The Gunnedah Crime Prevention Working Group was formed in 2000 and is an advisory group of Council that meets bi-monthly. The Working Group adopts a whole of community approach to enhancing community safety and has been associated with a number of initiatives including the following:

• The adoption, by Council, of the Crime Prevention Plan 2014- 2017 and the implementation of key strategies under the Plan
• Lobbying to state and federal members of Parliament for enhancements to community safety initiatives and policy, in particular domestic and family violence
• Delivery of a range of community consultations including safety surveys and workshops
• Implementation of a CBD CCTV Program in Gunnedah CBD and surrounds
• Input into the ongoing implementation of Alcohol Free Zones
• Input to a range of community safety related grant applications
• Gunny Get You Home Safe and Gunny Get Your Home Secure initiatives

The membership of the Working Group is broad and consists of the following:

• Councillors
• Council Staff
• Aboriginal representatives
• Youth representatives
• Community representatives
• Oxley Local Area Command representatives
• Gunnedah Rural Health Service
• Gunnedah PCYC
• Gunnedah & District Chamber of Commerce & Industry Inc.

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