The NSW Police Force have turned their attention to early intervention and education during four days of action under Operation Amarok VII.
Operation Amarok is a state-wide operation focusing on domestic and family violence offenders with an elevated level of threat to their victim.
In addition to the 551 arrests made over the four-day operation between Wednesday 21 August and Saturday 24 August 2024, police attended over 120 schools and spoke to more than 10,000 students to deliver presentations on respectful relationships and coercive control.
On Friday 23 August 2024, over 900 young people attended U-Nites – a PCYC led initiative to create a safe space for young people to engage in activities – at 17 locations across the state.
NSW Police Executive Sponsor for Domestic and Family Violence, Deputy Commissioner Peter Thurtell, said educating the next generation was just as important as locking up the offenders.
“While the operational results under Operation Amarok are crucial to our fight against domestic and family violence, so too is preventing the problem in the first place,” Deputy Commissioner Thurtell said.
“This Operation Amarok we had a focus on getting into schools and in front of students to educate them about the various issues that lead to people becoming domestic offenders.
“Kids are our future and teaching them about domestic violence early gives them the power to break the cycle.”
The Domestic and Family Violence Registry led Operation Amarok VII, also involved officers from each regions’ Domestic Violence High Risk Offenders Team (DVHROT), along with specialist officers from Raptor Squad, Youth Command, Traffic & Highway Patrol Command, and the Police Transport Command.
Police laid 642 charges with 1,230 offences, conducted a total of 14,910 ADVO compliance checks and 1,432 bail compliance checks. 156 Firearm Prohibition Order compliance checks were conducted, with 84 firearms seized.
