A NEW tool has hit our streets in our battle against hooning.
Last week a new anti-hooning trailer was unveiled in Crestmead.
The high-tech trailer is equipped with state-of-the-art night vision cameras and number plate recognition.
The trailer has the capability to catch dangerous drivers and report back to police instantly, alerting them of the hooning behaviour. Queensland Police have three of these trailers and are piloting them in Logan, Townsville and Moreton Bay regions.
I unveiled the first of these three in Magnesium Rd, Crestmead on Tuesday alongside Police Minister Mark Ryan, Police Acting Assistant Commissioner Chris Stream, Member for Logan Linus Power and Member for Macalister Melissa McMahon.
“The anti-hoon trailers are one of several overt and covert strategies police across the state are employing to target hooning and in particular large-scale hooning events,” Acting Assistant Commissioner Stream said.
“Police will continue to conduct a variety of intelligence-driven enforcement patrols while also undertaking operations using the high-definition camera trailers.
The implementation of trailers like these and combined with the toughest anti-hooning laws in the country, dangerous drivers will know Queensland Police will be cracking down on them.
These laws put the onus on the driver that they weren’t behind the wheel of their car if it is filmed hooning.
Last week we also celebrated some of the community’s most valuable members at the Woodridge Queensland Day Awards.
Queensland Day marks the state’s official separation from New South Wales as an independent colony in 1859.
Queensland has beautiful climate, natural wonders, first-class infrastructure, and a quality of life that’s the envy of everyone.
But it is everyday Queenslanders that make the state great.
It is the tuckshop lady, jolly bus driver, determined P&C committees, devoted community case workers, respected elder and caring nurse. It is Chris Doolan, the Kingston State School cleaner who was awarded for his passion and commitment to the school community. The Logan Men’s Shed was also awarded.
The Men’s Shed members build mud kitchens for local kindergartens, raise garden beds for the community, displays for our libraries and so much more.
Hoons beware, you’re being watched
