The police urged those planning to hold demonstrations this weekend to engage with them despite their official prohibition of any sort of demonstration.
The police cited this as a means of ensuring safety for the people.
This is despite state administrations and police commissioners maintaining emergency powers that ban mass gatherings in central business district areas due to concerns about safety, traffic and pressure on emergency services.
The groups have shown intentions to convene, presenting prospects for arrest and clashes.
Senior police officials clarified that the ban would remain in force but added that their main concern was public safety rather than a possible clash.
Police urged would be protesters to heed commands coming from the ground and refrain from taking up a rallying point in flash mobs.
The authorities have said that alternatives have been offered to the organizers in some events that include route modifications and scaling down gatherings and/or postponing them but have yet to be accepted in all instances.
The police have indicated that arrest may be an option in case of unsanctioned marches.
The imposed ban has reignited a controversy concerning a balance between public order and the freedom of assembly.
Civil liberties defenders have found that blanket restrictions could lead to criminalization of peaceful assembly.
Police authorities have responded by claiming that the measures are only of a temporary nature.
According to legal scholars, this is usually because banning protests is exercised through state public order or emergency laws that grant policing discretion to limit protests wherever there is a serious risk to safety and essential services.
Jurisprudence on this matter has tended to facilitate this discretion if exercised fairly.
Organisers have dismissed concerns about an unusual risk of violence being posed by the protests, insisting that they are a peaceful organization that does not warrant a ban.
Many have urged fans to support them by attending despite the ban being in place.
Police warned that stance heightened the prospect of enforcement action.
Officers also highlighted some individuals who attend could face penalties under state law, which include fines and possible charges if directions are declined or if conduct escalates.
This warning comes in the wake of intense political sensitivity over protest policing after high profile demonstrations during the last few months.
Governments have defended police independence while backing their decisions on operations. Opposition figures have urged restraint and clearer communication to avoid unnecessary escalation.
Police said that extra officers would be deployed throughout the weekend with a visible presence in city centres and transport hubs.
Authorities describe the situation as one which will be closely monitored, commenting that over the weekend review of the use of the bans will be done and whether changes in how protests are managed in the future are necessary.
