With school holidays officially starting this week, our local schools are taking a well earned break from the normal hustle and bustle.
However, unfortunately empty schools provide an opportunity for criminal activity – becoming targets for unlawful entry, arson, stealing, graffiti and property damage offences.
The School Watch program is a partnership between the Department of Education and the Queensland Police Service (Protective Services).
The program aims to reduce criminal activity in Queensland schools and encourages everyone to look out for after hours crime in our schools.
If you see anything suspicious, please don’t attempt to intervene.
Instead, call the School Watch number on 13 17 88.
If you see a crime in progress, please call Triple Zero (000).
Let’s all work together to help create safer school communities and ensure children get off to a great new year of learning in 2020.