Kids Can’t Fly – Ways to Help

November 16, 2011

Crimsafe Supports the Kids Can’t Fly Program Each year at least 12 children are admitted to the Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW as a result of sustaining injuries from a balcony or window fall. A number of those children don’t recover, sustaining long lasting injuries. Perhaps you think this is not a large number – [...]

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St Michael’s Family Centre Needs Your Help

November 14, 2011
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St Michael’s Family Centre does very important work with families of the North Western, Western, and Canterbury/Campsie areas of Sydney. Families whose lives are not so filled with positive imagery and whose situations often leave little to be joyful about. This year St Michael’s Family Centre has produced a Calendar for 2012 called ‘Colour My [...]

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Letter of Thanks from Neighbourhood Watch QLD

November 11, 2011

Neighbourhood Watch Queensland is a  Crime Prevention program with a vision to connect and strengthen communities. Traditionally NHWQ has focused on improving home security, reducing the fear of crime and reporting suspicious activity to police. As NHWQ has evolved, groups have become involved in broader community safety issues – working together to identify and address [...]

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Don’t Be Pressured

November 11, 2011
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Occasionally Crimsafe will receive a call from a home owner who was certain they had purchased Crimsafe, and has since suffered a break-in or has noticed  their product visibly deteriorating. Understandably they become very annoyed and upset once they learn that the reason their security screen was breached or is degrading is because an inferior product had [...]

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Repeat Burglaries – How at Risk Are We?

November 8, 2011
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An interesting article posted on the Tasmania Police Service website looks at this disturbing pattern.

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Think Like a Burglar

November 7, 2011
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To protect your home and stay safe. “When you’re thinking about how to make your home burglar-proof, you have to think like an opportunist thief, because a burglar will look for the tell-tale signs of weaknesses in your home.” So says ex burglar Michael Fraser, who starred in BBC’s ‘To Catch a Thief’ and ‘Beat [...]

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How to Remove Graffiti

November 4, 2011
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Prompt removal of Graffiti is seen as a useful tool to help reduce the number of incidences of neighborhood crime. It is both sad and appalling when our public amenities are defaced, and profaned without respecting the families and citizens who share the use of those spaces. But what about when it is on the [...]

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Win a V8 Supercar Hot Lap Experience!

October 19, 2011
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LIKE US on Facebook for Your Chance to WIN the Ride of a Life Time! It ‘s that time of the year again when Gold Coast 600 V8 Supercars take centre stage – and after three days of experiencing the vitality and raw energy of  those powerful machines don’t you wish you could be  in [...]

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Neighbourhood Watch QLD State Rally

October 19, 2011

October is a busy month this year on the Crime Prevention front.We are asked to attend many functions to do with Crime Prevention and it keeps us busy. This year Crimsafe was the Major Sponsor of the Neighbourhood Watch Queensland Rally 2011 hosted in Cairns.

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Crime Stoppers – It Really Does Work!

October 14, 2011
Crime Stoppers QLD Awards Dinner 2011

Crime Stoppers Queensland Chair Ken Martin gave an inspiring presentation illustrating the outstanding effectiveness of the Crime Stoppers QLD program at the recent 2011 Crime Stoppers Queensland Annual Awards Ceremony.

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Letter of Thanks from Major General Slater

October 6, 2011
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Crimsafe  joined with many Australian businesses to provide assistance where it was desperately needed after the QLD Floods of early 2011. Cleaning up was a large and daunting task for the hundreds of people affected in the Lockyear valley, and restoring security to the few assets remaining or to those which were speedily rebuilt, became [...]

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Can Crimsafe Mesh Be Purchased Separately?

October 5, 2011
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  We sometimes get asked if Crimsafe stainless steel mesh can be purchased separately and applied to an existing security frame.

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QLD Crime Prevention Month

October 3, 2011
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QLD Crime Prevention Month – what’s on in your area? Crime Prevention month is where crime fighting and prevention services, both paid and volunteer, get together to promote safety and security in the community. The month of October is Crime Prevention month across Queensland.

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