#crimeprevention — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #crimeprevention, aggregated by home.social.
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Crime gangs use bots to lure young men in sextortion scams
By Matthew Ward AgiusCriminal gangs continue to have Australian men and boys in their sights as targets for sexual extortion, with more than $200,000 defrauded from victims in one state.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/crime-gangs-target-young-men-in-sextortion/107079802
#ScamsandFraud #CyberCrime #SexualOffences #YoungPeople #CrimePrevention #MatthewWardAgius
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Crime gangs use bots to lure young men in sextortion scams
By Matthew Ward AgiusCriminal gangs continue to have Australian men and boys in their sights as targets for sexual extortion, with more than $200,000 defrauded from victims in one state.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/crime-gangs-target-young-men-in-sextortion/107079802
#ScamsandFraud #CyberCrime #SexualOffences #YoungPeople #CrimePrevention #MatthewWardAgius
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Crime gangs use bots to lure young men in sextortion scams
By Matthew Ward AgiusCriminal gangs continue to have Australian men and boys in their sights as targets for sexual extortion, with more than $200,000 defrauded from victims in one state.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/crime-gangs-target-young-men-in-sextortion/107079802
#ScamsandFraud #CyberCrime #SexualOffences #YoungPeople #CrimePrevention #MatthewWardAgius
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Crime gangs use bots to lure young men in sextortion scams
By Matthew Ward AgiusCriminal gangs continue to have Australian men and boys in their sights as targets for sexual extortion, with more than $200,000 defrauded from victims in one state.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/crime-gangs-target-young-men-in-sextortion/107079802
#ScamsandFraud #CyberCrime #SexualOffences #YoungPeople #CrimePrevention #MatthewWardAgius
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Crime gangs use bots to lure young men in sextortion scams
By Matthew Ward AgiusCriminal gangs continue to have Australian men and boys in their sights as targets for sexual extortion, with more than $200,000 defrauded from victims in one state.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/crime-gangs-target-young-men-in-sextortion/107079802
#ScamsandFraud #CyberCrime #SexualOffences #YoungPeople #CrimePrevention #MatthewWardAgius
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Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells
Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.
#alternative911Response #communitySafety #communityViolenceIntervention #credibleMessengers #crimePrevention #CriminalJusticeReform #domesticViolencePrevention #gunViolencePrevention #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HART #HolisticAssistanceResponseTeam #HoustonPolitics #jailDiversion #mentalHealthCrisisResponse #policeReform #prevention #ProgressivePolitics #PublicHealth #publicSafety #RelentlessInterruptersServingEveryone #RISE #RodneyEllis #taxpayerSavings #texasPolitics #violenceInterruption https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-pa3 -
Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells
Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.
#alternative911Response #communitySafety #communityViolenceIntervention #credibleMessengers #crimePrevention #CriminalJusticeReform #domesticViolencePrevention #gunViolencePrevention #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HART #HolisticAssistanceResponseTeam #HoustonPolitics #jailDiversion #mentalHealthCrisisResponse #policeReform #prevention #ProgressivePolitics #PublicHealth #publicSafety #RelentlessInterruptersServingEveryone #RISE #RodneyEllis #taxpayerSavings #texasPolitics #violenceInterruption https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-pa3 -
Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells
Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.
#alternative911Response #communitySafety #communityViolenceIntervention #credibleMessengers #crimePrevention #CriminalJusticeReform #domesticViolencePrevention #gunViolencePrevention #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HART #HolisticAssistanceResponseTeam #HoustonPolitics #jailDiversion #mentalHealthCrisisResponse #policeReform #prevention #ProgressivePolitics #PublicHealth #publicSafety #RelentlessInterruptersServingEveryone #RISE #RodneyEllis #taxpayerSavings #texasPolitics #violenceInterruption https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-pa3 -
Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells
Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.
#alternative911Response #communitySafety #communityViolenceIntervention #credibleMessengers #crimePrevention #CriminalJusticeReform #domesticViolencePrevention #gunViolencePrevention #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HART #HolisticAssistanceResponseTeam #HoustonPolitics #jailDiversion #mentalHealthCrisisResponse #policeReform #prevention #ProgressivePolitics #PublicHealth #publicSafety #RelentlessInterruptersServingEveryone #RISE #RodneyEllis #taxpayerSavings #texasPolitics #violenceInterruption https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-pa3 -
Rodney Ellis: Spend $4.5M to Stop Crises Before They Become Crimes and Jail Cells
Can prevention make communities safer while freeing police for serious crime? Harris County’s HART and RISE results make a powerful case for changing public safety.
#alternative911Response #communitySafety #communityViolenceIntervention #credibleMessengers #crimePrevention #CriminalJusticeReform #domesticViolencePrevention #gunViolencePrevention #HarrisCounty #HarrisCountyCommissionersCourt #HarrisCountyPublicHealth #HART #HolisticAssistanceResponseTeam #HoustonPolitics #jailDiversion #mentalHealthCrisisResponse #policeReform #prevention #ProgressivePolitics #PublicHealth #publicSafety #RelentlessInterruptersServingEveryone #RISE #RodneyEllis #taxpayerSavings #texasPolitics #violenceInterruption https://wp.me/p1OjMZ-pa3 -
https://www.europesays.com/videos/88026/ Man dives out of first-floor window to escape kidnappers in Lincolnshire #CrimeNews #CrimePrevention #EmergencyRescue #escape #FirstFloorWindow #gdnpfpnewsuk #guardian #GuardianNews #kidnapping #KidnappingAttempt #Lincolnshire #LocalNews #ManJumpsOutWindow #midlands #news #PoliceIncident #RealIncident #SafetyAlert #SuburbanCrime #uk #UKNews #UrgentEscape #WindowRescue
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Social media crime videos spreading as post-and-boast laws stall
By Ruby LittlerYoung people in the Kimberley are continuing to share criminal exploits on social media, as WA's hardline "post-and-boast" laws stall in parliament.
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The Register: Sainsbury’s staff eject wrong shopper after facial recognition alert – again. “UK supermarket giant Sainsbury’s temporarily suspended live facial recognition (LFR) at one of its stores after staff wrongly ejected a shopper in response to an alert – the second such incident this year.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/27/the-register-sainsburys-staff-eject-wrong-shopper-after-facial-recognition-alert-again/ -
Concerns AFP drugs team may implicate Australia in US boat strikes
By Luke CooperUnanswered questions about the Australian Federal Police's new anti-drugs taskforce in Colombia have sparked concerns it could aid the Trump administration's strikes against trafficking vessels.
#LawCrimeandJustice #Police #DrugOffences #CrimePrevention #LukeCooper
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Exclusive CCTV captures the violence facing Coles workers
By Alysia Thomas-SamExclusive video obtained by 7.30 highlights shocking scenes of aggressive behaviour towards retail workers, including a customer armed with a hammer and a security guard being thrown into a check-out machine.
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Youth hub for vulnerable children at risk of closing
By Danielle KutchelGippsland Youth Spaces has been providing vulnerable young people with safety and pathways for years, but dwindling funding could force it to close.
#YoungPeople #SupportServices #CrimePrevention #AntisocialBehaviour #DanielleKutchel
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Woman hurt in mystery Sunshine Coast shooting
By Josh DyePolice investigates after a 19-year-old went to a hospital with a gunshot wound in Nambour overnight.
#Crime #LawCrimeandJustice #Police #Assault #CrimePrevention #JoshDye
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What we do and don't know about guns in Australia
By Jessica Riga, Georgie Hewson, and Matt LiddyGun control researchers say we have "no idea" how many black market and 3D-printed weapons are out there.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/gun-numbers-australia-explainer/107046264
#GunControl #GovernmentPolicy #Laws #CrimePrevention #JessicaRiga #GeorgieHewson #MattLiddy
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Atlanta's 28,000 #Big #Brother eyes 👀 are about as useful as a chocolate teapot in solving crimes. But hey, at least there's plenty of footage for the next reality TV flop! 🎥📉
https://atlpresscollective.com/2026/07/28/flock-cameras-atlanta-clearance-rates/ #Atlanta #surveillance #realityTV #crimeprevention #uselessfootage #👀🎥 #HackerNews #ngated -
Flock cameras haven't improved Atlanta's crime clearance rates
https://atlpresscollective.com/2026/07/28/flock-cameras-atlanta-clearance-rates/
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338732
#HackerNews #FlockCameras #AtlantaCrime #CrimePrevention #TechForGood #UrbanSafety
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Anger in the bush as NSW gun buyback scheme labelled 'like stealing'
By Emily Middleton, Lucy Thackray, and David ClaughtonFarmers, sporting shooters and gun sellers are all reacting angrily to the NSW government's buyback scheme, with some saying the compensation being offered is "like stealing".
#GunControl #RegionalCommunities #CrimePrevention #EmilyMiddleton #LucyThackray #DavidClaughton
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Coles and Woolworths test facial recognition technology
Coles and Woolworths have conducted tests of facial recognition technology, but it is unclear if either supermarket will…
#NewsBeep #News #Artificialintelligence #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AU #Australia #bunnings #Coles #Crime #crimefighting #crimeprevention #FacialRecognition #privacy #Technology
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'High-risk' youth bailed, police station vandalised in outback town
By George YankovichSouth Australia's police union has claimed a young repeat offender in Coober Pedy was unable to be fitted with an ankle monitor while on bail, calling on "urgent intervention" to bolster the town's "critically inadequate policing resources".
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Nine boys charged with 70 offences over alleged Kimberley crime spree
By Ruby LittlerSeven boys are to face in court charged with 70 offences in connection with a string of alleged burglaries and vehicle thefts across Derby, with two more receiving juvenile cautions.
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Rally demands more police in Melbourne's west after death of shopkeeper
By Melissa BrownCommunity members have rallied in Sunshine to demand stronger bail laws and more police on the beat after the death of Van Viet Truong.
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Armed officers to bolster security at Melbourne hospitals under opposition proposal
Victoria's opposition is pledging to deploy armed law enforcement officers in major hospitals around the state in a bid to curb violence.
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Gun owner candidate says signage rules make him a target
By Monty JackaCandidates in Tasmania's election continue to feel exposed as election material such as advertisements, signs or pamphlets must include the "true name and address" of whoever produced them.
#PoliticalCandidates #Elections #GovernmentandPolitics #OccupationalHealthandSafety #CrimePrevention #MontyJacka
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“Other religious houses were creative with their curses. ‘A book of [the Abbey of] SS Mary and Nicholas of Arnstein: If anyone steals it: may he die, may he be roasted in a frying pan, may the falling sickness [i.e. epilepsy] and fever attack him, and may he be rotated [on the breaking wheel] and hanged. Amen.’”
Rachel Morley in the excellent Summer 2026 magazine of the Friends of Friendless Churches. 🧵 2/2 -
Eight alleged offenders who cut off ankle bracelets spark police manhunt
By Lucy MurrayThe WA Police Union say six police officers were required to hunt each person who took off the device, meaning 48 officers were diverted from their usual duties this weekend.
#Crime #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #CrimePrevention #Police #Assault #Courts #LucyMurray
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'Locals are fed up' as crime doubles in idyllic Victorian town
By Eden Hynninen and Matt NealWhile the tiny town of Creswick sleeps, locals say criminals are roaming the streets in the knowledge police are a long way away.
#Crime #Police #CrimePrevention #RegionalCommunities #AntisocialBehaviour #EdenHynninen #MattNeal
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More people turn to CCTV in their homes to deter crime
By Nicola CeccatoMore home security cameras than ever before are being installed, but experts say it is not clear whether they are deterring criminals.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/security-camera-installation-increase/106909392
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Some of WA's key policies are up in the air with minister's resignation
By Ruby LittlerResidents in WA's north have been left with a slew of unanswered questions relating to crime and justice in the wake of long-serving WA government minister Paul Papalia's resignation.
#GovernmentandPolitics #StateandTerritoryParliament #Crime #Police #CrimePrevention #RuralandRemoteCommunities #SocialProblems #RubyLittler
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Retired police returning to duty to fill officer shortages
Hundreds of former officers have applied to fill recruitment shortages with Victoria Police in a move aimed at releasing officers "trapped" at their desks.
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Youth justice 'circuit breaker' draws parallels to Newman-era boot camps
By Alex BrewsterAn alternative sentencing option put forward by the Queensland government is being compared to controversial boot camps of yesteryear.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-17/circuit-breaker-boot-camp-crisafulli/106924778
#CrimePrevention #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Teenagers #Prisons #Laws #AlexBrewster
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Plumber takes down alleged car thief in viral video, but lawyer warns of risk
By Nadia MitsopoulosA Perth plumber has gone viral on social media after chasing down and restraining an alleged car thief after a botched getaway, but a prominent lawyer warns citizens' arrests are risky.
#Crime #Assault #CrimePrevention #AntisocialBehaviour #NadiaMitsopoulos
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Scam compounds on Australia's doorstep uncovered
By Vonia Vieira, Jordan Fennell, and Nick SasPolice in Timor-Leste uncover a major international scam centre in the country, arresting more than 300 Chinese, Indonesian and Cambodian nationals in raids across the capital, Dili.
#ScamsandFraud #CrimePrevention #VoniaVieira #JordanFennell #NickSas
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🚨 Breaking news: The Vancouver PD website comes with a "Quick Escape" button that wipes your browser history! 🚔💨 Now you can learn about crime prevention and human trafficking without leaving a trace. Because nothing screams confidence in public safety like a digital disappearing act! 😂🔍
https://vpd.ca/ #VancouverPD #QuickEscape #CrimePrevention #DigitalPrivacy #PublicSafety #HumanTrafficking #HackerNews #ngated -
Violent Crime In The US Is At Record Lows, But The DOJ Is Eliminating The Funding That Helped Reduce Crime