Police and Emergencies

  • Warning signs not in fire risk towns

    TWO new automated signs will warn people of Colac and district’s fire risk.

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  • Now thieves go after tools

    A $25,000 TOOL theft has sparked another police warning for Colac people to secure their properties and look out for each other.

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  • Baby’s death inquiry continues

    PROTECTIVE services are fighting to protect a Colac baby boy whose twin brother died in suspicious circumstances.

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  • Otways towns work on fire refuges

    TWO Otways towns are a step closer to establishing last-resort bushfire refuges.

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  • Spud truck rolls and closes road

    POLICE are investigating what caused a potato truck to roll at Kennedys Creek, south east of Simpson.

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  • Taskforce will tackle burglaries

    A NEW police taskforce will tackle Colac and district’s skyrocketing home burglary rate, which has jumped 50 per cent in a year.

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  • Colac and district’s crime rates are rising

    COLAC and district’s crime rate has jumped almost six per cent in a year, as theft and burglary surged.

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  • Colac man faces theft charges

    COLAC detectives have charged a 42-year-old man with burglary and theft offences.

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