Rotorua police will be part of a road safety operation taking high risk, recidivist drivers off the road ahead of the holiday weekend.
More than 260 police staff across the Bay of Plenty will be taking part in Operation Presence, which aimed to use a 'whole police' approach to reduce offending and victimisation. It will also raise awareness about changes to child restraint laws which will come into force on November 1.
"Labour Weekend is the first holiday coming out of the winter months; more of us are getting out and about to enjoy the improving weather and we start to see an increase of visitors to the district," Bay of Plenty District Road Policing Manager Inspector Kevin Taylor said.
"We want everyone to enjoy themselves but that is dependant of them arriving and getting home safely.
"We will be looking to reduce the road risk by actively locating road users who have shown, by repeated offending, that they cannot responsibly use our road network, and we will be serving driver license suspension notices to as many of those drivers as we can locate prior to the weekend."