Crime prevention
vWe have dedicated Crime Prevention Officers who can provide you with advice on how to protect your home, your business and yourself. Call 0845 600 8000 to contact your local Crime Prevention Officer. Below you can read about some examples of the types of crime prevention advice and help that we offer.
Internet Safety Advice for Parents
This advice document has been designed and put together to provide some advice for parents on how to keep their children safe whilst using the internet. Links to other sites that also provide good advice are contained on this document.
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ATM Safety Advice
ATM skimming is when someone illegally copies your account details from the magnetic strip on you credit or debit card when you use an ATM. The criminal then uses your details to create a fake or 'cloned' card. In most cases, they use the fake card and PIN to withdraw money from an ATM.
The attached document provides safe practical advice to consider. ATM Safety Advice
School Alert Scheme
D District School Alert Scheme
Advice for Parents
Advice for Children
Close it, lock it, check it
The ‘Close it, Lock it, Check it’ campaign provides simple advice to all householders to help combat domestic burglary, the most important of which is to check that all doors and windows are secure. Continue reading
Police Service tackle bogus callers with Quick Check
Quick Check is a 24-hour telephone service which allows householders to make a freephone call to verify the individual identity of anyone calling at their door. Continue reading
Smartwater
Police in Crumlin have launched a major crime prevention initiative called Smartwater aimed at driving down the number of burglaries that occur in the area every year. Continue reading
Tips to beat garden crime
Safer Lisburn Community Safety Partnership and the local PSNI Crime Prevention Officer are being supported by B&Q at Sprucefield to raise awareness of the theft of valuable garden equipment from sheds and homes. Continue reading
Dromara Farm Property Marking on 5th November 2011
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Rural Crime Watch Leaflet
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LeisureWatch
Leisurewatch is a very useful project that bridges a gap in the offence/non-offence area regarding public safety of children and vulnerable persons. Across D District the scheme runs in all council boroughs at the following locations:
Lisburn - Lisburn Leisureplex Newtownabbey - Valley Leisure Centre, Ballyearl Leisure Centre, Six Mile Leisure Centre Ballyclare and Ulster University Jordanstown Antrim - Antrim Forum Carrickfergus - Amphitheatre, Wellness Centre |  |
Leisurewatch addresses a gap, the gap that falls between two areas, firstly were in certain situations it is apparent that a child is in immediate danger, for example were a child has been assaulted, urgent action will be taken, this will include reporting the matter directly to police, secondly some concerns may not be at a significant enough level to warrant contacting police directly yet there has been no other suitable means by which to pass this level of information on. Leisurewatch provides an innovative piece of work that facilitates the exchange of information between trained staff and named police (Public Protection Unit) in order to reduce the risk that individuals pose, individuals who target children by going to places where potential victims congregate, leisure centres, shopping centres, swimming pools etc.
The Leisurewatch logo will be visible at all trained venues and the TDI booklet showing the logo and more information is attached. TDI Booklet
Police Advice on reducing oil thefts
The issue of the theft of home heating oil continues to be an issue across the police district. Please feel free to print of this simple advice leaflet to help you reduce this type of crime. Advice in relation to reducing oil theft
4 Tier Security Scheme
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Holiday - Travel Agents Customers Security Advice Document for Clients
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The Good Morning Northern Ireland Scheme
Across Northern Ireland and in D District there are Good Morning Programmes set up by the Good Morning Northern Ireland Network to cover the following areas; Antrim Borough, Carrick Borough, Colin & Greater Dunmurry and Newtownabbey Borough.
Each scheme has a data base of vulnerable/elderly people who they contact on a regular basis to make sure they are safe, secure and raise awareness of any community issues that might have an impact on them. Getting them onto the database requires that individuals consent.
The aim of this project is to support increased confidence and reassurance amongst vulnerable and elderly people and victims of crime by providing basic crime reduction advice through agency volunteers and staff from Victim Support and Good Morning services.
Good Morning services provide reassurance to the elderly and vulnerable adults within the community through free and confidential daily telephone calls and support, connecting them to their community and local services. Clients are supported to remain in their own homes, maintaining their independence. Good Mon ring functions within the policy areas of health and well-being, neighbourhood renewal, community development and community safety by tackling isolation, vulnerability, loneliness and the fear of crime.
Within D District we have a process in place for Police Officers to refer suitable persons to the programmes.
The Good Morning programme also enables you to point persons in the right direction whom you come across in your role and are deemed suitable for the Good Morning programme. This scheme gives you a chance to help members of the community who have no support, possible on family of friends, neighbours etc to be given an alternative method of support to help keep them safe.
Visit the following web-site for further information on the scheme www.goodmorningni.org
