In the coming months police will be rolling out a social media campaign to promote personal and community safety.
Police continue to monitor and regularly patrol Dutton Park and South Brisbane to ensure the safety of the community.
Being aware of your surroundings is a big part of ensuring personal safety when you are travelling by foot through Dutton Park and South Brisbane.
Opportunistic thieves have demonstrated a propensity to target pedestrians using handheld electronic devices.
This is because our ability and preparedness to respond to potential danger is reduced when listening to music or looking down at our phones.
Police would like the community to include these safety tips to their routines to improve their overall safety:
Avoid low lit and secluded areas that make you feel unsafe whenever possible;
Where possible let someone know where you are headed if you’re moving about alone;
When using mobiles, limit the volume on the device to ensure you can