly failing to wear a face covering without a valid reason, such as a medical condition.
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Police also have the power to arrest people who choose not to wear face coverings and subsequently fail to comply with a police directive to provide proof of identity.
- Rick Nugent, Deputy Commissioner, Regional Operations.
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- Rick Nugent, Deputy Commissioner, Regional Operations.
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