Police patrol with Brodie Cowburn
Station services slashed
FRANKSTON High School students taking part in the 2022 RACV Great Vic Bike Ride. Picture: Supplied
Young cyclists set for 550 kilometre journey A GROUP of Frankston High School students are training to tackle a 550 kilometre bike ride later this month. The 2023 RACV Great Vic Bike Ride runs from 25 November to 3 December the ride spans from Orbost to Wonthaggi. Frankston High School students have been taking part in the annual event since 2009. This year 29 students from years seven to ten will join three teachers and six parents on the ride. Teacher Jason Burt helps organise the trip. He said the bike ride “poses an enormous physical and mental challenge for
the students.” “They have to commit to months of training in preparation for the 550 kilometre event, to ensure they have the fitness required and riding etiquette to complete the ride safely. It also provides the opportunity for the students to demonstrate the school’s values of optimism, persistence, responsibility, respect and empathy,” Burt said. “By spending nine days riding and camping in a confined campsite with two to three thousand other bike riders and volunteers, students develop a greater sense of community.
They have to assume responsibility for themselves, their own belongings, setting and packing up camp, but also for the safety and well-being of others both in the school group and the community. “Students love the opportunity to experience this camp with their friends and the social aspect is a real highlight. Each year they develop new friendships with students from other schools. The fact that there is limited access to the wonders of modern technology encourages students to interact with others and develop their social skills.”
RECEPTION hours at Victorian police stations will be cut at the end of this month. The 24-hour reception desks at Chelsea, Cheltenham, Mordialloc, Carrum Downs, and Bayside will close at the end of this month. The receptions at Chelsea, Carrum Downs, and Cheltenham will open for just eight hours a day, and the others will be open 16 hours a day. Moorabbin, Frankston, and Dandenong police stations will continue operating 24-hour receptions. In total, 43 Victoria Police stations will cut their reception hours. Victoria Police regional operations deputy commissioner Neil Paterson said that no police stations would be closing because of the changes. “Reception counter hour reductions will occur predominantly during the evening or overnight when we know they are rarely attended. Even when reception counters are unstaffed, police continue to patrol the local community and often, still work within the station,” he said. “Every Australian policing jurisdiction is currently experiencing
resourcing challenges and police counter reductions are also occurring in other states. When given the choice, police know crime is most effectively deterred and detected via highly visible patrols in the community, rather than from behind a scarcely attended reception counter. The vast majority of people attending police stations do so during the day, most regularly to have statutory declarations signed or documents certified. “Redirecting officers towards frontline policing duties will increase the likelihood of crime being prevented, offenders being arrested, and the community remaining safe.”
$400,000 car found A RARE $400,000 Mustang car allegedly stolen from Ferntree Gully has turned up in Carrum Downs. Police allege the car was stolen on 11 October. On 1 November they raided a home in Carrum Downs, and seized a 2021 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500KR. Police say the car at the property was wrapped in black and the spoiler had been removed. A 37-year-old Narre Warren man was arrested on 8 November and charged with theft of motor vehicle, drive whilst disqualified, and possess drug of dependence. He was remanded to appear at Ringwood Magistrates’ Court the following day. A 32-year-old Carrum Downs man was interviewed by police and released without charge.
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