From the land of gun confiscation to "make you safer". Note that the best defense they can come up with is to list/photograph your belongings. There are some priceless quotes here, bold italics mine.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/archive/news/2000/04/10/news7.shtml
Canberra tops nation in rate of thefts
By FRANK CASSIDY
Canberra's skyrocketing crime wave has victims of home burglaries lodging 50 per cent more claims in 1999 than they did in 1998.
The Canberra surge was Australia's biggest, with other parts of the country averaging an increase of just 20 per cent.
Figures by insurer AAMI show that 27 theft claims were made for every 1000 policies in Canberra last year, compared with 18 in 1998 and 26.5 nationally.
The figures are in line with Australian Federal Police statistics which show 4978 burglaries of dwellings in 1998-99 compared with 3260 the year before.
The southern NSW manager for AAMI, John Crommie, said Canberra's burglary rate meant the city was no longer a ' big country town' but had a theft problem approaching that of bigger cities.
Mr Crommie said the most popular items with thieves were jewellery, which accounted for 40 per cent of claimed thefts, and items left in driveways, sheds and gardens.
He said householders reported being at home during one third of all robberies.
Although thieves were most active between September and December, he warned that the coming Easter long weekend provided them with opportunities.
' Residents can help counter the increase by taking some relatively simple security precautions,' he said.
For a start, tools and bikes should be stored in secure sheds and garages when not in use.
Mr Crommie said deadlocked doors were no longer adequate protection on their own.
' Experience shows that if deadlocked doors are accompanied by an outward-opening security door then break-ins are much more difficult.'
He said home owners should think of installing such doors before Easter.
Constable Sharan Slater of the AFP's Crime Prevention team endorsed Mr Crommie's advice, saying home owners should take more care to record details of what they owned in case it was stolen. People should make lists of valuable items and keep them in a safe place.
' People say, 'I had my CDs flogged',' she said.
' And police say, 'I need to have some titles so I can check with the second-hand dealers'.
' And they go, 'Oh, I can only remember one or two'.
' If people could have an updated CD list, that helps.'
She advised jewellery owners to photograph valuables and said credit-card holders should photocopy their cards.
' What we suggest is people lay out their cards and photocopy them on to a sheet, and that way they have their card number, which makes it easier for the bank, and they can cancel their cards straight away.'
She advised people who returned to find their house had been entered not to contaminate the scene or try to clean up.
She said police would be there within an hour or two of being called and would be able to gather evidence.
The AAMI statistics showed an increase in reported thefts everywhere except Tasmania and Queensland.
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/archive/news/2000/04/10/news7.shtml
Canberra tops nation in rate of thefts
By FRANK CASSIDY
Canberra's skyrocketing crime wave has victims of home burglaries lodging 50 per cent more claims in 1999 than they did in 1998.
The Canberra surge was Australia's biggest, with other parts of the country averaging an increase of just 20 per cent.
Figures by insurer AAMI show that 27 theft claims were made for every 1000 policies in Canberra last year, compared with 18 in 1998 and 26.5 nationally.
The figures are in line with Australian Federal Police statistics which show 4978 burglaries of dwellings in 1998-99 compared with 3260 the year before.
The southern NSW manager for AAMI, John Crommie, said Canberra's burglary rate meant the city was no longer a ' big country town' but had a theft problem approaching that of bigger cities.
Mr Crommie said the most popular items with thieves were jewellery, which accounted for 40 per cent of claimed thefts, and items left in driveways, sheds and gardens.
He said householders reported being at home during one third of all robberies.
Although thieves were most active between September and December, he warned that the coming Easter long weekend provided them with opportunities.
' Residents can help counter the increase by taking some relatively simple security precautions,' he said.
For a start, tools and bikes should be stored in secure sheds and garages when not in use.
Mr Crommie said deadlocked doors were no longer adequate protection on their own.
' Experience shows that if deadlocked doors are accompanied by an outward-opening security door then break-ins are much more difficult.'
He said home owners should think of installing such doors before Easter.
Constable Sharan Slater of the AFP's Crime Prevention team endorsed Mr Crommie's advice, saying home owners should take more care to record details of what they owned in case it was stolen. People should make lists of valuable items and keep them in a safe place.
' People say, 'I had my CDs flogged',' she said.
' And police say, 'I need to have some titles so I can check with the second-hand dealers'.
' And they go, 'Oh, I can only remember one or two'.
' If people could have an updated CD list, that helps.'
She advised jewellery owners to photograph valuables and said credit-card holders should photocopy their cards.
' What we suggest is people lay out their cards and photocopy them on to a sheet, and that way they have their card number, which makes it easier for the bank, and they can cancel their cards straight away.'
She advised people who returned to find their house had been entered not to contaminate the scene or try to clean up.
She said police would be there within an hour or two of being called and would be able to gather evidence.
The AAMI statistics showed an increase in reported thefts everywhere except Tasmania and Queensland.
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
