The City of Melville and the Western Australian Police (WAPOL) reconfirmed their commitment to working together, signing a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that focuses on a shared goal to proactively achieve a Safer Melville.
Signing the first ever MoU in 2010, the City of Melville and WAPOL have worked closely together for a number of years, reviewing the
MoU annually to identify further opportunities and ensuring that actions agreed upon are implemented and effective.
City of Melville Mayor Russell Aubrey said it was expected the relationship between the City’s 24 hour mobile patrol Community Safety Service (CSS) and WAPOL would be strengthened with WAPOL’s recent move to a new operating model, the Frontline 2020 Program, which has now been operating for a number of months.
“With local policing teams now dedicated to specific areas, the Frontline 2020 model brings police officers closer to the community, helping to build better relationships by increasing information flow between the police and residents.
“This model complements the way we have already been working together under the arrangement of the MoU, to achieve a Safer Melville.”
With an ability to liaise directly with local police as they go about their patrols, CSS officers are able to share information quickly and accurately, so incidents can be followed up more rapidly for the safety of the community.
“With the renewed MoU in place and the CSS providing daily 24 hour patrols across the City, we continue to work towards a Safer Melville, however the community also play a large part in keeping our neighbourhoods safe by reporting incidents or suspicious activities to police on 131 444.”
The MoU was signed by Superintendent Brad Sorrell, City of Melville Mayor Russell Aubrey and CEO Shayne Silcox.
