NSW Police blitz targets domestic violence offenders

More than 550 people have been charged during a four-day police blitz targeting NSW’s most dangerous domestic and family violence offenders.

Operation Amarok VI ran from Wednesday to Saturday, involving every police area command and district across the state.

During the operation police arrested 554 offenders and laid 1070 charges, with 226 of those arrested wanted by police for serious domestic violence offences.

Police Minister Yasmin Catley said Operation Amarok sent a strong message to perpetrators of domestic and family violence.

“These results show how seriously the NSW Police Force take domestic and family violence – this abhorrent behaviour is not tolerated,” she said in a statement on Monday.

“Anyone who commits this heinous crime can expect a knock at their door.”

Ms Catley said the almost 150,000 calls made to NSW Police last year for domestic violence-related matters showed the size of the problem and the amount of police time and resources that went into addressing the issue.

NSW Police Executive Sponsor for Domestic and Family Violence, Deputy Commissioner Peter Thurtell, said the results of Amarok VI showed the force’s commitment to tackling domestic violence and arresting offenders.

“NSW Police officers respond to incidents of domestic and family violence every single day, and Operation Amarok enables police statewide to conduct a targeted blitz of those who have been flagged as the worst domestic violence offenders,” he said.

“We saw significant arrest numbers in our regional communities, and we also saw arrests for offences that occurred allegedly while the offender was in jail.”

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