Students are again regularly riding at speed on pavements in the main shopping areas of town on their daily commute. This poses a risk to other pavement users – especially after school – when many customers are entering and exiting retail shops.
Senior Constable Deb Hann – On the Beat
Last Thursday afternoon, Constable Anderson and I conducted a foot patrol focused on addressing this issue.
We stopped and spoke to several youth, redirecting them to the available cycle paths with the alternative of dismounting and walk their bikes through town. We also reminded them to wear their cycle helmets when riding.
They all appeared to take our message on board and complied. Parents, please reinforce this by encouraging your children to use the designated cycleways when cycling to and from school.
Last weekend I worked at ‘Meatstock” along with several prevention team colleagues.
The bbq and music event was held over two days at Mystery Creek events centre. It was great to see that everyone had a good time whilst being responsible, with only two people, out of a crowd of around 10,000, removed for disruptive behaviour.
Highlighting a good catch, a young person was reported in Cambridge as having presented what looked like a firearm at a member of the public after he was witnessed doing burnouts at a local reserve.
The youth was identified and spoken to. A subsequent search of his address located an air pistol and drugs.
He is going through the Youth Aid process accordingly.
And finally, yet another scam has caught out a couple of locals this week.
Victims reported receiving a whatsapp message from a person they didn’t recognise, purporting to be their family member who had damaged their phone and now had a new number.
The person continued on to say their internet banking was blocked and they needed to pay bills urgently. They requested the victim transfer a sum of money to a bank account provided. They said they would pay the money back when banking access was regained.
Believing the story, the victim transferred the money which resulted in further money being requested. At this stage, the victim realised something was wrong.
Please be aware of this scam and verify fully any new whatsapp or other messaging contact is who they say they are. Suggestions may be calling them or asking specific family details.
