Community
Watch meeting – Thursday 14 April, 5pm
At Church
Hall [underneath the new Church] Tala
GOALS OF THE
PROGRAMME
By launching the
programme Community Watch the Cyprus Police aim to raise awareness among the
public regarding issues of crime prevention and security, both physical and that of
their property.
The cooperation with the public is strengthened on an organised basis. This programme will have an impact
on reducing crime and increasing, the feeling of security among the residents.
Priority is given to the prevention of crimes against property. As you are all aware, burglaries have recently increased in all areas.
The aim of Community Watch is to encourage individuals to keep an eye on each other’s properties, and to report suspicious incidents, vehicles or individuals. However, when criminal activity is suspected, members are encouraged to report to authorities, and not to intervene.
Who is eligible to attend the meeting?
Create an inclusive caring community
Priority is given to the prevention of crimes against property. As you are all aware, burglaries have recently increased in all areas.
What is Community Watch?
It is members
of our community informing neighbours ensuring a topical flow of information
and continuing the theme of security involving the cooperation of the local
Police.The aim of Community Watch is to encourage individuals to keep an eye on each other’s properties, and to report suspicious incidents, vehicles or individuals. However, when criminal activity is suspected, members are encouraged to report to authorities, and not to intervene.
Who is eligible to attend the meeting?
Any individual who is resident in Tala – and this includes those in Zelemenos
who whilst technically come under Koili are part of the Kamares development.
The aims of the
Community Watch
It will be run by local residents on a voluntary basis operating
independently, but seeking cooperation with the local authority, (i.e. Tala
Council) and the Police.
Initially the local residents involved will be:
Val Potter from KVHA
Jean Goldsmith from Stephanie Residents Association
Cathi Delaney from Tala Council.
All have databases of residents and will pass information around
the community and the Police.
Further Alan Reid will act as Security Advisor for the programme
and work alongside Cathi Delaney as co-ordinators for the Tala programme with
the Police.
The aim is
to: Create an inclusive caring community
Increase awareness in the local community
Maintain security awareness
Create good community liaison
Look after the interests all of our neighbours
To create an inclusive neighbourhood for all the residents
If you are unable to attend, or if you have specific questions
you would like to raise, these can be raised prior to the meeting by sending an
email to Val, Jean or Cathi – by 13 April please. Questions will
then be passed to the Police before the meeting to try to ensure there are no
translation difficulties.
Whilst the presentation will be in
English, and subsequently in Greek, after the presentation there will be
information regarding the scheme on www.talanews.blogspot.com and
users will have the Translate function on that site to convert the text to
their own language. The tab ‘Security Alerts’ on the blog will then be
used to notify anything the Police or other individuals have notified as
suspicious in addition to transmitting such information by email.
