Botany Patrol
Fostering Community Safety Through Vigilant Patrols Working Together
What areas do we patrol?
There are eight areas that we patrol:
Botany
Northpark
Dannemora
Burswood
Huntington Park
Golflands
Flat Bush
Ormiston
About us
Botany Crime Watch Patrol was established in 2003, with our first patrol taking place on 4 April 2004. Since 2005 we have been very fortunate to have been able to operate from an office in Botany Town Centre thanks to the ongoing support from Botany Town Centre management. Our patrol is a founding member of the Manukau District Crime Watch Patrol Charitable Trust who receive funding from Auckland Council via a service agreement.
We are a voluntary not for profit organisation who work together in your community to make your neighbourhoods safer places to live and work. We are extremely grateful for the support we receive from all our sponsors and we could not operate without them. We are an affiliated member of Community Patrols of New Zealand (CPNZ) who have an MOU with the NZ Police.
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Help us make your community safer
We patrol a very large part of our local community, including residential areas, town centres, parks, schools and carparks. To help us cover this area we need more volunteers. The more volunteers we have, the more patrols we can operate. If you have any spare time on a regular basis, please apply to become a member of our team. We currently have 40 plus members and need more. Our patrol has members from the age of 19 to 70 plus and a wide range of different ethnic backgrounds. We operate patrols on morning, afternoon and evening shifts. We have two sign written patrol vehicles so please join our team so we can have those vehicles on patrol more frequently.
Community Engagement
We work with the NZ Police, Auckland Council, Asian Council on Reducing Crime (ACRC), Neighbourhood Support and other organisations in our quest to reduce crime and build safer communities. We have in the past attended Police Open Days, Community Days, and Neighbours Days. We recently worked with the NZ Police assisting them at a Chat with a Cop event at Botany Town Centre.
Volunteer & Support
All our volunteers are vetted by the Police and once vetted are fully trained. Our patrol is made up of local residents who wish to make their community safer. Our volunteers are provided with uniforms and all the equipment required to carry out a successful patrol. We observe and report suspicious activity to the Police and other issues to the relevant organisations. Our volunteers always patrol in pairs, helping share experience keeping everyone safe regardless of the time of day. Our work is non-confrontational and we pride ourselves on keeping our volunteers safe while helping protect our community.
