Noosa News
Cops increased for Gold Coast schoolies
Schoolies may be officially cancelled this year because of coronavirus but police are taking no chances with hundreds of officers set to swarm the Gold Coast this weekend.
Queensland’s Year 12 students officially finish on Friday and even though there will be no organised celebrations or activities, thousands of schoolies are still expected to descend on the Gold Coast.
Gold Coast Police chief superintendent Mark Wheeler said 200 additional officers would be brought in to patrol streets and maintain public safety.
He said extra officers would prevent border patrols and hotel quarantine monitoring being compromised.
“We’ll have a heightened police presence. We will have sufficient police here to keep the entire community safe,”…
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