A Rotorua Lakes Council meeting. (File photo).
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Rotorua Lakes Council will also consider extending CCTV coverage, and investigating artificial intelligence (AI) monitoring and community reporting apps.
The ideas come as part of the council s draft community safety plan, which will be discussed at a meeting of its Strategy, Policy and Finance committee on 11 March.
The committee will consider whether to recommend to the council, which next meets on 25 March, to approve the plan for public engagement.
A report for the meeting prepared by council strategy development manager Rosemary Viskovic said there was an increasing perception amongst residents and visitors that Rotorua s public spaces were not safe.
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Rotorua Lakes Council agrees to temporary liquor ban at three reserves
10 Feb, 2021 08:29 PM
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Cartons with empty bottles of beer and spirits surrounding a council lot. Photo / Supplied
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Rotorua Lakes Council has agreed to bring in a liquor ban at and around three Rotorua reserves after reports of crime and disorder in the areas. But some councillors believe it will simply move the problem somewhere else.
The council agreed to a temporary 24/7 ban for the next 12 months at an extraordinary meeting this morning, called for by the council s Operations and Monitoring Committee last week.
The ban will apply to the Shambles Theatre Reserve, Rotorua Community Youth Centre Reserve and Marist St Michael s Sports Park Reserve and four other council-owned lots.