Neighbourhood Watch: STN 1 South YarraRegion 1 Division 2 Stonnington, Victoria, Australia.
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Neighbourhood Watch: STN 1 South Yarra
Region 1 Division 2
Stonnington, Victoria, Australia.
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August, 2004 Neighbourhood Watch: how you can help to reduce crime YOUR support for the Neighbourhood Watch Program is vital in reducing preventable crime in your community. Please do not hesitate to join in and get involved. You can get involved at a local, district or state level and by attending your local Neighbourhood Watch Area meeting. The meetings are designed to inform and educate residents about crime and safety issues in their community. There are positions available such as Zone Leaders, Area Coordinators, Publicity Officers, Newsletter Editors, Secretary and Treasurer. You can even donate as little as an hour of your time monthly and deliver the local Neighbourhood Watch newsletter; a great way to get to know your neighbours and get a bit of exercise as well! In addition you can help support Neighbourhood Watch by making a donation to the program. If you want to be more actively involved, being elected to a district of state position will encompass duties that require more time and effort. Objectives • Minimise the incidence of preventable crime. • Deter criminal activity by increasing the probability of apprehension. • Reduce the fear of crime. • Increase the reporting of crime and suspicious behaviour. • Improve the degree of personal and household security through education. • Expand the program's involvement in wider community safety and crime prevention initiatives. Strategies • Operation Identification: The systematic marking of valuable household items with their driver's licence number preceded by the letter "V" for Victoria. Items which are marked and can be identified become a much less inviting target for thieves. Smaller items such as jewellery or items which cannot be marked should be photographed alongside a ruler or coin to indicate the size. • Keeping residents informed: Providing information of the incidence of crime in their area on a regular basis through newsletters and advising how to effectively identify suspicious people and activity and report same. • Increasing residents' awareness and knowledge: Informing residents of practical personal and household security enables them to best secure their homes and increase their personal safety. • Sign posting areas: Displaying Neighbourhood Watch signs and material operates as a visible deterrent to criminal activity by identifying a particular area as having active Neighbourhood Watch participants. Help You can help to support the Neighbourhood Watch program by becoming a member. Just call the Police Coordinator, ask for an application form, fill it in and return to: Sgt. Trevor Taylor Neighbourhood Watch Office Prahran Police Station 396 Malvern Road Prahran Vic. 3181 Next Meeting Acknowledgement: |
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