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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2002 Week 13 Hansard (21 November) . . Page.. 4035 ..

Mr Quinlan: As minister responsible, the answer to the member's question is follows:

1. The 16 crime prevention initiatives referred to in the 2001-02 Budget are the same initiatives approved by the previous Government in December 2000 and initially funded in the 2000-01 Budget. They were:

A crime prevention web page - crime prevention advice on AFP website;

My Stuff- CD Rom program for registering property ID details ;

Crime - What can 1 do?- printed material on personal safety and other crime prevention advice;

Crime prevention roadshows - equipment and program for crime prevention stall at such places as the Canberra show;

Answers where you live- police bus and police presence in neighbourhood shopping centres;

Immobiliser program - promoting the "Immobilise Now" program for cars not fitted with an immobiliser;

Crime research - Australian Institutes of Criminology research into the ACT stolen property market;

Grass roots community crime prevention education program - using learning circles kits;

Constable Kenny Koala - development of teaching kits;

Neighbourhood Watch training;

Youth Crime Prevention Network -involvement of young people in identifying and responding to crime concerns;

Multicultural Policing interface - support for advisory committee;

Community Liaison Advisory Safety Project (CLASP) subsidy - $100 subsidy to pensioners to CLASP clients to assist installation of security devices;

Funding of mobile CCTV units for anti motor vehicle theft campaign;

Children at risk - establishment of police scouts and programs through Police Citizens Youth Club (PCYC); and

Aboriginal community liaison officer positions in ACT Policing.

2. (a) The four initiatives that were completed were:

CD Rom - My Stuff (Responsible agency: ACT Policing);

Immobiliser program (DJACS);

CLASP subsidy (DJACS); and

Mobile Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) units for motor vehicle theft (ACT Policing).

(b) The two initiatives that were not progressed in 2001-02 were:

Grass roots community crime prevention education program (DJACS); and

Youth Crime Prevention Network (ACT Policing).

(c) The 10 other initiatives for 2001-02 were:

A crime prevention web page (ACT Policing);

Crime -What can 1 do? (ACT Policing);

Crime prevention roadshows (ACT Policing);

Answers where you live (ACT Policing);

Crime research into stolen goods market (DJACS);

Constable Kenny Koala (ACT Policing);

Neighbourhood Watch training (ACT Policing);

Multicultural Policing interface (ACT Policing);

Children at risk programs through PCYC (ACT Policing);

Aboriginal community liaison officer positions in ACT Policing (ACT Policing); and

A further program, Volunteers in Policing was later funded from the crime prevention budget (ACT Policing).

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