Cooperative effort makes for calmer holiday season
The Taupō District saw a marked reduction in police call outs and arrests over the holiday season despite large numbers of visitors to the area, and Taupō police Senior Sergeant Tony Jeurissen is putting this down to the cooperative effort between police and the council.
“We’ve had a real turnaround in the situation in the central business district. A few years ago we were seeing 200 to 300 arrests over the New Year period, and despite very large numbers of visitors we had just 20 arrests this year. I think a big part of what’s changed has been how police and council have worked together to make things more family friendly. And as we have changed the environment we have had to deploy less police resources, and council has had to spend less time on cleaning up rubbish and replacing trees and street signs, which used to take a bit of a thrashing,” he said.
Council chief executive Gareth Green said that in addition to things like changes to liquor ban areas there had been an increased focus on attracting families to the district.
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