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24.01.2022 Missing from Saywell Street since Sunday 18th June, male cat "Pippy" please inbox me if you have seen him. Reward offered.

21.01.2022 Crime trends for week beginning 7 August 2017 BURGLARY RESIDENTIAL In Colac cash was stolen from homes , in Lara power tools were taken from a house and a premises under construction was targeted while in Newcomb jewellery was stolen from a house and a shed was hit. The trends remain the same with offenders targeting cash, computers, tools and power tools, TV’s, audio and other equipment, prescription drugs and house/vehicle keys.... THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE Number plates were taken from vehicles in locations including the street and front yard of homes in Belmont, a car yard and railway station in North Geelong, drive ways in Leopold, Thomson and Newtown as well as a home in Torquay, Drysdale and East Geelong. Other thefts from vehicles were committed in Geelong with clothing and a lap top taken from a car park, cash, clothing, a hand bag and burse taken from the street. In Waurn Ponds building tools were stolen from a front yard while vehicles were also targeted in drive ways and the street elsewhere and in Grovedale vehicles were also targeted in drive ways and on the street while other areas hit includes South Geelong, Belmont, Newtown and North Geelong. THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE Two vehicles stolen from Norlane were recovered nearby while a car taken from East Geelong was recovered in Moolap, a vehicle stolen from Herne Hill was found in Bell Post Hill, one taken from Manifold Heights was located in North Geelong and a vehicle stolen from Lara was recovered in Mount Cottrell. BURGLARY OTHER In Colac a gaming venue, administration office and two sports facilities were targeted, in Lara an education department building was hit, power tools were stolen from a construction site in Newtown, cosmetics were stolen from a retailer in Drumcondra and an agricultural building in Geelong west was broken into. PROPERTY DAMAGE In Corio mostly windows and some doors to homes were damaged, in Geelong there were windows and vehicles damaged as well as graffiti at the train station while in Grovedale a flat was damaged as well as a fence and vehicle.

20.01.2022 Crime trends 15 August 2017 Burglary residential In Geelong, offenders were looking to steal jewellery, handbags, computers and cash also a safe was targeted. Colac had cash; jewellery, power tools and another safe targeted while in Newtown, offenders were stealing jewellery, in Queenscliff cash, a firearm stolen in Highton while in other locations vehicle keys, power tools and cash were also targeted as well as a safe and jewellery in Curlewis.... Theft from motor vehicle Number plates were stolen from Bell Post Hill, Norlane from a drive way and the street, South Geelong from a retailer and park land in Wallington. In Geelong, vehicles had clothing, hand bags and purses stolen, in South Geelong jewellery and house keys were taken, computers were stolen from Hamlyn Heights, Geelong west and Belmont while cash and power tools were targeted in Portarlington, Belmont, Whittington and East Geelong. Theft of motor vehicle This week Belmont and Corio had vehicles stolen with two each from various suburbs and a variety of other locations having single vehicles stolen. The majority of vehicle stolen were from home addresses with one stolen from a railway station car park at Waurn Ponds. A vehicle stolen from Bell Post Hill was recovered in Corio where another vehicle was also stolen and recovered, one taken from North Geelong was found in Geelong West and a vehicle stolen from South Geelong was located in Hamlyn Heights. Burglary Other Factories and administration offices were targeted in North Geelong, a retailer in Norlane, school in Manifold Heights, a licensed venue in Corio, business in Bell Park and retailer in Drysdale. Property Damage Graffiti was committed at a school in Lara, railway stations in North Shore and Geelong, houses in Newtown and Hamlyn Heights as well as a bus stop in Corio and a vehicle was graffitied at a factory in Newtown. Vehicles were also listed as being damaged at Corio in a drive way and the front yard, also the front yard of a home in Moolap, the street in Whittington and a car park in Geelong while vehicle windows were smashed at houses in Herne Hill and Colac.

19.01.2022 RAIL SAFETY TIP! In the bush and in the city always expect trains, even when they aren’t timetabled #RSW2017

17.01.2022 Latest local crime statistics: BURGLARY RESIDENTIAL Homes were targeted in Norlane, Highton, Hamlyn Heights, Clifton Springs, Newtown, Belmont, North Geelong, Fyansford and Barrabool where firearms were taken from a rural property farm house.... BURGLAY OTHER Building tools, computers and power tools were stolen from a retailer in Rippleside, also power tools from a warehouse in Moolap while retailers in Newtown and Corio were targeted along with a warehouse in South Geelong, the foreshore in Indented Head and a business office in Lara. THEFT OF MOTOR CAR In Colac a Holden sedan and Volkswagen station wagon were taken from drive ways, recovered nearby, in Corio a Nissan sedan was stolen from a front yard and found in Corio while a Toyota station wagon stolen from a drive way in Jan Juc was recovered in the streets of Belmont. A Honda sedan stolen from a drive way in Norlane was located in Geelong and a Peugeot station wagon stolen from Skenes Creek was found in Princetown. THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE Number plates were targeted in Belmont from a Ford in a drive way, an Isuzu van at a unit, a Toyota coupe in a front yard and a Holden sedan in the street. In Highton a Ford sedan and wagon were targeted in front yards, a car park in Geelong where a Holden sedan was targeted along with a Honda motor cycle at flats and a Toyota bus in an unspecified location. In Newtown number plates were removed from a Ford in a front yard and a Mazda sedan at a house, in Bell Park a Holden sedan in the street, a Nissan in the streets of Grovedale also in a drive way in Clifton Springs. A Volvo was targeted in a street in Drysdale, a Ford in a front yard in South Geelong, another Ford sedan at a house in Queenscliff, a Subaru in a drive way at Barwon Heads, in St Albans Park a Mazda in the street, and Holden sedans at residential drive ways or car parks in Thomson, North Geelong and South Geelong. In Geelong cash was targeted at a shopping complex, cash and a hand bag from a car park, in Colac cash was stolen from a drive way also vehicle keys, while power tools were taken from a street in Newtown and a drive way in Lara, alcohol from a vehicle at a house in Geelong west and cash from the streets of East Geelong. PROPERTY DAMAGE Windows trended highest in damage reports with Corio flats, houses and a school being targeted, a sports facility and flat in Colac and holiday home in Barwon Heads. Graffiti was recorded mostly at train stations. This week at train stations in Marshall, Waurn Ponds, South Geelong and Geelong. Vehicles were reported damaged in the streets of Ocean Grove and Geelong, residence at Point Lonsdale, Newcomb and North Geelong as well as a car park in Portarlington while a door was damaged at a motel in South Geelong and in Grovedale a fence and letterbox were damaged including graffiti.

16.01.2022 Local crime statistics released 20 November 2018 BURGLARY RESIDENTIAL Homes were targeted in North Shore, Newtown, Thomson and Caravans in St Leonards Cash and Jewellery targeted. BURGLARY OTHER... Businesses were targeted in Bell Post Hill, Geelong West, Newcomb and South Geelong Cash Tins and Tools were targeted. Businesses must ensure that they do not leave cash on premises after hours. THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE East Geelong and Thomson are current hotstpots and a second in Bell Park associated to keys stolen in Burglary. A silver Commodore wagon was stolen from Indented Heads and later recovered the following day after being involved in an accident. Motor vehicle owners should ensure they secure their car keys at all times. 70 % of newer motor vehicles State Wide are stolen with their own keys. THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE Most incidents in a single week this year. Bell Park, North Geelong, Geelong CBD, Belmont hardest hit. Unlocked cars with property on view still remains the biggest issue. Number plates account for half of the incidents. Motorists need to understand Theft from motor vehicle is opportunistic. So remove the opportunity, that being the property from the vehicle and ensure the vehicle is locked and this offence cannot occur. PROPERTY DAMAGE The main spots for damage offences this week have been Geelong West, Newtown and Whittington. Graffiti is still being reported.

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12.01.2022 Recent local crime statistics: THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE Multiple TOMVs occurred in a number of suburbs including Geelong North , Bell Park , Geelong , Corio , Geelong West , Hamlyn Heights , Herne Hill , Belmont, Lovely Banks, Norlane, South Geelong and Whittington. 5 incidents related to keys being left in the vehicles....Continue reading

11.01.2022 We are looking for someone to take the lead in our local Neighbourhood Watch area. The structure of the group can be tailored to your time requirements. It could be as little as simply maintaining our Facebook page with information supplied by local police and NHW Greater Geelong to running projects such as Safe Plate days with help from other local groups. As interest increases, occasional public meetings might be held with invited speakers on issues to do with crime and safer neighbourhoods. Please message for any further information or to register your interest.

11.01.2022 Happy new year to all our neighbours! Latest statistics released this week: BURGLARY RESIDENTIAL In Lara houses were targeted for building material and vehicle keys, power tools were stolen from a garage in Newcomb, prescription drugs were taken from a house in Corio, in Waurn Ponds computers were stolen while vehicle keys were targeted from a house in Bell Post Hill and household electrical from a home in Moolap.... Belmont recorded incidents to a house, garage and shed, a farm house and home in Lara, flat and house in Corio, garage in Newcomb, premises under construction in Ocean Grove, shed in Freshwater Creek and homes in Geelong and Curlewis. BURGLARY OTHER Cash and consumables were targeted from school grounds in Newcomb along with other locations and a warehouse in Moolap. THEFT OF MOTOR CAR A Holden sedan stolen from the street in Herne Hill was recovered in Corio, A Ford utility taken from the streets of Geelong West was found in Bell Park while a Holden sedan stolen from the street in Lara was located in Little River. Still listed as stolen are two Kawasaki motor cycles stolen from a shed in Freshwater Creek, a Nissan sedan taken from a drive way and Daihatsu sedan from the train station car park in North Geelong, a Suzuki sedan stolen from a bungalow in Grovedale, Suzuki motorcycle taken from the street in Lara and Honda from a freight yard in Moolap. Further outstanding vehicle thefts include a Kubota earth mover being stolen in Newtown, a Kawasaki was taken from the street in Whittington, a Toyota sedan from Rippleside and a Mitsubishi utility from a car sales yard in Waurn Ponds THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE Number plates were stolen from a car park and the hospital in Geelong, a house and in the streets of Geelong west, the Lara airfield and agricultural land, in the streets of Drysdale, Bell Park, Anglesea, St Leonards and East Geelong while a car park in North Geelong, front yard in Portarlington and a house in Manifold Heights were also targeted for plates. In Lara vehicles were targeted over one night, offenders smashing vehicle windows targeting cash, wallets and credit cards in a series of offences, also in Lara fuel was stolen from a farm house, cash was targeted in Belmont , along with clothing a drive way in Torquay, computers, household electrical and keys from a house in Geelong while power tools were stolen from a garage and drive way in Newtown. Leopold recorded offences where offenders have targeted homes and drive way. PROPERTY DAMAGE Wednesday 19th December Police were called to Armitage Court, Belmont where three offenders had allegedly damaged property, kicking in the front door and were armed with a baseball bat, left in a motor vehicle which was located in a car park at the Waurn Ponds Hotel resulting in the arrest of three males.

07.01.2022 " CRIME UPDATE FROM YOUR LOCAL POLICE" Geelong Police have seen a recent rise in aggravated burglary offences being committed across the Division. We know that ...many members of the community are concerned and we understand why. Your home is a place where you should feel safe. While we acknowledge these crimes have increased and, although still relatively small in number, we have committed to endeavouring to reduce these crimes. Our intelligence tells us that the majority of burglaries are non-violent that is, someone might be home when the burglary occurs but there is no confrontation. Virtually all instances reported recently where there has been confrontation within the home have been as a result of the parties (offenders/victims) being known to each other. That aside, we are absolutely focused on addressing these crimes. We do not accept that any person should have another person enter their home with the purpose of committing crime. The safety of the community is always our number one priority and we want to assure you that we will get on top of this problem. We have intelligence analysts continually forming a picture of the offending, why it is happening and where it is happening so that we are able to prevent them occurring and arrest those responsible. In local areas police are undertaking proactive patrols using both uniform members in marked police vehicles and plain clothes members in unmarked police vehicles. Currently tactical operations are also underway to address this issue. We are deliberately cracking down on people wanted on warrants, ensuring offenders are complying with their strict bail conditions, and managing our persons of interest. Crime prevention and detection is a multi-pronged approach and responsibility, Outside of policing the problem, we are engaging with the community and stakeholders on what we can do to stop these offences occurring in the first place. We all have a role to play. Having said this we have seen that our offenders are regularly entering residential premises while the occupants are home through unlocked doors and windows. Offenders are also entering through open garage doors and then into homes through unlocked internal doors. Our message is and has been very clear for some time now Crime Prevention is the responsibility of us all - Police, residents and the broader community, Your safety and the safety of your family is the number one priority and by us all working together we can achieve this. Let us explain ( and this should not be considered 'victim blaming'): You need to make your house and your vehicles as difficult as possible to break in to. You’ll find if it is too hard, a lot of offenders will just run off. 50% of thefts from vehicles in the Geelong area result from valuables being left in view in unlocked vehicles. This lack of security leaves people to become victims of opportunistic crime unnecessarily. We are constantly frustrated as police to find that offenders are entering homes through unlocked doors and windows with the sole purpose of stealing the keys to a vehicle parked in the driveway or street. 70% of modern cars statistically are being stolen with their own car keys. We are also frustratingly taking reports of vehicles being stolen where the keys have been left in the vehicle or in the garage where the vehicle has been housed. Sadly, our communities are not as they once were, where we could leave things unlocked and not fall victim to crime, as we have a cohort of people who are intent on committing crime for their own benefit. Keys to vehicles should not be left in common places within the home such as kitchen benches, dining tables and hall stands but placed into a draw or somewhere similar which is less obvious. Remote controls for garages and spare keys should not be left in vehicles. We need to have our community become savvy with locking doors, windows and vehicles as a part of their daily routines. The community can also play a big part in all of this. The reporting of suspicious behaviour is an important tool in the defence of a community. If you see somebody who is acting suspiciously in an area you should report this to Triple Zero 000 immediately. It doesn’t matter if you are wrong, if police attend and check this person out and they are there for a lawful purpose then so be it but if they are there to commit crime then that crime has been prevented. We are finding instances where social media pages are being utilised by some people in our community to post discussion of such criminal this activity where we need them in the first instance to be dialling Triple Zero 000. We are also finding that CCTV footage that we are not even being made aware of is being posted to social media. This footage would greatly assist the investigators if they are aware of it and could hamper the investigation greatly by being released through social media channels. As part of a police focus on crime and road policing in Geelong leading up to and over the Queen’s Birthday Long weekend, police have made some significant arrests including; An 18 year old male from Moolap for burglary in St.Albans Park; A 28 year old male from Anakie for armed robbery in Bell Post Hill; A 27 year old male from Geelong West for burglary in Norlane; A 26 year old male from Bell Post Hill for multiple offences including burglary, theft and firearms offences in various suburbs; A 30 year old male from Whittington for burglary and theft in Newtown; A 24 year old male from Norlane for burglary in Colac; A 19 year old male (no fixed address) for multiple aggravated burglaries in Queenscliff and Belmont; An 18 year old male from Newtown for attempted burglary and attempted theft of motor vehicle in East Geelong; A 15 year old male from St.Albans for aggravated burglary in Drumcondra. The policing efforts and focus on crime and road policing is continuing.

05.01.2022 Local statistics released earlier this week: BURGLARY RESIDENTIAL Garages were targeted for power tools in Belmont and Norlane also a house in ocean Grove, TV’s were stolen from caravans in St Leonards and a house in Winchelsea, jewellery and power tools were targeted at a house in St Albans park and a house in Whittington had computers, home audio, electrical items and power tools taken while jewellery was stolen from a house in Fyansford and electrical from a house in Lara....Continue reading

04.01.2022 Recent local crime statistics: BURGLARY RESIDENTIAL Suburbs targeted with multiple incidents included Whittington, Corio/Norlane and Newcomb. Other incidents spread through various suburbs within the Geelong area.... 7 of the total incidents occurred on Garages. 6 incidents involved entry to the residential premises by an unlocked or open door/window. Computer equipment, Jewellery, Tools and Home items continue to be stolen. BURGLARY OTHER Incidents spread throughout various suburbs, all in Geelong area, with multiples recorded in Lara and Geelong. 3 incidents were recorded at Schools, 2 at Sports Areas, 2 at Construction Sites and a number at Retail Stores. All incidents occurred during Night Shift hours throughout all nights of the week. THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE A high number of incidents occurred in a number of areas including Corio/Norlane, Geelong West along with Newtown/Hamlyn Heights and Armstrong Creek along with Marshall. The incidents in Geelong West, Armstrong Creek and Marshall occurred in ‘spates’, generally over single nights. Nearly all the incidents occurred in Residential Premises over Night shift or late Afternoon shift times, with No Visible Force noted on over half the incidents. Number plates were stolen from Corio (3), two each from Geelong West and Norlane with others taken from Bell Post Hill, Belmont, Lara, Leopold, Lovely Banks, Mount Duneed, Newtown and the Railway Stations at South Geelong and Marshall. THEFT OF MOTOR VEHICLE Very low number of vehicles stolen this past week when compared to the weekly average over the year. A vehicle stolen from the Lara Railway Station was recovered in Corio, two cars taken from car ports or drive ways in Newcomb were located in Breakwater, a car stolen from the front yard in Thomson was found in Torquay and one stolen in Norlane was recovered close by in Norlane. PROPERTY DAMAGE Incidents spread throughout various suburbs, mainly within the Geelong area, with multiples occurring in a number of suburbs including Norlane/Corio, Colac and Geelong. An increase was seen in Graffiti damage along with the usual high number of damages occurring to Vehicles and Windows. The majority of the incidents occurred during Afternoon and Night shifts over all days of the week, mostly at Residential Premises however also occurring at Train Stations and a variety of other locations.