Cops imposing brutal lockdown in Sydney's west are caught throwing a PARTY at their police station for LGBTQIA awareness

  • Staff at a police station in NSW Covid hotspot pictured holding a party 
  • More than a dozen staff gathered in a common room to share platters of food
  • NSW Police said they are investigating party to see if lockdown rules breached 

By Brett Lackey For Daily Mail Australia

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Police officials are reviewing a staff party held at a western Sydney station in July while the city was under strict lockdown to determine if public health orders were breached. 

On Friday more than a dozen employees at Mount Druitt Police Area Command gathered together in a brightly decorated common room to share buffet platters of food.

Pictures from the event posted online show staff around a party table at the station, located in one of the 12 Covid-hit LGAs of concern, as they celebrate Wear It Purple Day to support the LGBTQIA+ community. 

Mt Druitt Police Area Command posted a pictured on Friday of an office function where more than a dozen staff gathered in a common room (pictured)

Mt Druitt Police Area Command posted a pictured on Friday of an office function where more than a dozen staff gathered in a common room (pictured)

'Happy Wear it Purple Day. Follow your rainbow and start the conversation,' a Facebook post by Mt Druitt PAC's said.

While emergency services are exempt from the no gathering rule, the exemption was designed so they can carry out their work.

Office functions, however, are discouraged under public health orders and the state's chief health officer has repeatedly said office workers should not gather in lunchrooms or tearooms. 

'It is important that all workplaces consider their Covid-safe plans,' Dr Kerry Chant said on Monday.

One officer was pictured not wearing a mask which is required in public indoor venues

One officer was pictured not wearing a mask which is required in public indoor venues 

'Make sure you are not sharing the tea room, you are wearing masks, you have four-metre density and make sure you do not attend when you have symptoms.' 

The post was removed shortly after being shared. 

NSW Police said they are looking into the event to make sure employees complied with Covid restrictions. 

'The NSW Police Force is aware of the images and an internal review is underway to determine if any there are any breaches of Public Health Orders,' a spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.

Mt Druitt is located in the City of Blacktown LGA - an area with one of the highest rates of Covid cases since Sydney's second wave delta outbreak began in mid-June. 

In the last four weeks there have been 2,159 Covid cases in Blacktown LGA, with 1,439 not linked to a known case or cluster. 

NSW Police said they were looking into the party (pictured) to see if any lockdown rules had been breached

NSW Police said they were looking into the party (pictured) to see if any lockdown rules had been breached 

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