SIXTEEN months on, the city’s extensive network of CCTV cameras monitored by officers at Frankston police headquarters is providing an ever-watchful focus on street crime. With 345 cameras at Bayside Shopping Centre, plus others in individual stores, and 125 Frankston Council cameras on the foreshore, city streets, alleys and the railway station – as well as others at Seaford – the overview is more comprehensive than ever before. And that’s helping police zero in on illegal activities, track offenders via multiple cameras, gather evidence at the scene and provide police on the beat with relevant data when suspects hide, mask…
Author: Stephen Taylor
DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses to the horrific hijacking of a woman’s car in Frankston, Monday 22 January, to come forward. Detective Senior Constable Jasper Shannon said “many people sitting in their cars in heavy traffic on Frankston-Cranbourne Rd would have seen the incident and may have information that could assist police inquiries”. He said the two Skye men later charged and remanded “would have tried lots of doorhandles” before chancing upon 18-year-old Skye woman Taylor Hall and forcing her from her Renault convertible in the brazen attack. She suffered facial, dental and leg injuries when she was flung to…
TWO men allegedly involved in the horrific carjacking of a young woman’s car in Frankston on Monday night were in custody Thursday morning. In the frightening 22 January incident 18-year-old Skye woman Taylor Hall stopped her car at an accident scene on Frankston-Cranbourne Rd. Two men allegedly jumped out of a stolen, crashed Nissan X-Trail in front and ordered her, and a female friend, out of her Renault convertible and got in before driving away. Ms Hall panicked as she fought to grab her puppy from the rear seat and was dragged alongside as it sped away. She was flung…
VICROADS and the state government have been accused of steamrolling a road through wetlands by sidestepping meaningful public consultation. Residents Against Mordialloc Freeway (RAMF) has organised a public meeting to highlight the deficiencies its members see in planning for the proposed Mordialloc bypass. The meeting is on the eve of an Environmental Effects Statement consultation period for the project instigated by Planning Minister Richard Wynne. Members of the group oppose the proposed Mordialloc bypass linking the northern end of the Mornington Peninsula Freeway with Dingley, citing its “major social, environmental and cultural impacts” as reasons for their stand. The group…
PARKDALE sailor Ella Grimshaw didn’t rest over the holidays, teaming up with friend Laura Harding to take out the silver medal at the International 420 Class 2017-18 World Championships off Fremantle in early January. Competing against some of the best young sailors in the world in the lead-up national championships in December, the girls steered their boat Sista Blossom to ninth place overall and second among the Australian boats to become the first female crew home. In the women’s division of the ensuing world championships, they tied in first place with a Western Australian crew but lost on a countback…