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Rural Crime Prevention

Rural Crime Prevention – what you need to know to protect your livestock and livelihood.

Rural crime affects you

Rural crime affects the lifestyle and financial well-being of those who work and live in our rural communities.
Theft and malicious damage to livestock and equipment costs farmers millions of dollars annually in revenue and loss of productivity.

Prevent rural crime

As a landholder, you can prevent rural crime by following these simple steps to protect your property, machinery and
livestock:

To become involved in the Rural Watch Program or to obtain further information, contact your local Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinator or your local police station.

Report rural crime

Contact police or Crime Stoppers if you see or hear of unusual movements of stock, vehicles or people. Record the time, date, location, description of vehicle, registration number and description of person/s.
Contact telephone numbers for the Stock and Rural Crime Investigation Squad can be found on the back page of this brochure.

Crime Stoppers Logo To report crime
anonymously, call
Crime Stoppers on
1800 333 000.

Livestock

Stockyards

Home and Property

Boundary fences and gates

Farm machinery, tools and equipment

When leaving machinery and equipment unattended

Chemicals and fertilisers

Important numbers
Police, Fire, Ambulance.........Dial triple zero (000)
in an emergency
 
Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000 Report any crime anonymously
 
Stock and Rural Crime Investigation Squad 
Forest Hill            5465 4200 Toowoomba           4631 6710
Roma                  4622 9350 Charleville              4654 1200
Kingaroy              4162 2111 Rockhampton          4932 1530
Longreach           4652 7202 Charters Towers      4787 1333
Cloncurry            4742 2918 Mareeba                4092 4700
Your local police station number is:........................................  

Last updated 07/07/2008