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Vigilance paying off By MARIANNE KELLY
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ecurity vigilance in the East Tamaki business community is paying off with offenders being prosecuted and sent to prison. Last November two prolific ‘stair dancers’ – thieves who walk onto commercial premises on the pretext of looking for a job or visiting a staff member – were caught, successfully prosecuted and are now behind bars, says Jane Tongatule, general manager of GETBA (Greater East Tamaki Business Association).
“The business community has become increasingly vigilant in spotting and reporting suspicious behaviour,” she says. “The regular email security alerts we send are helpful in reinforcing this message,” she says. GETBA’s ANPR (automated number plate recognition) cameras, which convey almost instantaneous stolen vehicle ‘hits’ to Police District Command Centre, have proved to be useful as a deterrent, but also in assisting the police to locate stolen vehicles and apprehend offenders as stolen vehicles are often used to commit
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crimes, she says. The association, in partnership with local police, provides onsite security audits for local businesses that have been burgled. GETBA crime prevention manager Poutoa Papalii, and local community constable Stewart Green visit East Tamaki sites by appointment and provide a report with recommendations to improve security. “When we last did a follow-up on the audits, 85 per cent of those businesses who had implemented the recommendations had not been re-victimised,” Ms Tongatule says.
In a mid-2015 member survey, crime prevention was perceived as one of the most valued services provided by GETBA, she says. “GETBA has a long-standing comprehensive crime prevention programme, including initiatives that are unique to our area. For example, most geographically based business associations employ a security company to patrol their area. “GETBA has instead developed a security managers’ network that is made up of a number of security companies servicing the area, ➤ Turn to Page 5 local police.