Federal Liberals commit to Crime Prevention Programme on South Coast

Today I am very pleased to announce that the next Coalition Government will provide $150,000 in funding to the City of Victor Harbor to tackle crime, vandalism and other anti-social behavior.

In 2004 the Coalition established the $65 million National Community Crime Prevention Programme to boost community safety and crime prevention by supporting local crime prevention initiatives and projects.

Through this initiative, grants were provided for security-related infrastructure, including closed circuit television systems (CCTV), anti-hooning devices, and other initiatives to support the efforts of local communities to tackle crime

After the 2007 election, Labor scrapped the National Community Crime Prevention

Programme, replacing it with a $15 million initiative called ‘Safer Suburbs’.

To support the crime-fighting efforts of local communities and the states and territories, the Coalition will commit $50 million towards a full-blooded, sustained national approach to community crime prevention.

If re-elected, the Coalition will deliver funding to the City of Victor Harbor for the installation of a state of the art CCTV security system to deter criminal behaviour in local hot spots.

This is an exciting initiative that will provide local Police and the City of Victor Harbor the assistance needed to continue their fantastic work in keeping the local community safe from crime and anti-social behaviour, particularly during South Australia’s ‘Schoolies Week’.

This is a great example of real action that can be taken by a national government to support local community efforts and improve safety in local neighbourhoods.