Working with hotels and clubs to reduce alcohol-related crimeAuditor-General's report: performance aud
This audit assessed how well the NSW Police Force (Police) and the Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing (OLGR) work with licensees to promote and enforce RSA to reduce alcohol-related crime.
In NSW alcohol-related assaults have almost doubled over the last ten years. In 2006-07 there were 20,475 alcohol related assaults excluding domestic violence incidents, up from 10,305 in 1997-98. Incidences of alcohol-related malicious damage and offensive conduct have also
increased, rising by 87 and 70 per cent respectively. However we found that the number of alcohol-related assaults has reduced or stabilised in the last two years in about 14 per cent of Police local area commands. Of the four commands we visited, alcohol-related assaults had
stabilised in two, and significantly reduced last year in another. OLGR has also had some success in reducing assaults in a number of licensed premises.
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