The
Crime Stoppers program provides an avenue for the community as a whole to
assist police to solve crimes and ultimately make our State a safer place to
live, work and for tourists to visit.
Roberta
Cava from Crimestoppers was one of the speakers at our February meeting. It was
amazing to hear of the wonderful work this organisation does. Since 1989 community contact with Crime
Stoppers Queensland has resulted in (as at 31 December 2013):
·
Over
699,570 phone calls and 19,661 website reports (web only since March
2007);
·
Over
25,610 offenders arrested with some 67,465 charges preferred;
·
Solved
21 Murders and 20 Attempted Murders;
·
Seized
over $615.1 million worth of drugs;
·
Recovered
$10.4 million worth of stolen property; and
·
Seized
over $3.6 million in proceeds of crime.
·
the
commitment of all its volunteer members associated with the program,
·
the
dedication and hard work of the men and women of the Queensland Police Service,
and
·
the
Queensland public trusting Crimestoppers
to anonymously and confidentially manage their crime intelligence
information.
Crime Stoppers provides a (toll-free)
telephone hotline and website for members of the community to provide anonymous
information about criminal activity. This information is electronically sent to
the police establishment nearest to where the crime is occurring for
investigation. The caller need not give
their name. Calls are not recorded or taped. Callers are not identified in any
way. Callers are allocated a code number for three reasons:
- To provide further information
- To check on the progress of the investigation
- To collect the reward.
Therefore, if
you have any information please call Crimestoppers (anonymously) on 1 800 333
000 or go through the online version at www.crimestoppers.com.au.
Oxenford
Neighbourhood Watch meets on Tuesdays at 7pm at the Oxenford and Coomera
Youth and Community Centre.
The meeting dates for 2014 are as follows: 13 May , 12 Aug and
4 Nov.
Our Community Christmas Party this year
will be on Tuesday 9 Dec.
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