Selwyn_Times: September 13, 2023

Wednesday September 13 2023 Selwyn Times
• By Daniel Alvey
AN INCREASE in youth
being harassed after school has
prompted Selwyn Community
Patrol to increase daytime
coverage.
The patrol which covers the
areas around Lincoln, Prebbleton
and Leeston has started to
reintroduce the daytime patrols
which had been stopped due to a
lack of members.
Acting patrol chair Micheal
Englebrecht said they have
noticed more people raising
issues on social media.
The most recent was an
incident in Prebbleton where
a 12-year-old was thrown to
the ground and kicked by four
teenagers unknown to him on
Blakes Rd last Monday.
Englebrecht said incidents like
this one were one of the reasons
for bringing the daytime patrols
back.
He said the patrol’s presence
can act as a deterrant and they
are also able to report anything
they see to police.
Englebrecht hoped being
visibly parked outside the schools
with their patrol car would deter
people from doing anything
wrong.
At the start of the year, the
patrol’s volunteer numbers took
a dip, meaning they only focused
on their nighttime patrols,
sacrificing their daytime patrols.
He said an increase in
volunteers has allowed the patrol
to focus on the daytime patrols,
which for now are running two
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Daytime patrols increase
to counter youth attacks
days a week.
“We’ve been actively trying
to grow the numbers over the
last six months, and we’ve had
quite a good response. We have
increased by 21 new patrollers.
“In response to that we’ve
decided we are going to try and
do a few more daytime
patrols . . . It is really just being
a bit more visible around the
schools to help with traffic and
ON WATCH:
The Selwyn
Community
Patrol has
started
focusing on
monitoring
areas around
schools. ​
whatever else happens.”
The patrol still only has one
car, but Englebrecht said if
numbers grew, they may look at
a second car.
Selwyn police did not respond
to questions from the Selwyn
Times about issues raised by the
community patrol.
To volunteer for the Selwyn
Community Patrol email: info@
selwyncommunitypatrol.org.nz
NEWS 3
In Brief
CAR FIRES IN LINCOLN
Two abandoned car fires near Tai
Tapu kept the Lincoln Volunteer
Fire Brigade busy over the
weekend. The brigade was called
out at 10pm on Saturday on Golf
Links Rd. The second callout
was 24 hours later at 10pm on
Sunday on MacArtneys Rd. Police
responded to the second fire and
a spokesperson confirmed the car
was stolen.
LIQUORLAND BREAK IN
Liquorland Lincoln was broken
into around 3am on Thursday.
A police spokesperson said
three people are believed to have
entered on foot and then fled the
scene in a vehicle. The car was
located abandoned on Riccarton
Rd, with police unable to locate
the offenders. The store declined
to comment.
YOUNG LEADER
RECEIVES AWARD
Bobbie Hira has won the Lincoln
Rotary Young Totora Award.
Bobbie is a former head student
at Lincoln High School, a student
representative on the school’s
board, this year’s Selwyn Youth
Parliamentarian and a leader in
kī-o-rahi and kapa haka. The
award aims to recognise youth
with strength of character,
courage and leadership. Bobbie
has proven that she has the above
strengths to be a positive role
model for her generation. A totara
tree was planted in honour of her
community contributions.
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