General News
21 August, 2022
Send burglars packing
LODDON police want residents to make life difficult for burglars. Goldfields area’s Inspector Donna Mitchell’s call comes after recent burglaries where offenders have entered unsecured premises or vacant houses.“This represents opportunistic...
LODDON police want residents to make life difficult for burglars.
Goldfields area’s Inspector Donna Mitchell’s call comes after recent burglaries where offenders have entered unsecured premises or vacant houses.
“This represents opportunistic crime where offenders are trying various properties and steal for the one they can break into easily,” she said.
“As a community, you can make your premises and buildings difficult for offenders, so they just move on to the next property.
The theory is if we all ‘target- harden’ our premises the offenders will move out of town.”
Meanwhile, Inspector Mitchell said Goldfields police would be running a road safety campaign during football finals.
“Football finals are traditionally this is a high-risk time for impaired driving due to speed, distraction and alcohol/drugs,” she said.
“We have lost two lives in our (Goldfields area) community in recent months, both unavoidable and both representing irreparable loss and sorrow.”
Victoria’s road toll is currently 152 compared with 132 this time last year.
Football finals begin in the Loddon Valley and North Central leagues this weekend.
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