National Missing Persons Week
Do you have concerns for a friend or relatives well-being?? Have they not been home or in contact?? Every year more than 35,000 people are reported missing across the country – with around 12,500 in NSW. This equates to one person disappearing every 15 minutes. National Missing Persons Week runs...
100 Years of Women in Policing Celebrated at Tweed Heads
Tweed Byron Local Area Command joined forces with Tweed Valley Neighbourhood Watch and other agencies in celebrating in “100 Years of Women in Policing in NSW”. The day was fine with the sun breaking through light cloud and not too hot for the participating police ladies running in the baton race,...
National Consumer Fraud Week – Get smarter with your personal data
National Consumer Fraud Week 18 - 24 May 2015 An Australasian Consumer Fraud Taskforce initiative If you haven’t stopped and thought about how you keep your private information secure, chances are you could be leaving it wide open for scammers to use for fraudulent purposes. When scammers steal...
Community Engagement Day Huge Success
[mp_row] [mp_span col="12"] [mp_heading] With more to come! [/mp_heading] [/mp_span] [/mp_row] [mp_row] [mp_span col="12"] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col="12"] [mp_text] Tweed Valley Neighbourhood Watch, in conjunction with Tweed/Byron Local Area Command police, had a very successful Community...
Look Out. Thieves Are About.
With school holidays approaching, and an influx of visitors expected, Tweed/Byron LAC have issued a reminder for holiday makers. Along the lines of the Lock It or Lose It campaign Tweed Valley Neighbourhood Watch remind residents and visitors to our beautiful region to stash their valuables when...
New Traffic Crash Reporting Requirements in NSW
From Wednesday 15 October 2014 police will only be required to attend and investigate crashes if they meet one or more of three criteria: Where a person is killed or injured; Parties fail to exchange particulars; A driver appears to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Drivers involved in...
National Identity Fraud Awareness Week 2014
Identity crime has become one of the most common and fastest growing crimes in Australia. Each year around five percent of the adult population, or about 900,000 people, report being a victim of identity crime resulting in a financial loss. Recent estimates by the Attorney-General’s Department...
Upcoming Changes to the Reporting of Traffic Collisions
NSW Police are urging motorists to familiarise themselves with changes to the way traffic crashes are reported in NSW as they come into effect next week on Wednesday 15 October 2014. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F67urA2u3p8] Radio advertisements notifying the changes have started on...
Look Out. Thieves Are About.
With school holidays approaching, and an influx of visitors expected, Tweed/Byron LAC have issued a reminder for holiday makers. Along the lines of the Lock It or Lose It campaign Tweed Valley Neighbourhood Watch remind residents and visitors to our beautiful region...
New Traffic Crash Reporting Requirements in NSW
From Wednesday 15 October 2014 police will only be required to attend and investigate crashes if they meet one or more of three criteria: Where a person is killed or injured; Parties fail to exchange particulars; A driver appears to be under the influence of alcohol...
National Identity Fraud Awareness Week 2014
Identity crime has become one of the most common and fastest growing crimes in Australia. Each year around five percent of the adult population, or about 900,000 people, report being a victim of identity crime resulting in a financial loss. Recent estimates by the...
Upcoming Changes to the Reporting of Traffic Collisions
NSW Police are urging motorists to familiarise themselves with changes to the way traffic crashes are reported in NSW as they come into effect next week on Wednesday 15 October 2014. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F67urA2u3p8] Radio advertisements notifying...
National Child Protection Week 2014
The Acting Commander of the NSW Police Force’s Child Abuse Squad has urged community members to contact police if they are concerned about the safety of any children in NSW. Detective Acting Superintendent Peter Yeomans said National Child Protection Week served as a...
Information Kiosk at Tweed City Shopping Centre — Great Success
Last Saturday, 21 June 2014, Tweed Valley Neighbourhood Watch groups carried out an Information Day Kiosk at Tweed City Shopping Centre. A lot of interest was shown by the public and several NHW volunteers were on hand to talk to to the shoppers, hand out safety tip...
Neighbourhood Watch Australasia Information Day 2014
Neighbourhood Watch Australasia are teaming up with Tweed Valley Neighbourhood Watch Inc to hold a national conference and information day at Tweed Heads on Wednesday 22 October 2014. Venue to be announced. Information session content and some of the finer details are...
Home security. Inside and outside.
If you had to replace all items you keep outside or in your garden/storage shed; what would be the cost? As the cooler weather approaches, and people access their garden tools and sheds less, we'd like to remind everyone on the importance of keeping items kept...
New Mobile App – Emergency+
[mp_row] [mp_span col="12"] [mp_row_inner] [mp_span_inner col="12"] Emergency services have launched a new smartphone app to help Australians call the right number for help in emergency and non-emergency situations. Emergency+ was launched today by the Minister for...
NSW Fair Trading Week 2013
NSW Fair Trading Week is a week-long celebration to raise awareness about consumer and trader issues in the community. It will be held from 3 - 8 November 2013. During Fair Trading Week, events all across the State will bring our message directly to the people of NSW....