Travel crime goes public

DISPLAY boards with photos and information about offenders are being installed at railway stations across Victoria to try to help solve crimes on public transport.
The Police Transit Safety Division initiative is designed to encourage the community to come forward with relevant information.
Since January 2007, 134 offenders shown on the posters have been arrested as a result of information provided to Crime Stoppers.
In that time the boards advertised 158 incidents, with 60 per cent of them being resolved.
An armed robbery committed by two men in Cranbourne on 15 October last year was solved thanks to the posters. The victim provided the information that the offenders had travelled to the area on public transport.
An indecent assault case, in which a woman was assaulted on a train on the Pakenham line on 13 June, was also solved.