ASOCIACION DE VECINOS COLABORANDO ‘CRIME WATCH SPAIN’

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Press Release / 2011-11-23 10:58:21

Legalized by Valencia Generalitat, Reg. 8261/2002

VECINOS COLABORANDO involves:

Working with others and the Police to make your community safer. What you can do to reduce crime and vandalism in your community. Knowing what to do when crime or other emergencies occurs. Reducing the opportunity for crime by making it more difficult for the would be criminal to act.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF VECINOS COLABORANDO?

An opportunity to bring together communities. A reduction in home insurance costs. An increase awareness of local crime and how to defeat it. A reduction in the fear of crime. A link between your community, the Police and our Association.

CAN YOU HELP?

We want to embrace all nationalities and for the scheme to be completely effective we would like to enlist the support of European to become co-ordinators. Being able to speak Spanish or English would be beneficial to the positive operation of the scheme.

BE NEIGHBOURLY!!! Spare some time for the very old. Only 13% of people have not experienced a bogus or suspicious caller to their home over the past five years. 6% have experienced theft as a result of allowing an un-expected caller into their home. The elderly are particularly vulnerable. Fear of this and other types of crime combined with lack of mobility can isolate elderly people from community life.

VEHICLE CRIME: Your responsibility to prevent vehicle theft:

How important is your car, your truck, your motorcycle or other vehicle to you? Do you need your vehicle to travel to work? Do you need it at work? Or, do you need your vehicle to transport your family? But, how many of us take extra precautions to protect our motor vehicles? There are some things you can do: Always lock your vehicle, no matter where it is. Use a good alarm system in your vehicle. Don’t leave valuables in view in your vehicle. Consider installing an automatic sensor light over your vehicle at home, it will scare off intruders when the light is actioned, and lock your vehicle doors/windows when suspicious people/cars are approaching. If you see any stickers in your car do not remove them, and drive away.

YOU CAN BE FOLLOWED: Look always around, outside your house, parking places, markets, supermarkets, leaving or arriving at Airports… BE AWARE.

YOUR HOUSE & GARDEN ARE YOUR CASTLE: Nobody has the right to trespass your gate or front door. Do not speak to strangers. Install interior and exterior good alarms.

SCAMS: By Computer, Email, Telephone, Fax, Visitors, Mobile Phone, in the Markets, Time Shares. False Policemen, Gasmen, Charity people.

BE AWARE POLICE SAY: If you do not denounce they cannot do anything for you.

MAIN CONTACTS: GUARDIA CIVIL Tel. 062. Local Police Tel. 092. Emergencies, Ambulances, Firemen Tel. 112. Association's main contacts: Torrevieja Tel. 966 786 266 and Catral 965 992 838.

Our Email: colaborando.crimewatch@skynetlink.com

Our Web: https://sites.google.com/site/vecinoscolaborandocatra/home