Community Safety Information

Community Safety

Please click the link below to view more information on the following topics:

Speed Trailer

Home Security Appraisals

Community Toolbox Initiative

Thefts from Vehicles

Report Graffiti or Vandalism

Speed Watch

Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan

Get Out and About

Engrave your Valuables

Roadwise

Links

Emergency Contact Phone Numbers

Community Saftey Folder

Speed Trailer: Update!

You may have seen the Speed Display Trailer gracing the roadsides of Mosman Park and Peppermint Grove streets.

Council hopes that the trailer will raise driver awareness of their travel speeds causing them to slow down. Reducing travel speeds is a priority listed in our Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan.

The Town of Mosman Park will be working closely with the Cottesloe Police to make our roads safer.

Home Security Appraisals

The Crime Prevention Officers based at the Showgrounds Community Policing unit offer the service of auditing your home or business security so that potential security issues can be identified and addressed.

To make an appointment phone – 9284 3999.

Community Safety Toolbox Initiative

Council’s Community Development Officer is currently in the process of applying for a grant to assist with the ‘Community Safety Toolbox’ initiative. To be developed in conjunction with the Town of Cottesloe and the Shire of Peppermint Grove, the Toolbox is a folder full of safety information, hints and tips relevant to our residents. It is hoped that the folders will be available from Council in 2008.

Thefts from Vehicles

Thefts from vehicles are still a problem, especially in the warmer months. You can help reduce the chances of a break in simply by making sure any valuables are out of sight. CDs, purses, wallets and mobile phones are all targets and if possible you take your valuables with you.

Report Graffiti or Vandalism

Vandalism is unsightly and costly. Existing graffiti also tends to attract more graffiti leading to loss of pride in our beautiful surroundings.

Council has a procedure for reporting and removing graffiti which can be found here.

Help to keep our suburb beautiful.

SPEED WATCH – Report Speeding

Antisocial driver behaviour and excessive vehicle speed has become an ever increasing problem on local roads.

All too often, this type of behaviour results in verge and infrastructure damage which consequently increases costs for both Council and the community. The Speed Watch form has been developed to specifically target and reduce the incidences of excessive speed and antisocial driver behaviour on local roads.

This strategy compliments the Mosman Park Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan and residents are encouraged to complete the attached form and return it to the Town of Mosman Park as soon as practicable. The completed form will then be registered and forwarded to the Police for action. All data collected may also be used by the Town of Mosman Park and Police to identify and target 'high risk' areas.

Dowload PDF: Speed Watch Form

Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan for the Town of Mosman Park

Mosman Park Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan (PDF)

The Town of Mosman Park has established a partnership with the State Government to work together to reduce crime and improve the safety of the community. The partnership has involved the development of a Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan for Mosman Park for the next three years. The plan has identified key community safety and crime prevention issues for the Town of Mosman Park and strategies have been developed to address these issues.

The four priority areas covered in the plan are:

Reduce Thefts from Motor Vehicles
Reduce the level of graffiti and vandalism within our community
Reduce residential burglary
Reduce speeding and travel speeds

Extensive consultation was conducted with stakeholders, local residents, schools, community groups and businesses to obtain the communities’ feedback about community safety and crime prevention in the Town of Mosman Park. A review of crime statistics was also undertaken to examine crime trends and factors affecting crime rates in the community.

GET OUT AND ABOUT!

Little did you know, but undertaking 30 minutes of exercise a day actually assists in keeping your community safer! The more you get out and about, riding, walking, kicking the footy or running, you are actively being seen in and around your community which makes people feel safer and makes the law breakers less likely do just that, just incase somebody sees them!

ENGRAVE YOUR VALUABLES!!

As part of our ongoing commitment to safety within our community, the Town of Mosman Park has a number of engravers available for Mosman Park residents to use, at no cost.

To borrow an engraver, an adult with a current drivers licence will need to register their details at Council’s administration office, at which time they will be provided with an engraver. Engravers will be loaned for up to one week.

Australian Police forces recommend that owner’s valuables be engraved with their Drivers License number prefixed by the first letter of their state of residence. This will enable faster identification of stolen goods.

The engravers are an initiative of the WA Police Service’ Neighbourhood Watch program, which is sponsored by RAC and Channel 10. The Town along with the Safer Mosman Park Advisory Committee proudly supports the program.

ROADWISE

RoadWise is the Local Government and Community Road Safety Program in Western Australia and has been in operation since 1994. RoadWise aims to contribute to the long term vision of the Road Safety Council in eliminating road crashes as a major cause of premature death and injury, by increasing community support, partnerships and participation in the implementation of the State Road Safety Strategy 2003-2007, Arriving Safely.

The Program consists of a community road safety network, supported by regional officers who work with Councils and RoadWise Committees and the Community Road Safety Grants Program.

Three levels of coordination (State, Regional and Local) make up the Operational Framework of the RoadWise Program. This Operational Framework also shows funding, reporting and advisory links.

The RoadWise Program is funded through the Road Trauma Trust Fund and the National Safety Council of WA Trust.