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Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter September 2005, AreaLTB1 Bridle Estate (NHW99)

Smoke Alarms, New Orleans, Drink Driving, Tip From The Bank, Police Crime Report.

By Malcolm Lawrence - 8th October 2005 - Back to News

Neighbourhood Watch Area LTB1, Bridle Estate.

Area Manager, Carmen Cook 5134 1920.

Next Meeting

When: Monday 17^th October 2005

Time: 7:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Where: Salvation Army Hall,

Bridle Road, Morwell.

Guest Speaker:

Henk Harberts the Community Development Office for Latrobe City, was the Guest Speaker at our September meeting. Henk outlined the council’s action regarding the recommendations put in by the residents, as a result of the Safety Walk conducted in the area recently. One of the recommendations was for improved lighting. A review of the lighting in the area is to be carried out.

Smoke Alarms:

At the start of winter in NSW, devastating house fires claimed thirteen lives, including seven children, in just over a fortnight. These tragedies may have been prevented if there had been working smoke alarms in the houses.

Having a properly working smoke alarm can prevent loss of life in a house fire, providing the early warning you need to get yourself and your family out to safety. So install smoke alarms if your home is still without them.

· Test your smoke alarms at least monthly, and clean them regularly.

· Replace batteries at least once a year, alarms with low batteries leave you unprotected.

· Replace smoke alarms as recommended in the manufacturer’s warranty, they have a limited life span (around ten years in normal circumstances).

New Orleans:

With the increasing lawlessness in the days immediately following hurricane Katrina, and the city’s jails flooded, the New Orleans Police had nowhere to hold the offenders after making an arrest. A holding facility was set up at the New Orleans railway station and bus terminal. The police arrived there on Saturday and by 2 am on Monday had converted the building into a temporary jail with the capacity to hold 700 offenders.

According to Col. Terry Norris of the Louisiana Police "The first guy we housed drove up in a stolen car to buy a bus ticket. We gave him a ticket, just not to the place he wanted to go".

Drink Driving:

One of the most significant causes of road trauma and death in Australia is drink driving. Research has found that Australian-born single men under the age of 30 years are more likely than any other groups to drink and drive. There have been intensive media campaigns and concentrated police efforts, including an increase in random breath testing, in Victoria to discourage people from drinking and driving. Despite these efforts, around 31 per cent of drivers or riders killed in motor vehicle accidents in 2002 had a blood

alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.05 or more. The legal limit for drivers in Victoria, and all other states, is below 0.05. For drivers on a probationary licence (P plates) or learner drivers (L plates), no alcohol is allowed. The law in Victoria imposes severe penalties for convicted drink drivers, including licence loss, fines and, occasionally, imprisonment. More than 12,000 Victorians lose their licence every year because of drink driving offences.

Police Crime Report For N.H.W. Area LTB1 Bridle Estate October 2005

Due to privacy considerations NOT ALL offences for this area are listed

• 5/4/2005 Chestnut Avenue Handling stolen goods.
• 31/8/2005 Chestnut Avenue Property damage to a house.
• 4/9/2005 Gabo Way Forced entry and burglary at a house.
• 8/9/2005 The Boulevard Property damage to the milk-bar.
• 10/9/2005 Nindoo Drive Theft from the back-yard of a house.
• 11/9/2005 Chickerell Street Forced entry and burglary at an industrial premises.
• 11/9/2005 Gillie Crescent Theft from a house.
• 12/9/2005 Spring Court Forced entry and burglary at a house.
• 14/9/2005 Chestnut Avenue Property damage to a residence.

Summary Of Stolen Items For The Above Offences

3 Electric Appliances, 1 Cash, 1 Personal Property, 1 Power Tools, 1 Domestic Pet, 1 Other.

9 Offenders were arrested for any reported offence in the area.

Remember! always report any suspicious

incidents to the Police

by dialling 000 (triple zero)

A Tip From The Bank:

Always write your cheques using a ball point pen, not a felt tip. The indentation left by the pen makes it more difficult for fraudsters to erase the details and replace them with their own. This reduces the risk of them successfully raiding bank accounts.

Source: www.gippsland.com

Published by: malcolml@dcsi.net.au

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