{"id":208319,"date":"2025-12-30T12:22:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/208319\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T12:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T12:22:14","slug":"gisborne-police-flood-roads-and-deploy-eagle-helicopter-for-new-year-boy-racer-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/208319\/","title":{"rendered":"Gisborne police flood roads and deploy Eagle helicopter for New Year boy racer crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cAnti-social road user behaviour is reckless and wreaks havoc on our communities. We won\u2019t stand for it,\u201d Park said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">To support the \u201cheavily resourced\u201d ground operations, the police Eagle helicopter will be deployed to Gisborne from today, she said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe Eagle helicopter gives us eyes over the district, helping us respond quickly and effectively to any dangerous activity.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">She said anyone who intends to cause disruption or operate a vehicle in a dangerous or unsafe manner can expect a stern response. <\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"Police Commissioner Richard Chambers (centre) went 'on the beat' at R&amp;V. Photo \/ NZ Police \" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Police Commissioner Richard Chambers (centre) went &#8216;on the beat&#8217; at R&amp;V. Photo \/ NZ Police <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIf you plan to disrupt other road users or drive dangerously, expect consequences. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe will be impounding vehicles, issuing infringement notices and bringing charges in appropriate circumstances.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">Police said they will be actively checking for driver impairment, speeding, licence breaches and any risky behaviour. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cSpectating unlawful street racing and sustained loss of traction encourages those involved in the offending. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIt is also incredibly dangerous,\u201d Park said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\">Police also urged the public to help keep the roads safe by reporting any unlawful or dangerous driving immediately. <\/p>\n<p class=\"vUWuwjCGukMuO\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAnti-social road user behaviour is reckless and wreaks havoc on our communities. We won\u2019t stand for it,\u201d Park&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":208320,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[28358,95,86498,44183,15117,7236,12639,84796,4189,2837,75819,5131,24925,2082,12506,6559,47065,117,111,43,139,69,5353,675,4494,20296,20561,20383,1533,379,1530],"class_list":["post-208319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-alongside","tag-and","tag-antisocial","tag-behaviour","tag-boy","tag-combat","tag-crackdown","tag-deploy","tag-driving","tag-during","tag-eagle","tag-festival","tag-flood","tag-for","tag-gisborne","tag-heavy","tag-helicopter","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-period","tag-police","tag-presence","tag-racer","tag-reckless","tag-roads","tag-will","tag-year","tag-years"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}