SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1986
CRIME PREVENTION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN BEGINS
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AN INTENSIVE CRIME PREVENTION PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN IS NOW UNDER WAY TO CONVINCE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT SIMPLE, SENSIBLE AND INEXPENSIVE PRECAUTIONS WOULD PROTECT THEMSELVES, THE IR FAMILIES AND THEIR PROPERTY.
IT FORMS PART OF THE 1986/87 FIGHT CRIME CAMPAIGN, DETAILS OF WHICH WERE ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEE, SIR DAVID AKERS-JONES, TODAY (SATURDAY).
+THIS YEAR PUBLICITY EFFORTS ARE CONCENTRATED ON THE PREVENTION OF BURGLARIES IN THE HOME AND THE EXPANSION OF NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH SCHEME, SIR DAVID SAID AT THE CONFERENCE.
HE SAID BURGLARIES IN THE HOME CONTINUED TO POSE A SERIOUS PROBLEM, DESPITE IT IS AN EASY CRIME TO PREVENT.
+ IN 1985 ONE BURGLARY OF PEOPLE'S HOMES WAS REPORTED EVERY HOUR, RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF A STAGGERING 38.9 MILLION DOLLARS' WORTH OF PROPERTY.
+ IN THE FIRST HALF OF THIS YEAR, THE AVERAGE INCIDENCE OF BURGLARIES DROPPED SLIGHTLY TO ONE EVERY 80 MINUTES.+
SIR DAVID SAID OPEN WINDOWS, LATCHES, CHEAP LOCKS WERE AN, OPEN
UNLOCKED DOORS, BADLY FITTED INVITATION TO BURGLARS.
+ IN FACT, HALF OF ALL THE CASES REPORTED TO THE POLICE DID NOT INVOLVE BREAKING-IN AND WERE CAUSED BY SHEER CARELESSNESS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE HOLDER, + HE SAID.
SIR DAVID GAVE DETAILS OF THE ACTIVITIES ORGANISED FOR SEPTEMBER, WHICH HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS 'FIGHT CRIME MONTH'. THEY INCLUDE:
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A SPECIAL +HOTLINE+ (5-277177) WILL BE SET UP TO PROVIDE ROUND-THE-CLOCK ADVICE ON CRIME PREVENTION MEASURES FROM EXPERIENCED OFFICERS.
THERE WILL BE A TRAVELLING EXHIBITION AND AN EXHIBITION IN ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENT STORES.
* BUSES AND TRAMS WILL CARRY THE CRIME PREVENTION MESSAGE
TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC.
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19 DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES WILL ARRANGE ACTIVITIES INCLUDING VARIETY SHOWS, SEMINARS, DISPLAYS AND COMPETITIONS.
TELEVISION, RADIO AND NEWSPAPERS WILL ASSIST IN DISSEMINATING THE CRIME PREVENTION MESSAGE TO A WIDE AUDIENCE THROUGH SPECIAL PROGRAMMES.
/+THE HIGHLIGHT