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Neighbourhood Watch Newsletter July 2005 Area LTB1 Bridle Estate (NHW96)

Annual Meeting, Berry Street, Letter from Senior Sergeant Ricky Ross, Police Crime Report, MS Readathon.

By Malcolm Lawrence - 13th July 2005 - Back to News

Neighbourhood Watch Area LTB1, Bridle Estate.

Area Manager, Carmen Cook 5134 1920.

Next Meeting

When: Monday 18th July 2005

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

Where: Salvation Army Hall,

Bridle Road, Morwell.

Annual Meeting:

Last month was our annual meeting. Carmen Cook and Dave Soutar offered to continue in their respective positions as Area Manager and Treasurer. Fay Azzopardi stood down as Secretary and this position was filled by John Guy. We would like to thank Carmen, Dave and Fay for their time and effort directed to the running of our NHW area. Thank-you to all the Zone Leaders who deliver the newsletters, the area could not function without you.

Berry Street:

Jenny Cummings from the Berry Street Organization will be at our July meeting. All residents who wish to speak to Jenny should attend.

Letter from Senior Sergeant Ricky Ross:

"I will be out of touch for the next 2 months due to taking a holiday around Australia. I would like to thank all residents in LTB1, who have been assisting the local Police in providing timely information that has led to the apprehension of offenders responsible for local crime.

The concerns of local residents in the Bridle Estate, and in particular the concerns of residents living in hot spot areas, have resulted of a number of strategies being implemented by Police. The increased targeted patrol, door knocking and brochure distribution, have assisted in our ultimate objective of decreasing crime and anti-social behaviour.

A lot of behind scenes work is being carried out by local Police and additionally an excellent partnership has been formed with other agencies. Sergeant Ken Passalaqua is meeting with a number of agencies to deal with a range of issues. I am confident that strategies being designed with these agencies will further assist in decreasing the incidents of crime and anti-social behaviour.

At the time of writing this letter (27/6/05) for the LTB1 newsletter, only 9 reports of crime for the 27 days of June in the LTB1 area. In previous meetings I projected that it would take a few months for strategies being introduced to start impacting on crime in the area. These strategies show we are now starting to experience a reduction in crime. It is very important that we continue current strategies to further work towards decreasing crime and anti-social behaviour.

On a national level Victoria has the second lowest calculated crime rate in Australia, behind Tasmania. The total crime rate is 16.4% below the national average. Locally in Morwell, year to date statistics show that the theft from Motor Cart is 22% higher than last year. However Property Damage is down 12%, Aggravated Burglary down 6%, Residential Burglary down 3%, Other Burglary down 35%, Theft of a Motor Car down 30%.

On a personal note I would like to thank all the residents who took time out with the Safety Walks recently, and to the assistance of Gus. from the Bridle road Milk Bar. Senior Constable Brendan Clifford is now busy arranging a noticeable Police/NHW board for the Shop.

Looking forward to attending the NHW Meeting in September. Regards, Ricky Ross".

Some children are doing the rounds of the Bridle Estate seeking donations for the MS Readathon, through Morwell Park Primary School. These requests for donations are not genuine, the school is not conducting a Readathon this year.

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

Due To Privacy Considerations NOT ALL Offences For This Area Are Listed

• 1/5/2005 Nindoo Drive Theft from a motor vehicle in the front yard.
• 27/5/2005 Spring Court Forced entry and burglary at a house.
• 4/6/2005 The Boulevard Property damage to a house.
• 5/6/2005 Field Court Theft from a house.
• 6/6/2005 Noonga Place Theft from a house.
• 9/6/2005 Bridle Road Property damage.
• 11/6/2005 Wyung Drive Forced entry and aggravated burglary at a house.
• 15/6/2005 Chestnut Avenue Aggravated burglary at a unit.
• 22/6/2005 The Avenue Theft of a motor vehicle.
• 26/6/2005 Chestnut Avenue Burglary at a bungalow.
• 3/7/2005 Gabo Way Theft of a bicycle from a house.
• 3/7/2005 The Boulevard Property damage to the Gallery.
• 3/7/2005 Ash Street Theft from a motor vehicle in the front yard.
• 4/7/2005 Chestnut Avenue Theft of a motor vehicle from the front of a house.

Summary Of Stolen Items For The Above Offences

2 Electrical Appliances, 4 Furniture, 2 Personal Property, 1 Power Tools, 2 Tools.

2 Motor Vehicles Stolen.

8 Offenders arrested for any reported offence in the area.

Yallourn Energy over the past year has donated the paper for the 190,000 Neighbourhood Watch newsletters published in Region 5 Division 3. This covers the municipal districts of Baw Baw, Latrobe City, Bass Coast and South Gippsland. TRUenergy Yallourn the successor to Yallourn Energy has offered to supply our paper needs for the next twelve months. We are grateful for their generosity.

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Published by: malcolml@dcsi.net.au