Page186 - Week 01 - Thursday, 3 December 2020
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burglars out of your business”, targeting theft from small businesses, and “make your tools tough to take”, targeting tradie tool theft.
The ACT Policing social media team leading the Outsmart the Offender campaign has had some great results in social media on a topic where it can be difficult to engage people. “Lock and hide to protect your ride” had a reach of over 105,000 people on Facebook, with total engagement sitting around 3,500. “Keep out a break-in” reached over 120,000 people on Facebook and over 21,000 on Twitter, with engagement across the two platforms sitting at around 7,800. Engagement across other areas for key messages was also high, sitting at between 70,000 and 100,000 people reached. This campaign has been developed with longevity in mind and will continue to be rolled out over the coming year. While COVID-19 restrictions did stall some campaign activities, we look forward to being able to promote these messages further as community events ramp up again as COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease.
Under the strategy, other key actions in 2019-20 that contributed to keeping Canberra a safe place in which to live and preventing property crime include the SafeHome program currently run by SupportLink, which provided 157 home safety assessments free of charge for people vulnerable to property crime. Minor modifications were carried out on 87 properties to increase home security. An independent evaluation and cost-benefit analysis of the program is currently underway to inform decision-making around the future of this program.
Enhancements to the ACT Policing website statistics and an independent review of the ACT criminal justice statistical profile are improving the accessibility of crime and justice data. ACT Policing’s community policing Proactive Intervention and Disruption Team commenced in October this year and are focusing on working with partners to solve problems and reduce the impacts of repeat calls for service, including intervention and diversion strategies for property crime offences. Through ACT Crime Stoppers, police are able to receive vital information from the community that may be the missing link police need to help solve an investigation. In 2019 contact via ACT Crime Stoppers resulted in 3,688 information reports being raised and passed on to police investigators in the ACT. ACT Policing provided funding assistance for a new website for ACT Crime Stoppers to improve mobile responsiveness and reporting speed.
In 2019-20 all Suburban Land Agency design of public parks, playgrounds and streets actively considered and complied with the crime prevention through environmental design principles. Place-making remained an important component of designing new developments, with a sense of place created by using themes and public art. Finally, the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2019 strengthened the ability for tenants to make modifications to their rental property which improve the security of the premises for the tenant or other people on the premises. These could include installing deadlocks or security cameras. These are just a few examples of the great work carried out under this strategy to prevent property crime.
Although Canberra is one of the safest places in which to live and we experience lower crime rates than other jurisdictions, we face some challenges and we need to ensure that we do not become complacent. The government will continue to play a
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