Mr Couch suggests patrols by jobless
PA Hamilton Unemployed young people could be used as crime j spotters in a bid to cut, down neighbourhood crime, the Minister of Police, Mr Couch, told the Ngongotaha Lions Club on Tuesday evening. Details of Mr Couch’s speech were released by his press office on Wednesday. The police could not handle all crime alone so the community had to do as much as possible to help, Mr Couch said. Honest, young unemployed people could be used as crime spotters, patrolling
streets and keeping watch on property as a back-up to the Neighbourhood Watch scheme. The helpers would have to be properly organised with credentials and they would be involved in spotting crime only, not policing, he said. If they could save one school from arson they would have saved their dole money many times over, he said. Such a scheme could make the unemployed feel a useful, practical part of the community, and boost their self-respect.
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