What we’ve been up to

Ryan Fleming

Ryan Fleming

A look back on the week at the Te Awamutu police station.

Monday – Police attended a disorder incident in Te Awamutu.  A person had left prior to our arrival and was spoken to by Ōtorohanga police. There was also a self-harm/family harm incident in Te Awamutu. Police also attended a motor vehicle collision, assisted Cambridge police with a lengthy mental health incident and dealt with a missing person incident.

Tuesday – Police assisted with the Anzac Day ceremonies including traffic management and wreath laying. Lest We Forget. Police also attended a suspicious incident at a new subdivision and a disorder incident.

Wednesday – Police attended a firearms incident near Kawhia, a motor vehicle collision and recovered a stolen vehicle.

Thursday – Police attended a number of jobs in Cambridge including a family harm, assisted in the arrest of a male who had breached bail conditions, attended a disorder/motor vehicle collision in Kihikihi, a family harm in Pirongia where a Police Safety Order was issued and conducted a number of bail checks.

Friday – Police attended a bail check and discovered a person had breached bail, and a patrol vehicle was sent to Raglan, A male was arrested in relation to burglary. A Police Safety Order was issued in relation to a family harm incident.

Saturday – Police attended the scenes a number of burglaries and dealt with a case where a person breached his electronically monitored bail conditions.

Sunday – Police attended an attempted self-harm incident.  A police officer was assaulted at a disorder incident, and we attended a burglary in Pirongia.

Police have been receiving reports of a text scam purporting to be from NZTA stating the recipient has not paid an electronically captured toll charge.

Please be vigilant when receiving any communication stating you owe money. The best practice is to contact the agency yourself using the agency’s “contact us” function online.

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