More Than 550 Charged in Police Op Targeting Domestic Violence

New South Wales police have arrested 554 alleged domestic violence offenders in a four-day blitz titled Operation Amarok VI. Arrests included a 55-year-old man who was charged with assaulting a 62-year-old woman, a 53-year-old man who was charged with multiple offences including domestic violence, possessing an imitation firearm, and drugs, and a 23-year-old woman who police allege stabbed a 37-year-old female relative. Operation Amarok VI ran from May 15 to 18 and involved every police area command and district across the state. The Domestic and Family Violence Registry led operation involved officers from each region’s Domestic Violence High Risk Offenders Team (DVHROT), along with specialist officers from Raptor Squad, Youth Command, Traffic and Highway Patrol Command, and the Police Transport Command....