19-05-2025
'This is unacceptable': more than 600 arrested in domestic violence blitz
Hundreds of people across NSW have been arrested during a domestic and family violence blitz.
Police arrested 627 people and levied 1316 charges amid Operation Amarok X from May 14 to May 17.
Domestic and family violence assistant commissioner Peter McKenna said the focus was on protecting young victims.
"We know the psychological trauma caused by a child or a young person, when they are exposed to domestic and family abuse, can have a lasting effect," asst cmr McKenna said.
"No one, and especially no child, should have to experience violence and should be safe in their own home."
Officers attended schools to help educate children and young people about domestic and family violence during the four days.
NSW Police also conducted 1276 bail compliance checks and 12,926 apprehended domestic violence order (ADVO) compliance checks. A total of 535 breaches were detected.
There have been 160,000 reported incidents of domestic violence in the past 12 months in NSW or an average of about 438 reports per day, police said.
"That is unacceptable and is not tolerated by police or our society," asst cmr McKenna.
There were several regional arrests, including a man who contacted a woman known to him more than 300 times over a short space of time and allegedly made serious threats of harm, in breach of a current AVO in Lake Illawarra.
READ MORE: Appeal set for killer who brutally stabbed ex 78 times
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Hundreds of people across NSW have been arrested during a domestic and family violence blitz.
Police arrested 627 people and levied 1316 charges amid Operation Amarok X from May 14 to May 17.
Domestic and family violence assistant commissioner Peter McKenna said the focus was on protecting young victims.
"We know the psychological trauma caused by a child or a young person, when they are exposed to domestic and family abuse, can have a lasting effect," asst cmr McKenna said.
"No one, and especially no child, should have to experience violence and should be safe in their own home."
Officers attended schools to help educate children and young people about domestic and family violence during the four days.
NSW Police also conducted 1276 bail compliance checks and 12,926 apprehended domestic violence order (ADVO) compliance checks. A total of 535 breaches were detected.
There have been 160,000 reported incidents of domestic violence in the past 12 months in NSW or an average of about 438 reports per day, police said.
"That is unacceptable and is not tolerated by police or our society," asst cmr McKenna.
There were several regional arrests, including a man who contacted a woman known to him more than 300 times over a short space of time and allegedly made serious threats of harm, in breach of a current AVO in Lake Illawarra.
READ MORE: Appeal set for killer who brutally stabbed ex 78 times
Support is available for those who may be distressed:
Hundreds of people across NSW have been arrested during a domestic and family violence blitz.
Police arrested 627 people and levied 1316 charges amid Operation Amarok X from May 14 to May 17.
Domestic and family violence assistant commissioner Peter McKenna said the focus was on protecting young victims.
"We know the psychological trauma caused by a child or a young person, when they are exposed to domestic and family abuse, can have a lasting effect," asst cmr McKenna said.
"No one, and especially no child, should have to experience violence and should be safe in their own home."
Officers attended schools to help educate children and young people about domestic and family violence during the four days.
NSW Police also conducted 1276 bail compliance checks and 12,926 apprehended domestic violence order (ADVO) compliance checks. A total of 535 breaches were detected.
There have been 160,000 reported incidents of domestic violence in the past 12 months in NSW or an average of about 438 reports per day, police said.
"That is unacceptable and is not tolerated by police or our society," asst cmr McKenna.
There were several regional arrests, including a man who contacted a woman known to him more than 300 times over a short space of time and allegedly made serious threats of harm, in breach of a current AVO in Lake Illawarra.
READ MORE: Appeal set for killer who brutally stabbed ex 78 times
Support is available for those who may be distressed:
Hundreds of people across NSW have been arrested during a domestic and family violence blitz.
Police arrested 627 people and levied 1316 charges amid Operation Amarok X from May 14 to May 17.
Domestic and family violence assistant commissioner Peter McKenna said the focus was on protecting young victims.
"We know the psychological trauma caused by a child or a young person, when they are exposed to domestic and family abuse, can have a lasting effect," asst cmr McKenna said.
"No one, and especially no child, should have to experience violence and should be safe in their own home."
Officers attended schools to help educate children and young people about domestic and family violence during the four days.
NSW Police also conducted 1276 bail compliance checks and 12,926 apprehended domestic violence order (ADVO) compliance checks. A total of 535 breaches were detected.
There have been 160,000 reported incidents of domestic violence in the past 12 months in NSW or an average of about 438 reports per day, police said.
"That is unacceptable and is not tolerated by police or our society," asst cmr McKenna.
There were several regional arrests, including a man who contacted a woman known to him more than 300 times over a short space of time and allegedly made serious threats of harm, in breach of a current AVO in Lake Illawarra.
READ MORE: Appeal set for killer who brutally stabbed ex 78 times
Support is available for those who may be distressed:
