{"id":280647,"date":"2026-02-12T15:21:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/280647\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T15:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T15:21:14","slug":"extra-police-on-duty-as-parties-ramp-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/280647\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra police on duty as parties ramp up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Police will be out in force in Dunedin\u2019s student quarter as the tail end of Flo-Week approaches.<\/p>\n

Senior Sergeant Craig Dinnissen said police were expecting Friday and Saturday nights to ramp up as the week of parties reaches a peak.<\/p>\n

This comes after a young man was in a critical condition hurt after falling 10m from a university building<\/a> in the early hours of yesterday.<\/p>\n

He was discovered by Campus Watch staff lying alone on the ground at about 12.10am outside the Centre of Innovation building<\/p>\n

During last night’s parties a 19-year-old man was spoken to by police at 10.45pm for throwing a glass bottle in Castle St and causing it to smash,\u00a0Snr Sgt Dinnissen said.<\/p>\n

He originally gave false details but was later identified and campus constables were dealing with him.<\/p>\n

Several people had to be transported to Dunedin Hospital’s emergency department after suffering dislocations at student quarter parties.<\/p>\n

More staff were rostered on to support police deployment in North Dunedin.<\/p>\n

There was potential for streets to be shut down but police would play it by ear.<\/p>\n

\u2018\u2018If they\u2019re contained with a flat like the Courtyard was then we don\u2019t have to worry about that sort of stuff but if there is a risk to members of public and road users we\u2019ve got the ability to shut it down to keep people from entering in there with a vehicle.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Tonight, students had a disco party planned while tomorrow was a cowboys and cowgirls party.<\/p>\n

Ideally police would not have to interfere but sometimes their hands were forced, he said.<\/p>\n

Snr Sgt Dinnissen reiterated his message urging students drinking to avoid climbing buildings and to purchase cans and not throw bottles.<\/p>\n

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