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In a day f ull of f un and smile s, police have cre ated closer connections with the dif ferent culture s of the Tarneit communit y. The Tarneit Community Games, held for the first time in October, brought together members of the various culturally and linguistic diverse (CALD) communities that call the suburb and the surrounding Wyndham area home. The activity-packed event in Melbourne’s outer west was put on by officers from Wyndham North Police Station, Tarneit Neighbourhood Watch and Wyndham City Council. The people of Wyndham come from 120 different countries and speak at least 52 different languages and dialects, and Senior Sergeant Steve Hayes said it was important for police to connect with everyone. “Being such a culturally-diverse community, we want people to have positive engagement with police to see that we are approachable,” Sen Sgt Hayes said.
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“It has been apparent to us that there are barriers in some of our local CALD communities in approaching police, due to the attitudes towards police in the countries they are originally from.”
