Community anti-crime.
scheme effective PA Wellington T h e Neighbourhood Watch scheme has. had a positive effect on fighting crime, according to Assistant Commissioner B. W. Gibson, of police national headquarters. The community’s enthusiastic response to- the scheme, begun in October, had achieved a 15.7 per cent drop in the number of house thefts and burglaries committed in December. he said. Mr Gibson said that in many areas a marked increase had occurred in the number of tip-offs by the public about suspicious activities, and the police had apprehended many offenders who might otherwise have got away.
The police estimate that at least 200.000 households now participate in the campaign.
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