1.2 To provide safe and healthy environments for community to enjoy 1.2.1 Facilitate a safe community environment
Rangers Services The City’s Rangers are responsible for creating a safer community through the provisions of the following services: parking, dog and cat control, animal registration, litter, and illegal dumping, abandoned and off-road vehicles, fire compliance, issuing fire permits, and managing the CCTV network administration, which provides data to WAPOL as required. Some of the other functions and responsibilities of a Ranger are responding to City building alarms, assisting WAPOL for the purpose of animal control, providing access, opening and closing gates on request, attending community education events, and attending court to provide evidence if required. Some key Ranger operational statistics: » Rangers attended over 1,251 parking related matters » Rangers attended 6,049 dog and 514 cat related matters » Rangers investigated over 146 Dog attacks » Rangers issued over 2,005 Caution / Infringement Notices » Currently there are 8,972 dogs and 2,100 Cats registered within the City » The City currently has 13 Declared Dangerous Dogs residing within the area. » The Community Safety team have 13 compliance matters listed for prosecution; 11 of those matters have been in favour of the City with 2 listed for later in the year.
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City of Kalamunda Annual Report 2020-2021
Community Safety and Crime Prevention Committee The Community Safety and Crime Prevention Committee (CSCPAC) provides advice to Council on strategic and/or policy development to guide initiatives to enhance community safety and reduce antisocial behaviour within the City. A significant achievement of the committee this year was the adoption of the Community Safety and Crime Prevention Plan 2020-2025. Some key actions and deliverables from the plan include scams and self-defence workshops. The scam workshops were aimed at CaLd and Seniors in the community who are more vulnerable to online internet scams, and to identify what scams are and how to prevent them. The self-defence workshops were held at the Forrestfield Library and High Wycombe Recreation Centre aimed at empowering women during domestic Violence Awareness Month 2021.
