Message from The Area Coordinator
End of the year upon us & the festive sea-son & all that entails. Please make sure that when you are heading out for festive events you arrange for a designated driver who will not be drinking or arrange for a taxi the results of having that one drink too many or being involved in an incident caused by another driver’s reckless actions is just too horrendous to think of so make sure that transport is sorted out before you head off for parties etc. Then going away? Are you sure that your house will not advertise the fact? Do you have someone to pick up your free newspapers, mail & perhaps arrange to park their car in the driveway whilst you are away to give the impression that someone is at home? When it comes to disposing of the boxes that all those Christ-mas goodies come in, it is worthwhile re-flecting on not advertising that you now have that U Beaut flat screen tv, sound sys-tem or latest technological invention when you throw out the cardboard packages another sign for the criminal element to drop by your home and help themselves to an unearned gift. If you are having a party remember to consider your neighbours who may not like the choice of music, jokes and loud noise that your friends and family do just a kind word to let them know that there will be extra vehicles in the street and a warning of some noise would be appreci-ated & with that a lot of compromise can be achieved. Remember to register with the police through Party Safe let them know ahead of the event & that can save a lot of problems, & PLEASE do not advertise on facebook or other social media sites that can spell disaster. Perhaps take time too just to consider that neighbour that you occasionally say hello to when walking the dog or on your “power walks” - they may well be lonely over the Christmas/New Year season so just a few minutes to check that they are ok and whether they need any help for shopping etc could be the best Christmas present that you can give makes you feel good too!
Our final couple of events for the year are up-coming the AGM & end of year social at the Community Centre on Monday Nov 24th come & make some new friends & become part of your community. The Crestmead Community Carols take place on Saturday 6th Dec in Pinnington Park with lots of ac-tivities have a safe & peaceful summer & we look forward to lots of events in 2015. Take care Geoff
THANKS TO ALL OUR SUPPORTERS DURING THE PAST YEAR INCLUDING:
Crimestoppers, Donna Lowe Photography, SES, PCYC - Braking the Cycle & Community Centre, Logan City Council - Logan City Safe & other De-partments plus councillors & mayor, Department of Transport & Main Roads, MP’s Jim Chalmers, Desley Scott & Michael Pucci, Logan Village RFB, St John Ambulance, RSPCA, Toll Group, Tough Toys, AA Amusements, Bendigo Bank, Cycling Qld, Harvey’s Towing, Yellow Cabs, Motorama, Logan & Greenbank Rotary, KENNARDS HIRE, Kingston Park Raceway, Homestead Fruit Market, STORAGE KING Kingston, Bunnings, Albert and Logan News amongst many others thanks to all.
IMPORTANT UPGRADE TO POLICELINK SERVICES
Reporting crime & contacting police online has been made easier in Qld following improvements to the Policelink App & online reporting services. An up-grade to the Policelink App for smartphones has been released with new features & a more user-friendly interface, making it simpler for the community to report non-urgent matters. It allows users to directly report non-urgent crimes such as stealing offences, as well as locate the nearest police station & also the lati-tude & longitude of their location, should it be needed when reporting incidents. A photo & video upload feature to include in reports, crime mapping, a rolling news screen & other features are also avail-able. There are now 20 reporting options from the QPS website which include noisy party reporting, ‘track-my-crime’, stolen property updates, hooning, wilful damage, taxi fare evasion, graffiti & withdrawal of complaint forms. Policelink is the QPS contact point for all non-urgent matters & it is important that all members of the public have access, not only for the benefit of QPS operations but for the safety & security of the community. At the touch of a button, users can conveniently & anonymously report non-urgent mat-ters & provide police with potentially vital evidence. Having it all packed into the one application and web-page, makes it much simpler for people to access the information & functions. The technology comple-ments the Policelink hotline which has processed more than 2.5 million calls since it was established in 2010 & provides further options for the hearing im-paired & non-speaking communities when seeking non urgent contact with Police. It is estimated the Policelink service saves more than 260,000 opera-tional hours each year which is redeployed to front line roles. The new Policelink App is available for free to download from the App Store for Apple de-vices& Google Play for Android devices. To report a crime or incident online or to track the progress of an investigation visit: www.police.qld.gov.au/online
