Residents chat to police during a recent visit by the Mobile Police Beat unit to Wondai (Photo: QPS)

January 8, 2025

The Wondai Business and Development Association has invited its members to attend a crime prevention meeting to be held in Wondai on January 18.

The meeting has been organised by a group of local residents following recent break-ins and vehicle thefts in the town.

WBDA secretary Jackson Ponder said the meeting, to be held from 2:00pm at the Wondai Diggers Club, would be “an informational think tank about how we can better secure our homes, and what the community as a whole can do about crime”.

Cill Lorne, one of the meeting organisers, emphasised on a recently formed Facebook group that it was not a vigilante meeting.

“We are meeting to discuss ways to better secure our homes and petitioning for a better police presence and to get a full-time manned station in our town,” Cill said.

“Please let your family and friends know who don’t have Facebook.

“Please sign in at the door, no hats to be worn, and please be respectful. We are NOT having a vigilante meeting.

“Hope to see everyone there.”

The meeting follows visits from news crews from Channel 7, Channel 9’s A Current Affair and the ABC to report on Wondai residents’ concerns.

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Queensland Police will have their Mobile Police Beat van back in Wondai on January 16.

It will be parked in Mackenzie Street in the Wondai CBD from 9:00am to noon.

All residents have been invited to drop in to meet their local police officers and ask questions about the community and law enforcement.


 

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