Neighbourly advice

First up this week, a fresh reminder that you can never know what is going on with other drivers on the road. Strategic Traffic staff recently stopped a driver for speeding in a 50kph zone…

It was great to see such a strong turnout at the Anzac Civic Services on Saturday morning. Waipā continues to show impressive community spirit and civic pride. On Tuesday morning, Strategic Traffic Senior Constable Walker…

I’ll start this week with a summary of activity. In Cambridge over the past seven days, police dealt with incidents including two drivers over the legal breath alcohol limit, five traffic crashes, six family harm…

As part of the broader Waikato West prevention team, I am regularly involved on event policing. Last weekend I worked at  the Night of Champions at Cambridge raceway. Overall, the attending crowd were well behaved…

I hope everyone managed to get a break over the Easter weekend. Starting with a few recent good catches: Cambridge staff last week found and arrested a recidivist shoplifter who was wanted for four different…

Party, party, party! For many of our young people, it’s an exciting part of growing up. A chance to socialise, build friendships, and enjoy a bit of independence. As we’ve seen recently here in Cambridge…

Buying and selling a vehicle is something that most people will do a few times in their lives. Do you know what your responsibilities are around this? Failing to have correct details for the registered…

Over the past week, Cambridge has had 19 reported incidents of car crime. Te Awamutu has also experienced car crime, with eight incidents reported. This serves as a reminder not to leave valuables, especially wallets,…

Opportunistic burglars do not just target residential properties. Cambridge has been experiencing a recent spate of construction burglaries and some developments are becoming repeat targets. Construction burglars across Waipā commonly target tradies’ tools left on…

Facilitating connection with police is a key part of the community liaison role; be that connection with neighbourhoods, government and local agencies, retailers or other community organisations. Last Thursday afternoon I was invited to speak…