Police: Somerville
26-March-2010
Somerville skate park is a welcome facility that provides activities for the youth of Somerville; however, it has also unfortunately become the area's centre of lawlessness. Graffiti, vandalism, hoon driving and general petty crime have reached epidemic proportions in the area. Our overstretched Hastings police do a great job, given their drastically low numbers and huge territory, but they need help. I call on the Brumby government to immediately commit to building a 24-hour police station in Somerville with additional offices and resources, and not to simply take resources from other stations in the way it is doing for the Carrum Downs station.