Eumundi Voice - Issue 99, 8 August 2024

Police Beat

During the month of July, Eumundi Police received 168 calls for police assistance or emergency responses. July 2024 has now broken the Eumundi division record for most calls for police assistance in a single month – and the highest since I arrived in December 2018.

In the first 7 months of 2024 Eumundi Police have submitted 260 charges before the court. This follows the trend that Eumundi station is the highest performing proactive small station on the Sunshine Coast, thus continuing to work for the safety of our community.

Some of the investigations this month include: 14 domestic violence investigations; 1 stalking investigation; a stolen motor vehicle; possession of dangerous drug offences; 10 stealing offences; 2 assaults; and 6 breach of bail offences. Eumundi police have also detected 4 drink drivers throughout July. A 51yo Eumundi man was arrested for drink driving at 0.235% – nearly 5 times the legal limit for driving. The offender was already disqualified as he had been charged with 2 previous drink drive offences in 7 months and 3 disqualified driving offences. Eumundi Police objected to his bail due to the fact that he was consistently found driving drunk near Eumundi State School and a high risk to our community. The offender was kept in custody for 14 days and released on a suspended sentence with a 2-year disqualification and vehicle plates confiscated for 90 days. Another drink driver from Eumundi also had a high reading of 0.184%.

Also detected was 1 drug driver and police attended 7 traffic crashes with injuries and one person attempting to evade police. Highway Patrol Sunshine Coast issued 20 infringement notices for speeding and hooning during July.

Just a reminder to our community that our part time administration officer who works Monday and Wednesdays is currently on holidays. The team at Eumundi will open the counter when possible, in between attending jobs, but if you need police, we will always come to you. Call Policelink on 131 444 or 000 for emergencies. Please stay safe and call if you need. Until next month.

Ryan Hanlon – Officer in Charge of Eumundi Police Station Hanlon.RyanP@police.qld.gov.au