CASEY community groups have been given tools to help them wipe out the problem of graffiti in the area.
Minister for Crime Prevention Edward O’Donohue visited the Narre Community Learning Centre on Friday to announce the allocation of 10 portable graffiti removal systems in the Narre Warren North electorate.
The graffiti removal system consists of a 120-litre wheelie bin, a high-pressure water system, graffiti removal products and personal protective equipment that will be used by 17 community groups in the area.
Mr O’Donohue said illegal and unsightly graffiti was a blight on the local streetscape and could make people feel less safe in their own community.
“Portable graffiti removal systems are valuable assets in the ongoing fight against vandalism as they help community members remove graffiti as quickly as possible after it appears,” he said.
Narre Warren North Liberal candidate Amanda Stapledon said she was proud they were working with communities at the grassroots level to implement practical and necessary crime prevention measures to build a safer community.
“These 10 kits will be available for use by 17 groups in our local community, including a number of sporting clubs, the Narre Community Learning Centre and Narre Warren Scouts,” she said.
As well as the removal systems, the Community Correctional Services’ Graffiti Removal
Program sees supervised teams of offenders on community orders working to remove graffiti in partnership with councils.
“The Graffiti Removal Program has now eliminated more than two million square metres of graffiti from Victorian communities since it started – enough to cover the MCG playing field more than 100 times,” Mr O’Donohue said.
