NSW Police said up to 1,000 officers will be deployed to monitor any anti-lockdown protests in Sydney this weekend.
NSW Police said up to 1,000 officers will be deployed to monitor any anti-lockdown protests in Sydney this weekend, as Premier Gladys Berejiklian issued a plea to protesters to avoid giving loved ones a"death sentence".
"The strike force from last week has locked up over 60 individuals and issued over 200 infringements. And that will continue so if you turn up, you can expect the same sense of force."He said up to 1,000 officers will be deployed to stop any protests this weekend and that police have detected online planning for a smaller-scale event than Saturday's protest of about 3,500 people. Premier Berejiklian said she did not want to see a repeat of last Saturday.
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