News location:

Canberra Today 11°/15° | Saturday, March 30, 2024 | Digital Edition | Crossword & Sudoku

Simon takes on property crime

Simon Corbell feature crop

SIMON Corbell says motor vehicle, bicycle and other theft, unlawful entry with intent and property damage will be targeted in the ACT as part of the latest Property Crime Prevention Strategy.

“The Property Crime Prevention Strategy 2016-2020 aims to keep property crime down, building on the success of the previous property crime reduction strategy that resulted in a 41.5% reduction in burglary and 27.2% reduction in motor vehicle theft from a 2010 baseline,” Simon said.

“We know that many of these crimes are opportunistic or directed at easy targets, so the focus of this strategy is to reduce the opportunities for crime to occur.

“We will engage with the Canberra community to make property and places more secure and less appealing targets for criminal activity.

“This complements the Government’s investment in early intervention and work with those already engaged in the justice system through the Justice Reinvestment Strategy, the Blue Print for Youth Justice in the ACT and the ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice Partnership.”

Mr Corbell said the strategy focuses on strengthening partnerships with the community while promoting personal responsibility for preventing property crime.

“Everyone has a role to play in preventing property crime and it is particularly important we support those who are more vulnerable and at risk of property crime,” Mr Corbell said.

“To support this, the government will look at how to make useful data more accessible to the community and how we can respond to trends and changes in the property crime environment together.”

An interagency forum will also be established to bring government, police and community organisations together to share the responsibility for preventing property crime.

“This will provide a platform to share information, consider a broad range of data and develop collaborative responses to spikes or changes in when, how and where property crime occurs,” Mr Corbell said.

The Strategy is available at justice.act.gov.au

Who can be trusted?

In a world of spin and confusion, there’s never been a more important time to support independent journalism in Canberra.

If you trust our work online and want to enforce the power of independent voices, I invite you to make a small contribution.

Every dollar of support is invested back into our journalism to help keep citynews.com.au strong and free.

Become a supporter

Thank you,

Ian Meikle, editor

Share this

Leave a Reply

Related Posts

Follow us on Instagram @canberracitynews