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What is Community Based
Policing?
Community Based Policing is all about the police actively
working with the community to prevent crime and create a safer
environment.
To achieve this police must be able to talk to you about
community concerns and share important information. We need your support and
your involvement.
Communication.
Police listening to you.
Our communities are made up of many diverse groups of people
and the police are making an effort to listen and find out about the concerns of
the community.
- Community Consultative Committees have been established.
The committees are made up of the local Patrol Commander and people interested
in preventing crime and improving the quality of life. They provide an
opportunity for local problems to be solved by working together. You can
participate in this process by contacting the Patrol Commander through your
local police station.
- Throughout the State and in many local patrols police are
conducting surveys of community opinions in relation to policing
issues.
- The police have established closer contact with groups
within our community who have special needs including youth, the aged ethnic
groups, aboriginals, gays and lesbians
We need You to Work with Us.
Community Based Policing relies on your input into police
work. Without your participation in solving problems being faced by your
community the police will not be able to address your concerns.
There are many ways in which you can work with
us.
Contact you local police station to join or set up the
following:
- Community Consultative Committee.
- Neighbourhood Watch.
- Safety
Houses
- Other programs as they are set up in your area.
You can also participate in special annual phone ins:
- Operation Noah for Drugs
- Operation Hot Wheels for Car Theft
You can also provide information about crimes at any time.
All information is important and no detail is to small.
You can remain anonymous if you wish.
Working Together.
The police and the community have already been working
together on problems which are of major concern. Our efforts to establish a
safer environment have created a series of programs which have been developed
through the Community Based Policing process.
These programs include
- Protective Behaviours-teaching safe living skills to
people at risk.
- Neighbourhood Watch, Rural Watch, Marine Watch and
Business Watch-involving the community in helping each other to prevent
crime.
- Safety Houses-providing a network of safe places for
children.
- Youth Clubs-providing a positive community environment
for youth to reduce anti-social and criminal behaviour.
- Blue Light Discos-providing an opportunity for youth to
listen and dance to contemporary music in an environment free from alcohol,
drugs and offensive behaviour.
- Constable Care-producing education materials for
children.
New Developing Programs*.
- Beat Policing-enabling police to develop a closer working
relationship with their community.
- Community Aid Panels-providing opportunities for suitable
first offenders to do community work which is used as part of their defence
before being sentenced.
- Domestic Violence-a pilot program for early intervention
with the Salvation Army.
- General Duties Youth Officers-working with young people
in the local community.
- Lay Visitors Scheme-to allow selected community members
to observe conditions under which prisoners are detained.
- Operation Care Safe-a program aimed at reducing car
theft.
- Witness Watch-community volunteers trained to support
victims and witnesses during trials.
*Available in some areas.
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