OPERATION Whiskey Legion is returning to Ipswich, with the major policing operation having charged more than 4000 people with more than 9870 offences in a seven-day blitz throughout the region earlier this year.
With the local and state-wide experience of running an OWL operation, Ipswich police will be coordinating resources to crack down on crime hot spot locations to disrupt and prevent crime wherever it is occurring.
A surge of specialist police from Highway Patrol, Crime and Intelligence Command, Rail Squad and Crime Prevention will join forces with local police to target high-risk crime across the district over the next seven days.
The additional resources within the operation will crack down on road safety, weapons, property, and domestic and family violence offences and engage with the community about crime prevention and safety. The purpose of the operation is to strengthen community safety and enhance local policing capabilities.
Regional Operations and Youth Crime Acting Deputy Commissioner Mark Kelly said the QPS was committed to ensuring the community felt safe.
“Initiatives such as the ongoing state-wide deployments of Operation Whiskey Legion support our commitment to keep the community safe and take strong, targeted action to reduce crime across Queensland,” Acting Deputy Commissioner Kelly said.
“This work is in addition to the outstanding work our frontline police are out on the streets doing every day, protecting Queenslanders.”
Ipswich District Officer Superintendent Kylie Rigg said the operation was building on the outstanding daily work of general duties officers striving to keep the Ipswich community safe.
