Eyewatch - Darebin Police Service Area

02/06/2026

An alleged driver has been arrested after a stolen vehicle reached alleged speeds of 120km/h in a 60 zone in Melbourne’s north early hours this morning.

Officers on patrol caught site of an allegedly stolen silver Subaru Liberty on Barry Road in Campbellfield about 1am.

Police kept eyes on the vehicle as travelled along Mahoney’s Road.

Officers attempted to intercept the Subaru before it allegedly took off at speed, reaching 120km/h in a 60 zone.

The Subaru was allegedly dumped on High Street before the driver took off on foot along the Broadway.

With the assistance of the dog squad, the alleged driver was arrested sitting at a bus stop in the vicinity.

A 31-year-old Donnybrook man will be interviewed by investigators.

Investigators allege the Subaru was stolen from a Mickleham address in May.

The arrest and stolen vehicle recovery forms part of Operation Nighthawk.

An alleged driver has been arrested after a stolen vehicle reached alleged speeds of 120km/h in a 60 zone in Melbourne’s north early hours this morning.

01/06/2026

The Community Sentiment Survey is NOW OPEN – and we want to hear from you.

Your feedback helps us understand what matters most to you and help us develop ways to tackle them.

If you live, work and socialise in Victoria, tell us:
🚨 how you feel about safety in your local area
✨ your ideas to improve the work we do
💬 how you want to engage with police and PSOs.

Make your voice count. Complete the survey before 30 June → https://bit.ly/42W1i52

29/05/2026

Have you seen a suspicious car?

Signs that a car maybe stolen:

• Broken/ missing windows
• Damaged locks or ignitions
• Incorrectly parked or parked in an obscure location
• Loosely fitted registration plates
• The vehicle is ir has been driven erratically
• The vehicle left in Neutral.

You can perform a registration check on VicRoads website. If the registration does not match the vehicle or is identified as stolen, contact your local police station and report the matter.

In an emergency always call Triple Zero (000).

28/05/2026

Did you know that a locked door is often all it takes to discourage a would-be burglar?

We’ve teamed up with Crime Stoppers Victoria to urge all Victorians to lock up and stay alert.

Find out more here: https://bit.ly/aggravated-burglaries

28/05/2026

Have you misplaced your handbag? Perhaps it has been stolen? 👜

This handbag was found on a bench in St James Road Heidelberg and has been handed into police. 🚨

If you believe this is yours, please reach out ☎️

28/05/2026

👮‍♂️ Your Community. Your Voice. Your Forum. 👮‍♀️

Join Victoria Police for the Darebin Neighbourhood Policing Forum and help shape the future of local policing in our community.

Come along to discuss local issues, share ideas and connect with your local police members.

📅 Wednesday 3rd June 2026
⏰ 5.30pm – 8.30pm
📍 La Trobe University, Western Lecture Theatre 2
Plenty Road, Bundoora

🌟Registration is a must🌟

Together we can make Darebin safer.

26/05/2026

Police from the Darebin area are teaming up with Bunnings to run Coffee with a Cop.
Come along and get some great tips on home security and personal safety.
If you have any questions or topics you'd like to talk to police about, this is your chance.
We'll be at The Bunnings store on Bell Street, Preston between 11am and 12 noon on Saturday 30th May 2026.
Come and enjoy a cup of coffee and share your stories with local officers.
👮‍♀️☕👮‍♂️☕

24/05/2026

When the Lamborghini hire company and are both watching your speed . . .

🚓 This Lamborghini was detected in the early hours of Sunday morning driving at 129 km/hr on Cooper Street, Epping with the driver returning an alleged breath test reading of 0.091.

👀 It seems the hire company were also receiving tracking notifications of his alleged speed, suddenly noticing the “bull” had come to a complete stop.

❌ The rental agreement officially expired when the director of the hire company arrived soon after to collect his vehicle, turns out the rental agreement didn’t include drink driving and triple digit speeds.

24/05/2026

Operation ESPADA (named after our DFO's love of Lamborghinis) identifies fi****ms owners over 75 years of age, with the goal of ensuring storage compliance and support planned disposal of fi****ms.
On Friday the 22nd of May 2026, supported by some extra bodies from PORT, police conducted 24 storage inspections in the Whittlesea, Darebin and Nillumbik areas.
As a result -
* Over 40% of the inspections identified non-compliant storage.
* Several fi****ms were surrendered pending upgrade to storage requirements.
* 1 firearm was surrendered as the owner no longer wanted it.
* 1 investigation initiated for fi****ms offences.
Through this operation we are able to provide support in target hardening and reduce the potential for fi****ms to end up in the wrong hands.

21/05/2026

Friday Fail.
When your Ford has front end problems.

🚓 would like to remind drivers that roadworthy standards exist to protect all road users, when we came across this one in Epping recently it left us just shaking our heads.

❌ If your vehicle isn’t safe, it shouldn’t be on the road - this one was defected and immediately grounded on the spot.

Safe to say the old Ford acronym was very much alive and well . . .