Victoria Police issued a total of 93 infringements after breaking up parties on Friday, Saturday and Sunday night. 9News
Most of the parties had about a dozen attendees, with one host in the Surf Coast even hiring a jumping castle for their illegal event.
Commissioner Patton said rulebreakers would jump fences, hide or even flee once caught by police. Their excuses are they "just wanted to get together"."The selfishness… it's unfathomable," he said."We are talking about people dying because of decisions people are making, because they want to have a birthday party."
The state's top cop urged people to dob in their neighbours and those who they believed were breaching the chief health officer's directions. "You can call it dobbing in neighbours - I would call it doing the right thing … looking after the community. It's calling out selfish, arrogant and ignorant behaviour," he said.Victorians have been warned police will be out in full force, inspecting streets with an influx of vehicles, as well as monitoring public spaces such as parks, gardens and beaches.
"I would urge any member of the public who comes across or suspects or believes there is a private gathering or in public to ring the police assistance line," he said. "We will be knocking on those doors, we will be doing everything we can to ensure people are adhering to these guidelines.Police issued 175 fines in the past 24 hours for COVID-19 breaches, including 55 for curfew breaches, 13 at vehicle checkpoints and 23 for failing to wear a face mask.
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