Firstly, Good work guys!

read this!! http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Document_ID=19121

I couldn't belive it.. about time I think.

Also, Sun RRA looks pretty tech savy!
do you guys have a paypal account?
link it to a donate button on the site.. it's all the rage on the net.

It's easier then writing a cheque and posting it... I know i'm lazy.

regards
BM

Are they still drinking out front of the bottle shop in City Place?

bingomion wrote:
Firstly, Good work guys!

read this!! http://www.police.vic.gov.au/content.asp?Document_ID=19121

I couldn't belive it.. about time I think.

Also, Sun RRA looks pretty tech savy!
do you guys have a paypal account?
link it to a donate button on the site.. it's all the rage on the net.

It's easier then writing a cheque and posting it... I know i'm lazy.

regards
BM
What good is stopping and warning people . I say get down to the creek in Duke Street some time where groups of young are meeting and drinking then
being abusive when they leave. urinating in the street , swearing , fighting ect. The community around this area are scared and their reports to police come back with the same answer we can't do anything about it not enough
police or cars to do patrols. Does someone have to be murdered or badly injured before this is a priority. Residents are scared maybe someone can go down and explain that to them.

Hic wrote:
Are they still drinking out front of the bottle shop in City Place?

Drinking, begging, smoking, littering, abusing pedestrians.

Yep nothing's change there.

Try contacting the 'Embona Task Force' in Footscray

Yes wrote:
Chic wrote:
Are they still drinking out front of the bottle shop in City Place?

Drinking, begging, smoking, littering, abusing pedestrians.

Yep nothing's change there.Can you believe that the cops told me that they don't book the drinkers
Because they are the type of people who don't pay the fines.
Well lets all stop paying traffic fines so that they will stop booking us

Charlie is a Sunshine boy who knows how to fix problems. It will be fixed - trust him.

Charlie will Fixit wrote:
Charlie is a Sunshine boy who knows how to fix problems. It will be fixed - trust him.
Nothing has been done before so don't hold your breath now Charlie is working in Footscray the truth is there are limited resouces and police on the street. I am sick of the talk and bashings . I'm also scared to do the things I always have taken for granted . I am sick of the older community being scared and threatened.

Is it me or is violent crime on Sunshine Streets on the rise?

Every week I see the crime reports in the local papers and I start to feel uneasy but then I forget about it and think that will never happen to me or my family.

Its only when you collate all the reports you start to see how close to our homes and families these attacks are taking place. Yes this could happen to me or someone I care about.

If we keep this record going will we see a pattern in the reports such as reoccuring locations, times of the day/night or even certain days of the week - when the risk of being a victim is increased?

Compiling this list I have already noticed Sunday night is not a good night to be on Sunshine streets.

Sunrra will continue to monitor personal robberies and attacks in the Sunshine area and keep a collective record of the reports.

By highlighting this growing threat in our community I can only hope police resources will be deployed and we see the growth of this list slow or stall completely.

Sunshine Crime Stats.

1. Reported December 1st 2008
“A bloody gang bashing at a Sunshine supermarket has left one man fighting for his life and has sparked demands for the immediate installation off CCT cameras and extra police patrols.” The Advocate

2. Reported December 9th 2008 – The Advocate
“Hospital dumping – A 21 year old man has been charged with the manslaughter of a Delahey man who was dumped outside the Sunshine Hospital last month.

3. Reported December 9th 2008 – The Star
On Thursday 24 April 2008 at 4.45 pm a man went into The Living Jungle Pet Warehouse in Ballarat Road, Sunshine. The man became aggressive and punched the sales assistant twice in the face.He jumped the counter and continued to assault the victim.

4. Reported December 23 2008 – The Leader
“Hunt for robbers, police are looking for three people behind a street robbery near Albion railway station.” The victim, police say, was walking on Sydney Street towards the station when approached by three men who searched him for items and took a mobile phone. The robbery was on December 8 2008 at 11.15 pm. “The men were described as of African background and aged in their late teens.

5. Reported January 20 2009 – The Leader

Be vigilant on streets, police urge.

A group of four men punched, kicked and threatened with a knife three men in their early 20’s about 11.30 pm on the corner of Corella Rd and Binya Court, Sunshine West.

At 9.00 pm two women assaulted and robbed a 16 year old girl of her mobile phone and cash near the corner of Glenmaggie Drive and Denton Ave, St Albans.

At 11.00 pm a group of five men with knives and an iron bar threatened a 23 year old man on Forrest St near Anderson Rd, Sunshine.

A group of three men threatened and punched a 21 year old man near the corner of Hampshire Rd and Corio St, Sunshine at 11.30 pm.

Police are warning Brimbank residents to take extra care on the streets after dark following these robberies on Sunday evening.

6. Reported January 27 2009 – The Leader
Bike thief hurts boy. A father and son were outside the Uniting Church in Devonshire Rd last Tuesday between 11.15 am and 11.30 am when the sons bike was stolen.

It is alleged the thief elbowed the victim in the face, forced him off the bike and rode away.

7. Reported February 3 2009 – The Star
Brazen Robbery. At around 8.45 pm on Sunday 25 January 2009, two friends were walking along Watt Street when they were approached by two men. The bandits demanded the men’s mobile phones, then forcibly seized the items. They then demanded the men’s wallets but these were not taken. The offenders then fled, joining three others they had been with earlier.

8. Reported February 13 2009 – The Age
Thieves threw rocks and concrete at a man before fleeing with his empty wallet in a robbery in Melbourne’s west overnight.

The incident occurred about 8.30 pm in Wright Street, Sunshine after the victim was surrounded by five men.

The thieves took the wallet, punched the man in the face and threw rocks and concrete at him before fleeing the scene.

A 53 year old Sunshine man was left with serious injuries after being beaten with baseball bats by five men. Police said the man heard noises at his front door around 2am on February 8 and went to investigate.

(Star 17.2.09 p 3)

Half a dozen people each week are being robbed at Brimbank's railway stations. Last week a woman at Sunshine was approached by a man and robbed. She heard a voice say "can I have your bag" and was pushed and punched in teh face.

(Advocate 17.2.09 p6)

Three men are wanted after a 12 year old girl was assaulted with a machete as she slept in her Caroline Springs home. The attack in Otway Green on February 3 left the child with a cut to her hand and bruising to her knee.

(Advocate 17.2.09 p9)

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Half a dozen people each week are being robbed at Brimbank's railway stations.

That's 300 people a year!!

Half a train full.

Take a number folks, and wait in line.

A number of press reports this week indicate that the street violence is getting worse, not better. You get the feeling that the real battle here is about public relations, there does not appear to be much happening to combat the crime.

A shocking attack at Sunshine railway station is only the last of many, a continuing story where nothing is done.

Both the Age and the Herald Sun carry the story with images and video.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25105313-2862,00.html

GRAPHIC footage of a youth's brutal bashing at Sunshine train station shows three attackers taking turns to aim football-force kicks to his head.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/appalling-attack-on-train-passenger-20090225-8hm7.html

A young man was left unconscious after he was repeatedly kicked in the head during a sickening attack by three men at a railway station in Melbourne's western suburbs yesterday.

The Advocate this week carries a front page story (Mean Streets 24.2.09 p.1) that police have broadened their warnings to people who use the streets at night.

"A violent brawl at St Albans Station, which closed the Sydenham Line for half an hour on Friday, was the latest in a string of incidents that have police on edge.

"I saw people crying, yelling and punching each other on the platform and in the train, and unfortunately this is a regular sight... It's not safe at all. Without dramatising, it has worsened."

Page 2 of the Advocate carries another story of daylight robbery in a St Albans supermarket car park, as the victim was getting into the car. "One of the men produced a knife and the other a taser gun and made demands for cash".

The Brimbank Leader reports other assaults this week (24.2.09 p.3)

"a violent assault on a 17 year old woman (sic) in Keilor following the running of the Keilor Gift about 9pm last Saturday night. The woman was hospitalised as a result of the attack."

Another story on the same page "A group of three females and up to five males approached two 15 year old boys in the western side of Skinner reserve... Some members of the group attacked the boys and stole a wallet and mobile phone."

Meanwhile Les Twentyman is asked in his column on page 11 "But arent crime rates down? (referring to police press releases)"

"We can't continue to have this spin doctoring from the police that the crime rate is down. Maybe pinching choo choo bars out of the shops is down, but people being attacked with machetes, shot and murdered is not down. And that's what people are really frightened of."

Rumour has it the Rebels who are located in West Sunshine - have decided to join the 'new operation'.

The Rebels are going to reclaim the sunshine streets.

They are sick of the police not able to look after their turf. So they will do it themselves.

GO REBELS = SAVE US BECAUSE THE POLICE CAN'T!

Manfred if you keep going on about these vigilantes we'll have you banned from the site.

Off duty police officer bash in susan street albion

I read the small column in the brimbank leader, I can't find it online

Last sunday 1.30am and went to hospital..

Amazing!!! not even the police officers are safe!!

I wounder what would have been going through his mind???
I wish i had a radio??
I wish i had a gun??
I should have stayed at home??
I'm going to tell my boss and we're going to clean up the streets??
Why did I move to sunshine??

Anyway.. it's pretty bad when officers are copping a beating..

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If you read the Advocate this week you will see on page 1 (3.3.09)

"Brimbank's inspector Scott Mahoney said January and February had been the worst months for robberies and assaults at Brimbank's railway stations, but he was not prepared to release the number of incidents.

This comes just a week after he was telling us that crime is not as bad as we think and it's really just sensationalism in certain newspapers.

Outrageous, this blatant spin and public relations bullshit. We need the truth.

Get an FOI wrote:
If you read the Advocate this week you will see on page 1 (3.3.09)

"Brimbank's inspector Scott Mahoney said January and February had been the worst months for robberies and assaults at Brimbank's railway stations, but he was not prepared to release the number of incidents.

This comes just a week after he was telling us that crime is not as bad as we think and it's really just sensationalism in certain newspapers.

Outrageous, this blatant spin and public relations bullshit. We need the truth.

What kind of country are we living in?

When the government, police and authorities ACTIVELY suppress 'information' and facts from the people.

What fascist regime are we living under?

http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/71220

AN OFF-DUTY Victoria police officer has been left with facial fractures, bruising and lacerations to his body following an incident in Albion on Sunday 1 March.

http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/71221

A BIRTHDAY party in St Albans ended in devastation when a gang of 15 to 20 youths armed with machetes and swords gatecrashed it on Saturday 28 February.

Four people were hospitalised with head injuries and stab wounds when the youths invaded the party held at a house on the corner of Biggs and Overon streets.

http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/71223

A MAN was hospitalised following an armed robbery in St Albans last week.

The 23-year-old Indian male was walking north bound in Lovell Drive on Monday 2 March when he was approached by two males at around 2pm.

http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/70984

A FRUSTRATED police officer in Sunshine’s Traffic Management Unit said more personnel were needed to reduce the incidence of hoon driving in Brimbank.

"I have been in traffic management for five years," Sen Const Barker said.

"(The situation) has not got any better... Realistically, there are not enough of us in traffic management to control the problem."

http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/70974

A ST ALBANS woman undergoing chemotherapy has told of her anger after being the victim of a smash-and-grab raid near the St Albans Bingo Centre.

The new car she had received as a gift from her son for her 60th birthday was one of 10 that had its windows smashed in the McKechnie St car park near the bingo centre.

http://www.starnewsgroup.com.au/story/70976

CONNEX has said constant monitoring of all closed-circuit television systems at railway stations is "impossible" and has called on the community to be watchdogs for crime.

Of course they are talking about Brimbank..


http://www.theage.com.au/national/doubt-over-true-extent-of-crime

OFFICIAL police records are under-reporting some crimes - including assaults - with the public distrustful that the records reveal the true extent of crime in Victoria.

The report, tabled in parliament yesterday, also found:

- Police have antiquated, ad hoc administrative practices for recording crime.

- In many instances requests for police assistance made through 000 calls did not lead to reported crimes being recorded in the LEAP crime data base.

- Core general duties at a number of police stations appeared to have been relegated to a lower priority.

- Police are not sufficiently trained to accurately record crime.

The Ombudsman, George Brouwer, found an internal police audit matching 000 calls and LEAP data had found "crime statistics were understated, particularly in relation to assaults".

The Brimbank Leader this week reports on the growing crime rate in the area (10.3.09)

At 5.30pm on Sunday afternoon a young father was bashed by up to five men of islander appearance while his wife an two children looked on. (p3)

Police are seeking witnesses to two deliberately lit car fires in Windsor Blvd Ardeer between 2 and 2.30 am on Friday March 6. A ford Falcon was destroyed in one of the fires. (p15)

A man, described as being in his early 20s, threatened a 31 year old female with a 10cm kitchen knife in a laneway between the Watergardens carpark and railway station at 9.55am on Monday February 9. (p15)

Meanwhile the Age reports these words of comfort from our very own Premier John Brumby:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/doubt-over-true-extent-of-crime

"In Parliament, Premier John Brumby said Victoria remained the safest state in Australia."