❓ The Minister for Police and Emergency Services outlines the expansion of the 'Eyes on the Street' program, a community-based crime prevention initiative, highlighting its success in reducing crime rates through collaboration between police, businesses, and the community.
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Given the minister’s statement yesterday about the significant reduction in crime in Western Australia, can the minister advise the house of any new crime fighting initiatives to help reduce crime even further in Western Australia? Mrs M.H. ROBERTS
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I thank the member for Swan Hills for that question. Yes, we have seen crime reduce in Western Australia over the course of recent years, and we are very pleased with those results. Mr T.R. Buswell : I see you are wearing one of the jackets that the members of the emergency services wear! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It is sad that the Deputy Leader of the Opposition would reflect on my lovely orange jacket today. The member was not in the chamber earlier, but this is National SES Week, and today is “Wear Orange to Work Wednesday”. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the member for Swan Hills for that question. Yes, we have seen crime reduce in Western Australia over the course of recent years, and we are very pleased with those results. Mr T.R. Buswell : I see you are wearing one of the jackets that the members of the emergency services wear! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It is sad that the Deputy Leader of the Opposition would reflect on my lovely orange jacket today. The member was not in the chamber earlier, but this is National SES Week, and today is “Wear Orange to Work Wednesday”. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
I thank the member for Swan Hills for that question. Yes, we have seen crime reduce in Western Australia over the course of recent years, and we are very pleased with those results. Mr T.R. Buswell : I see you are wearing one of the jackets that the members of the emergency services wear! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It is sad that the Deputy Leader of the Opposition would reflect on my lovely orange jacket today. The member was not in the chamber earlier, but this is National SES Week, and today is “Wear Orange to Work Wednesday”. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
Mr T.R. Buswell : I see you are wearing one of the jackets that the members of the emergency services wear! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It is sad that the Deputy Leader of the Opposition would reflect on my lovely orange jacket today. The member was not in the chamber earlier, but this is National SES Week, and today is “Wear Orange to Work Wednesday”. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It is sad that the Deputy Leader of the Opposition would reflect on my lovely orange jacket today. The member was not in the chamber earlier, but this is National SES Week, and today is “Wear Orange to Work Wednesday”. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
The SPEAKER : Order! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS replied: I thank the member for Swan Hills for that question. Yes, we have seen crime reduce in Western Australia over the course of recent years, and we are very pleased with those results. Mr T.R. Buswell : I see you are wearing one of the jackets that the members of the emergency services wear! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It is sad that the Deputy Leader of the Opposition would reflect on my lovely orange jacket today. The member was not in the chamber earlier, but this is National SES Week, and today is “Wear Orange to Work Wednesday”. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
I thank the member for Swan Hills for that question. Yes, we have seen crime reduce in Western Australia over the course of recent years, and we are very pleased with those results. Mr T.R. Buswell : I see you are wearing one of the jackets that the members of the emergency services wear! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It is sad that the Deputy Leader of the Opposition would reflect on my lovely orange jacket today. The member was not in the chamber earlier, but this is National SES Week, and today is “Wear Orange to Work Wednesday”. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
Mr T.R. Buswell : I see you are wearing one of the jackets that the members of the emergency services wear! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It is sad that the Deputy Leader of the Opposition would reflect on my lovely orange jacket today. The member was not in the chamber earlier, but this is National SES Week, and today is “Wear Orange to Work Wednesday”. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : It is sad that the Deputy Leader of the Opposition would reflect on my lovely orange jacket today. The member was not in the chamber earlier, but this is National SES Week, and today is “Wear Orange to Work Wednesday”. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
The SPEAKER : Order! Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
Mrs M.H. ROBERTS : Although we have seen some very successful reductions in crime, our government still wants to do more. Today I announced the extension of a very successful program called the Eyes on the Street program. It builds on the Burglar Beware program, which has had outstanding results in our state. We have trialled the program in the south east metro area, with significant results. The Eyes on the Street program utilises a new crime reporting system. We have already engaged people such as postmen, electrical linesmen, private security guards, council rangers and the like as the eyes and ears on the street. We have provided some 1 000 workers from various organisations, which now include Western Power, Australia Post and local government authorities, with some brief training on what to look out for when they are out in the suburbs and on the streets doing work. We have also provided them with a form that I am told is pretty simple to fill in and that can be fed into the police system. At this stage we have had about 500 leads from the information that has been provided to police. When the program was trialled at Westfield Carousel shopping centre earlier this year, there was a 27 per cent drop in crime over a three-month period. That was a reduction in antisocial behaviour, car theft, shoplifting and vandalism. It was a sensational result. Eyes on the Street is another example of how the community and private business organisations can work together with the police to be more vigilant and to drive down our crime rates even further. I congratulate those in the Office of Crime Prevention, the Police Service, local government and the industries who have already committed to help improve community safety. By working together we can make a real difference. I note that Western Power’s faults servicemen have already been trained in this initiative and have been given the forms so that they can report not just crime, but any suspicious activity they may see on the streets. Through this initiative we will be able to solve more crimes and deal with the perpetrators of crime and, therefore, drive down the crime rate even further. In addition, we are advertising the fact that those workers who are involved in the campaign will have stickers on their cars. That will mean that the people who commit antisocial behaviour and do the graffiti and the other things will know that there is a range of people out there who will be watching them and will report their behaviour to the police.
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