Fact sheets

Your home and property

• Cellphone security
• Rental accommodation and you
• Selling your home
• Who burgles a house and why? (PUBC270)
• Reducing the burglar's opportunities (PUBC271)
• Home Burglar Alarms - updated April 2012
• What to do when you hear a burglar alarm
• Buying Secondhand Goods
• Serial Number Recording (PUBC272)
• Consumer Guarantees Act Made Simple
• Reducing the risk of handbag, briefcase and laptop theft (PUBQ280)
• Reducing the risk of theft from student accommodation
• Guidelines for operating crime prevention cameras in residential areas

Neighbourhood Issues

• Preparing for the Bird Flu
• Fences and Neighbours
• Neighbours and Trees - updated August 2012
• Neighbourhood Problem Solving
• Noise and Nuisance
• Dog Control
• The Ideal Neighbourhood Support Group

Holiday security and driving tips

• Visiting New Zealand
• Holiday Security Tips
• Holiday Driving Tips
• Reporting Bad Driving
• Enjoying the Outdoors Safely
• Hitch-Hiking

Vehicles

• Protecting your vehicle (PUBC273)
• The truth about Police speed enforcement
• Drink Driving
• Illegal parking and car towing
• Checking if a vehicle is stolen

Dishonesty

• Cheque fraud
• Credit and Eftpos card fraud PUBC275
• Identity theft (PUBC276)
• Phishing

Law and the Older Person

• Choosing a retirement village
• Driver licence renewal
• Asset testing for the residential care subsidy - updated May 2012
• Making a Will
• Enduring Power of Attorney
• Age discrimination
• Elder abuse and neglect
• Personal safety
• Rates Rebate Scheme

General

• Preparing to go in to hospital
• When to call 111
• When to call Crimestopers
• Stopping accidental or hoax 111 calls
• Giving a good description (PUBN277)
• Witness Forms- download in PDF format (127 kB)
• Shoplifting - Trespass, Kids and Human Rights
• Signs and Symptoms of Drug Use in Young People
• Methamphetamine Clandestine Laboratory Awareness
• Misuse of (BB) airguns
• The age of criminal responsibility
• Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
• Serving a Trespass Notice

Violence

• Recognising child abuse
• Police safety orders
• Armed Robbery (PUBC278)
• Domestic Violence Act - Protection Orders
• Terrorism Awareness
• Citizen's Arrest and Self-defence
• Family Violence: How friends and family can help (PUBN279)

Note for New Zealand Police staff: some Police users will be required to request Download Access from ITSC in order to download forms including Neighbourhood Support information.