September 2020 Building and Construction Industry Crime Statistics

The latest building and construction industry crime reports has seen a continued reduction in reported crime on members sites. A total of 18 reports included 2 x burglaries, 15 x stealing and 1 x damage. Additionally, 15 x illegal rubbish dumping reports were also recorded.

Of the total 33 reports received 24 reports were from builders, 8 from land developers and 1 from civil contracting.

It would appear that juveniles broke into a site in Halls Head after they lit a small fire damaging the vinyl flooring, whilst in Piara Waters offenders broke into a building site and attempted to steal a bathroom vanity before departing, empty-handed.

Two installed hot water units were reported stolen, one from the Trinity Estate in Alkimos with another from a site in Armadale.

A single water meter was stolen in Kelmscott with copper cabling stolen from 2 separate sites in Belmont and exterior taps stolen in Bennett Springs. We look forward to the licencing of all Scrap Metal Dealers by December 1st 2020 as this will hopefully reduce the ongoing theft of scrap metals, more information HERE .

An offender on a quad bike targeted a civil contracting site in Lakelands stealing a starter motor from a bore pump and a battery from machinery.

Investigators are continuing to liaise with Mandurah Police after the theft of a quantity of bricks from a building site in Lakelands. A tradesman working close-by witness the theft and has supplied PACT investigators with a vehicle registration number and description of the offender. Investigators also attended a site in Doubleview and removed a ‘rough sleeper’ who had camped on the site over several nights.

PACT Investigators recently attended Juvenile Justice Team (JJT) Family Group Meeting on behalf of BGC Housing Group to address a juvenile offender involved in a burglary and damage offence in April 2020.

The meetings ask that young offenders take responsibility for their actions by encouraging them to face up to their problems. They provide the opportunity for the victim, the offender and the offender’s family to discuss the best way to deal with the young person and the offence. This is achieved through a family group meeting.

Young offenders are sent to a JJT by the police or the Children’s Court. More serious offences are usually handled by the courts. The teams offer young offenders a choice - they can choose to go through a meeting process and face the victim of their crime ( in this case a PACT Investigator) or they may choose to have the matter dealt with in court. If the young offender chooses to proceed, they must accept responsibility for their actions.

Ideally, we don’t want to see juveniles committing mindless offences within new estates, on building sites or civil construction compounds and attending JJT meetings assists in the overall PACT mission to reduce crime within the building and construction Industry.

PACT Site Security continues to work with WA Police and its members to provide efficient and effective reporting systems to identify crime trends within the building and construction industry. Accurate reporting of all crime activates resources to reduce theft risk, track and recover property, as well as deter future incidents. Police liaison, GPS Tracking, CCTV, security patrols and community engagement are just some of the strategies implemented.

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