Police and Emergencies

  • Family violence statistics skyrocket in Colac and district

    FAMILY violence cases have skyrocketed for Colac and district police, with officers responding to more than three cases a day on average.

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  • Seven Colac children locked in hot vehicles

    AUTHORITIES have warned of “catastrophic” consequences this summer if people continue to leave children in hot cars.

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  • Colac’s new security cameras stopping crime

    A COLAC police sergeant says the city’s new security cameras are already helping authorities avert conflicts on the streets.

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  • Typhoon distresses Colac doctors

    COLAC doctors from the Philippines have spoken of their distress at seeing Super Typhoon Haiyan devastate their home country.

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  • Crash car on wrong side of road

    POLICE say a Saudi Arabian man was on the wrong side of the road when his car and a four-wheel drive collided in the Otways.

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  • Coins lead police to gun thief

    COLAC detectives have tracked down an alleged gun thief through his attempts to offload coins stolen in the same burglary.

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  • Family helps disaster victims

    COLAC’S Richard and Jenny Van Niekerk feel blessed the Philippine children they have been helping to support for more than five years are safe following a natural disaster that has killed thousands.

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  • Mum thought baby had died

    COLAC district mum Rachel Amos-Ritchie feared her nine-month-old baby girl, blue and unconscious, had died in a car crash at Barongarook.

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