Police: Preventative action is keeping suburbs safer – podcast

Police say crime has dropped in the general areas around Glen Eira, Bayside and Kingston. To find out what is working to make our suburbs safer, Clare Arthurs spoke to Leading Senior Constable Tania Stacey from the Proactive Policing Unit for the Southern Metro Region. They began by talking about what ‘proactive’ approaches look like in practice.

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Neighbourhood Watch working for safer streets

Theft is the main area of crime in Victoria, according to figures released by the Crime Statistics Agency. The Editor of the Bayside Neighbourhood Watch newsletter, Geoff Bransbury, talks with Clare Arthurs about crime and efforts to make Bayside safer.     Links: https://www.crimestatistics.vic.gov.au/ For more local stories, click ‘Clare on Air’.  

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