Neighbourhood Watch

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Neighbourhood Watch Wyndham
Wyn 1 Gary Jackson Wyn 2 Bob Skinner Wyn 10 Jeff
Turnbull
Area 542 sq km Population 90,000
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WYN 2 WYN 10JOINT MEETING730PM May
6 Attendance 15including 2 AreaCoordinators
2Police Constables
WHY ? ? ?
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why ????

• IS THE COMMUNITY AWARE OF NHW?
• DOES THE COMMUNITY FEEL THAT NHWS JOB IS
  IMPORTANT ?
• DOES THE COMMUNITY FEEL THAT NHW IS DOING WHAT
  IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DOING ?
• IS THE CITY COUNCIL OR ANOTHER COMMUNITY GROUP
  DOING THE JOB OF NHW?

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NHW Wyndham objectives

• To promote the NHW program to the Wyndham
  Community
• To strengthen the role of NHW on Safety Crime
  Reduction in the Community

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The opportunity ..
Wyndham Neighbourhood Safety Grants
Funding Year 2002
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Grant Objectives

• Increase feelings of trust and safety
• Devise a way to report issues and safety
  concerns to the Wyndham Local Community Safety
  Committee / Wyndham Police
• Bring residents together and create connections
  between neighbours
• Create a sense of neighbourhood pride and spirit
• Encourage mingling of ages and cultures
• Increase participation, leadership opportunities
  and skills
• Establish partnerships with agencies
  community groups in the area

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WynWatch
A web-supported community safety program for the
City of Wyndham. An initiative of the local
Neighbourhood Watch Wyn1, Wyn2 and Wyn10 Teams
and the Filipino Community Club of Werribee
supported by the Wyndham City Council and My
Connected Community
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WynWatch
General Objective
To implement an effective community based crime
reduction program through the removal of
criminal activity from the neighbourhood and the
development of a neighbourhood that resist crime.
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WynWatch
The Players

• Neighbourhood Watch
• Filipino Community Club of Werribee Inc
• My Connected Community, State of Victoria
• Wyndham City Council and the Wyndham Local
  Community Safety Committee
• Werribee Police Country Fire Authority
• Other community and service groups supporting
  community safety programs
• Hoppers Crossing Community - Pilot Area

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Neighbourhood Watch is a community based crime
prevention program which aims to improve the
quality of life within a neighbourhood by
minimising preventable crime and promoting closer
community ties. The program relies on the
community and the Police working together in a
partnership to achieve these aims.
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Filipino Community Club of Werribee, Inc
FCCWI - represents the Filipino-Australian
households in Wyndham which is one of the larger
migrant communities in Wyndham estimated at
around 1000 families and growing. FCCWI brings
to the project, expertise in web design and
establishing online communities using My
Connected Communities (MC2) facilities. The
Filipino community also brings their experience
in managing block community which they call
baranggay in the Philippines. The FCCWi is an
incorporated body and is the auspicing agency for
the application of a grant from the Wyndham City
Council. It will provide management
responsibility of the project.
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www.mc2.vicnet.net.au
My Connected Community - known as mc2 -
pronounced "em see squared") is an initiative of
the Victorian Government's Connecting Communities
policy. Funded by the Victorian Government, free
to Victorians and coordinated byVICNET, the main
objective of My Connected Community is to
encourage community groups located in Victoria
(Australia) to create their own online
communities. In the 2001 Funding Round for MC2,
the Filipino Community Council of Victoria
received a grant to build 20 online communities
for Filipinos in Victoria. The project officer,
Walter Villagonzalo, is the president of the
Filipino Community Club of Werribee and is the
proposed Project Manager for WynWatch.
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Wyndham City Council and theWyndham Local
Community SafetyCommittee believe in building
strongcommunities, in strengthening thebonds
between neighbours and inencouraging residents
to transformtheir ideas into action especially
inrelation to solving community
safetyissues. The Wyndham Neighbourhood
SafetyGrants aims to build participation
andleadership in neighbourhoods.
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Other Players

• Wyndham Multicultural Committee
• Lions Club
• Rotary Club
• Apex Club
• Scouts
• Guides
• St John Ambulance
• Wyn-FM Community Radio
• Support/interest/sport groups

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Hoppers Crossing Community
The WynWatch Project will be implemented
initially in a pilot area in Hoppers Crossing.

• The area was selectedbecause it
• has clear boundaries
• is easily identifiable
• has manageable area
• has an active Neighbourhood Watch Team -
  Wyn 2
• Number of Houses - 3000

The Pilot Project will be implemented in 2
years. Roll out for the rest of Wyndham will be
done in Phases.
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WynWatch
ORGANISATION
The Pilot Area is divided into 3 Blocks. Each
Block is managed by a Block Captain assisted by a
Block Watch Officer, a Block Information Officer
and a Block Community Officer The Block Captains
will report to the Area Coordinator.
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
WynWatch
Oversees implementation of Pilot Project. Reports
to grant body.

• Project Manager
• Asst PM / Liaison Officer
• Technology Officer
• WynWatch Area Coordinator
• Block Captains
• Wyndham Local Community Safety Committee REP
• Wyndham Police Community Consultative
  Committee REP

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WynWatch

• Programs
• Safety Survey - determines the feel of the
  residents on the safety of their person, their
  family, their home, their neighbourhood. The
  survey will be done in the beginning and end
  of the 2 year pilot period.
• Information Dissemination - provide members with
  relevant information on safety issues in the
  neighbourhood as well as preventive measures
  for home and family
• Safety Incident Reporting - enable members to
  report online and manually concerns and issues
  related to safety in the neighbourhood
• Community Building - conduct activities that
  will improve community spirit and pride
• Web Development - development of the MC2 site as
  well as the web pages for reporting and
  newsletter posting

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WynWatch
Safety Survey
This program is designed to get the feelof the
residents in the Pilot Area aboutthe security of
their person, their family,their property and
their neighbourhood. Data from previous Safety
Surveys inWyndham will be compared with the
results of thissurvey. Another survey will be
done after 2 years. This will be conducted only
for the Pilot Area and willbe a vehicle to
provide the residents information aboutthe
conduct of the WynWatch Project and what
isexpected from them.
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Information Dissemination Program
WynWatch
This is the primary responsibilityof the Block
Information Officer. This includes the
distribution ofmonthly newsletters and
dissemination of safety relevant information
produced by council and other safety related
organisations. The Sentinel will be made
accessible online to members through the WynWatch
website. The distribution may include the use of
Blockwalker/volunteers, print/radio/TV media and
theinternet.
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Safety Incident Reporting Program
WynWatch
This is the primary responsibilityof the Block
Watch Officer. This include the collection
andprocessing of information ofactual or
suspect incidents relatedto community
safety. This is done through the use of report
forms,telephone/fax and the WynWatch
website. Problems that residents may report are
fire hazards, problem vehicles, illegal dumping,
animal control, etc. Reports are sent to the
Area Coordinator, NHW Police Coordinator and the
Wyndham Police
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Community Building Program
WynWatch
This is the primary responsibilityof the Block
Community Officer. This involves the planning
and execution of programs which will improve
neighbour relationshipsin the community. The
project team will work with other
interestedcommunity, religious, sports and
service groups inWyndham .
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WynWatch
Possible Projects

• SAFETY PROJECTS
• Block Watch Seminars
• Block Safety Transport Forum
• Safety House Program
• Identi-Kid
• Think 50 kph
• Block Fire Drills
• CPR/First Aid Seminars
• Local Policing Campaigns
• Anti-Drug Campaign
• Anti-Graffitti Programs
• ProblemReporting Seminar
• Safety for Seniors
• Safety for Women
• Bike-Safe Program
• Emergency Safety Training
• Junior Neighbourhood Watch

• COMMUNITY BUILDING PROJECTS
• Block BBQ/Parties
• Block Garage / Car Boot Sale
• Block Clean Green Competition
• Clean Up Australia
• Block Marathon
• Walkers Club
• Inter-Block Sports Competition
• Multicultural Fiesta
• Know your Councilor/MLC/MP
• Werrama Participation

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WynWatch
Technology Support Program
This is the primary responsibilityof the Project
Technology Officer. This involves the
establishment of online communities for the
pilot project in the MC2 facilities as wellas
development of an Incident Reporting Website.
These sites may include online magazine and
online report forms.
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WynWatch
MC2 Website Development
MC2 Website will focus on building an online
inter-active community for the Pilot Project.
Residents will be able to receive information
via email or by browsing the site. Information
will include events happening in the
neighbourhood tips on security for home and
family crime statistics from Police reported
incidents in the area and safety/crime related
news. They can also engage in live internet
chat and communicate with people of the same
interest from anywhere in the world. Building
the MC2 Website facility will cost the project
nothing. FCCWi will provide the man-hours FREE of
charge.
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DONE !!!
at www.mc2.vicnet.net.au
REGISTER AND GO TO WynWatch
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Features of the WynWatch Website

• Provides a description of the project
• Allows members a forum to discuss community
  issues
• Allows visitors to log their comments
• Allows members to post notices
• Enable members to do online chat
• Enable posting of newsletters, files, pictures,
  etc
• Enable posting of events such as garage sales,
  meetings, etc
• Enable conduct of surveys
• Allows linkages to other sites of interest
• List members of the community
• Enable members to set email options
• Enable members to invite other potential members

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WynWatch
Incident Reporting Website Development
This sub-program focus on the development of a
website which will provide functions required by
the WynWatch Project but not provided by the MC2
site. The functions will include online incident
reporting, online magazine, downloading of online
forms, etc. Business advertisements will be
welcomed in this site. Proceeds will be used to
host and maintain the site. Development of this
site will be contracted out.
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WynWatch
Incident Reporting
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WynWatch
INFO
Problem Vehicles Motor vehicles that have been
abandoned in public areas (eg. road, footpath)
may be removed by Council after an appropriate
investigation has taken place. This includes
current ownership of the car, registration
history of the vehicle, a search of police
records as to whether the vehicle has been used
in a felony or is subject to an insurance claim.
Any of these factors, and more, may influence
Councils action in this matter. It should be
noted that an abandoned vehicle is not simply
an unregistered vehicle it is one for which
the ownership is untraceable. A public area
does not include any area within the boundaries
of privately owned property and vehicles located
within the curtilage of private property are the
responsibility of the owner of that land. Once a
vehicle has been determined to be abandoned, it
may be impounded by Council and auctioned off at
a later date, if it has specified value. The time
taken for this process cannot be reduced unless
otherwise directed by the sergeant of police
(usually in the case of an immediate public
safety/traffic hazard). Any abandoned motor
vehicles located in a public area may be reported
to through the WynWatch website or by calling
9999 9999.
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PROBLEM VEHICLE REPORT
WynWatch
Your report will be submitted directly to the
Neighbourhood Watch Coordinator Wyndham Police
Station police_at_wynwatch.org
LOCATION
DATE FIRST OBSERVED
ADDRESS
STREET NO
ADDITIONAL LOCATION INFORMATION
TYPE OF PROPERTY ON STREET IN ALLEY
ON PRIVATE PROPERTY IN PARKING LOT OTHER
TYPE OF PROBLEM NO PLATES
PLATES EXPIRED PARKED ON DIRT
DISMANTLED WRECKED
VEHICLE MAKE MODEL PLATE COLOUR NUMBER OF
DOORS OTHER INFO
Email address / Tel Number (optional)
SUBMIT
R E S E T
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Implementation Plan
WynWatch
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Implementation Plan
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WynWatch

• the community WINS
• the Neighbourhood Watch WINS
• the Council WINS
• the FCCWi WINS
• the MC2 WINS

WIN WYN situation . . .
it is a
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questions ????
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• WALTER VILLAGONZALO
• MIGRATED FROM THE PHILIPPINES 1986
• LIVED IN WYNDHAM SINCE 1988
• MARRIED WITH 5 CHILDREN
• PLANNING TO STAY IN WYNDHAM TILL RETIREMENT
• BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (MAJOR IN ENGINEERING)
  PHILIPPINE MILITARY ACADEMY 1975
• 15 YEARS IN ACTIVE MILITARY SERVICE IN THE
  PHILIPPINES - LT SENIOR GRADE, PHIL. NAVY
• 24 YEARS IN COMPUTER INDUSTRY INFO SYSTEMS
• SMALL BUSINESS OPERATOR
• HONORARY TRADE CONSUL OF THE PHILIPPINES IN
  AUSTRALIA
• MEMBER, THE NAVAL MILITARY CLUB OF VICTORIA
• ORGANISER PRESIDENT, AUSTRALIA PHILIPPINES
  CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
• PRESIDENT, FILIPINO COMMUNITY CLUB OF WERRIBEE,
  INC
• ORGANISER PRESENTLY VP EDUCATION FILOZ
  TOASTMASTERS CLUB
• PRO, FILIPINO COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF VICTORIA
• PROJECT OFFICER, MY CONNECTED COMMUNITY
• MEMBER, WERRIBEE COMMUNITYCENTRE, INC
• MEMBER, MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE, KEILOR DOWNS
  COMMUNITY CENTRE, INC