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POLICE are urging residents and visitors to Torquay this summer to shake off the \u201ctangible complacency\u201d of not locking their cars and houses.<\/p>\n

Thefts from houses and motor vehicles are a perennial issue in the town and Acting Inspector Aaron Riches said people were still not heeding the need to take responsibility for their valuables.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a tangible complacency among people on the Surf Coast to leave their cars, garages and houses unlocked, and to leave valuables lying in plain view, particularly in cars,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the past six months we\u2019ve tried to educate and support our community with what not to do, I don\u2019t know that\u2019s necessarily been heeded.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a perception in other suburbs of the Geelong and Surf Coast PSA that the Surf Coast is easy pickings, because you\u2019ve got this rich area where cars are unlocked and garages are unlocked. You can\u2019t do that these days, it\u2019s not 1970 any more.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou interview the offenders for stealing down there, and what do they say? Torquay\u2019s a soft touch. There\u2019s a long way to go in that area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acting Insp. Riches \u2013 who was previously a senior sergeant at the Torquay police station \u2013 said police had been active in their efforts to reach out to the community and had doubled the following on the Surf Coast Eyewatch page on Facebook from 4,000 to 8,000.<\/p>\n

Torquay police also ran Operation Park Smart in association with the Surf Coast Neighbourhood Watch, which saw a 15 per cent reduction in theft from motor vehicles during November and December.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we are starting to see that flare back up as we start to see, at peak, 130,000 visitors to the Surf Coast every day,\u201d Acting Insp. Riches said.<\/p>\n

Operation Summersafe is now under way across the Surf Coast, Geelong and the Bellarine, with increased numbers of police patrolling the area.<\/p>\n

The operation is focusing on underage drinking, anti-social and drunken behaviour around licensed venues and accommodation; road safety and road trauma; and the continued enforcement of the Chief Health Officer\u2019s<\/a> directions.<\/p>\n

The higher levels of police in Torquay have already proved useful, with officers arresting four people not long after their three-hour crime spree on Saturday night and Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

The offences included two serious assaults, several damaged motor vehicles and a series of shop thefts.<\/p>\n

The four offenders were eating at the Torquay McDonalds \u2013 across the road from the town\u2019s police station \u2013 when they were arrested at 6am on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit bizarre, but that\u2019s the mentality of offenders; they don\u2019t always think properly,\u201d Acting Insp. Riches said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

POLICE are urging residents and visitors to Torquay this summer to shake off the \u201ctangible complacency\u201d of not locking their cars and houses. Thefts from houses and motor vehicles are a perennial issue in the town and Acting Inspector Aaron Riches said people were still not heeding the need to take responsibility for their valuables. […]<\/p>\n

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