A Safer CBD for Nambour

Over the past 18 months, there has been a drastic increase in unlawful behaviour in and around the CBD of Nambour. Drug and Alcohol abuse, In-Street violence, Youth Crime, Vagrancy, and menacing behaviour have resulted in residence feeling unsafe and businesses suffering through lack of foot traffic due to shoppers’ reluctance to walk the streets.
Our police are stretched to breaking point with 25% of the 40 general policing staff on stress/sick or statutory leave at any given time. This leaves 30 officers to do the three daily two-man shifts.
With some of the incidents requiring a number of crews to attend there is just not enough policing resources to adequately enforce the laws of this state. There is an urgent need for additional policing resources to turn this lawlessness around; to allow the silent majority to live and work in a safe environment and to restore a sense of pride into the community.
Nambour has a proud tradition of supporting those in need. Over many years we, as a community, through volunteers and donations have given freely and provided facilities for the young; for families and the elderly; which were envied by many other communities.
But this behaviour is breaking the spirit of our once vibrant and supportive town and we call on our legislators to allow the quiet majority to live and work in a safe and peaceful environment and to restore a sense of pride into the community. We call on the member for Nicklin, Rob Skelton to request urgent support from the State government to bring an end to this lawlessness behaviour.