Hume police will focus on engaging with the municipality’s younger residents over the next 12 months, according to Inspector Dean Clinton.
In a video posted to the Eyewatch – Hume Police Service Area Facebook page, Inspector Clinton said while Hume police had spoked to community leaders and service providers about the city’s youth, he wanted to improved engagement between Hume’s younger residents and police.
“We probably haven’t had that direct engagement that I would like to see from our uniform police, which are the ones who respond to the jobs. So we want to increase that engagement over the next 12 months, get a better idea of what the youth see as issues in the area and how we can better service our youth as well,” he said.
Inspector Clinton said Hume police’s focus on youth followed the force’s effort to increase engagement with the municipality’s Indigenous, multi-faith and culturally diverse communities over the past 12 months.
He said that police would also continue to focus on hoon drivers, illegal motorbikes and dirt bikes riding dangerously in the street and across parks and paths, speeding motorists and people performing burnouts over the next 12 months, as a recent community survey on Eyewatch found these were causing the most concern for residents.
Police will also focus on burglaries from houses, theft from motor cars and general theft.
“Please continue to update us on what it is you would like from us,” he said.
Details: www.facebook.com/eyewatchhume
