Tuesday, 29 October 2024

Eastern Victoria Region

Melina BATH (Eastern Victoria) (13:01): (1189) My question is to the Minister for Police, and it regards police station funding in my Eastern Victoria electorate. Recently a constituent experienced a distressing incident in the Latrobe Valley. In broad daylight his vehicle was vandalised while parked not far from the local Victoria Police station. When requesting the CCTV footage to assist in identifying the perpetrator, they were informed that the CCTV system was not operational. It is crucial that government support our dedicated police force and the infrastructure that they need to keep us safe. Will the minister commit to ensuring that there is sufficient resource funding of CCTV systems at VicPol stations in my Eastern Victoria electorate so that they can continue to work, so that they can get working and so that they can keep criminals off our streets?