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Member patrols are:
Botany Crime Watch Patrol
Flat Bush Crime Watch Patrol
Howick and Pakuranga Crimewatch Community Patrol
Mangere Bridge Crime Watch Patrol
Manurewa Crime Watch Patrol
Manurewa Pacific Crime Watch Patrol
Papatoetoe Crime Watch Patrol
Pohutukawa Coast CWP
The aims of the MDCWP are to:
1)Create effective patrols to reduce crime and build safer communities
2)To reduce crime and the fear of crime and help create safer and more enjoyable communities
3)To report other problems which detract from the safety and appearance of communities
4)To enhance positive communication and relationships within the community.
MDCWP member patrols actively recruit and train volunteers to form proactive patrols throughout the city. Using non-confrontational patrol tactics volunteers patrol town centres, residential areas, parks, schools and car-parks with the objective of observing, recording and reporting suspicious activities, crimes in progress, and unsafe environments to the New Zealand Police and other relevant agencies. Our volunteers patrol in pairs using highly visible patrol cars to observe and report suspicious activities, insecure properties, vehicle incidents, vandalism to property (including graffiti) and any other incidents related to criminal activities and public safety. We also carry out a community educational role with the general public, property owners and shoppers in order that we might increase their awareness of crime prevention techniques and thus reduce crime in our community.
MDCWP-CT is a registered non-profit charitable trust community-based trust whose objective is to:
To Create Effective Patrols to Reduce
Crime and Make our Communities Safer.
The patrols affiliated to the Trust have been active in their communities for periods ranging from five to twenty years and have car patrols which they roster throughout each week.
Some patrols also have foot patrols which carry out interventions and educate potential victims of bag snatches, theft from cars, and robbery at ATM’s.
We have approximately 300 volunteer patrollers across Manukau and we encourage member patrols to support these volunteers with structures of trainers and leadership/ support teams.
We work closely with New Zealand Police, submitting patrol logs and incident reports to them on a wide range of crime and safety issues. These reports are used as a performance data base for our patrol area, entered into the Area policing Intel system, and are incorporated into our six monthly operational reports to Manukau City Council and the Ministry of Justice.
Richard
Chairman
Manukau District Crime Watch Patrols
Crime Watch Patrols
Keeping our community safe.
Because we care!
A word from our Chairman