Regional NSW will get through this, says NSW Police Regional Field Operations Deputy Commissioner Mick Willing.
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The message comes after Orange, Blaney and Cabonne were placed into a snap seven-day lockdown, following a number of confirmed cases of COVID-19.
The Deputy Commissioner said while one regional community being forced into heavy restrictions was a first across Australia during this pandemic, he had "full faith" in the central west.
"We know it's frustrating and a real challenge for regional communities, but being a regional guy, I know that regional communities have got common sense, they know their community, they will do what needs to be done just to ensure that this doesn't spread," he said.
"That committee is up and running to ensure that those communities, are looked after, they've got access to welfare, they've got access to food and services that they need," Deputy Commissioner Willing said.
"Alongside that is the policing operation that will ensure compliance."
While infringement notices would be handed out for those not abiding by the Public Health Orders, Deputy Commissioner Willing said police were taking an educative approach rather than an enforcement one.
"There's been more warnings given than infringement notices over the course of the last few weeks and that's what we're trying to do."
"Some people sadly are repeat offenders, and we've even seen people arrested and charged for matters of significance and repeat breaches, but we don't want to see that in regional NSW."
Police said they had also seen a spike in the number of people reporting those doing the wrong thing via Crime Stoppers.
"Local communities, local towns know their people, they know who should be there and shouldn't be there."
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