Neighbourhood Watch The Gap 4061 Creating Safer Communities
Recently the Neighbourhood Watch Australasia held their International conference with the theme of the conference being “Creating Safer Communities”. There were many references from both police members, including Katarina Carroll –the Commissioner of the Queensland Police and from Neighbourhood Watch board members quoting from Sir Robert Peel’s work on the principals of policing in that: “The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.” What does this mean for our community? It means that by working together through prevention, disruption and reporting we can continue to keep our crime rate low, and if persistent with our commitment, even lower this further. For strong communities to emerge it takes community members stepping up so that all community members feel valued, respected and supported. Much of our crime prevention happens from our homes and businesses so you don’t have to go anywhere to contribute to keeping our community safer. Follow our tips, keep your home and vehicles locked and report suspicious behaviour and try and get to know your neighbours is a great way to start. We are working to plan out the next few years for NHW The Gap and we want to ensure we are delivering to what our community wants. We want to know how you feel about living in The Gap and how safe you feel so that we can focus on areas that matter to you. We are conducting a 10 question survey to help direct our efforts here at Neighbourhood Watch The Gap, so we’d very much appreciate you taking 5 minutes to contribute. Survey Link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ KWGSW3T
The Western Echo June 2021 Page 6
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