RESIDENTS in three municipalities will be able to engage with police online as part of a new initiative.
The Swan Hill Police Service Area – which covers the Gannawarra, Swan Hill and Buloke municipalities – launched its Swan Hill Eyewatch Facebook page on Wednesday, already amassing 1700 “likes” by yesterday morning.
The page is the 27th page to be launched, with the community encouraged to get involved and “like” the page.
Eyewatch is a platform that allows police to share updates and videos about crime and other community safety initiatives via the social media phenomenon.
Currently there are about 226,000 followers across 26 Eyewatch pages.
Inspector Dan Davison said the new Eyewatch page would give police a new way to engage with the community.
“The Swan Hill Eyewatch page will be a great way for us to provide information that is important and relevant to members of the Swan Hill, Gannawarra and Buloke communities,” he said.
“The Eyewatch pages have proven to be a successful tool in identifying offenders, solving crimes and finding missing people.
“We want to encourage residents, business owners and community organisations to follow us on the new Eyewatch page.
“I’m really looking forward to seeing this online community grow.”
There are plans for further Eyewatch pages to be rolled out in 2017.
Eyewatch is not a platform for reporting crime and is not a replacement for calling Triple Zero (000) in an emergency.
People can access the page by searchong “Eyewatch Swan Hill” on Facebook.
