Police and community volunteers are encouraging Melton residents to list their details on safety registers.
All residents can place their information on the Community Safety Register, which is suited to older people or people with disabilities who are isolated, live alone or live away from friends and family. The free service has no age requirements.
Melton Senior-Sergeant Simon Payne said the register was designed to make people feel safer knowing that police and volunteers were available if needed.
“It’s for peace of mind,” he said. “In the past few years we’ve seen numbers drop off on the community safety register and we’d like people to know that they can register their details and someone can give them a weekly call to check up on them, or even pay them a visit if they need help.”
The service also helps to connect people with community groups, services and activities.
The Melton Home Safely program is a separate register for seniors in which volunteers regularly visit residents in their homes.
For both registers, personal information is treated with respect and is kept on a secure database at Melton police station.
Only designated police and register co-ordinators can access the database and all volunteers are subject to police probity checks.
To join the registers, phone 9747 7909.
