Cops, CCTV won’t help mall youth

Joseph Hinchliffe
Updated August 3 2016 - 12:03pm, first published 12:00pm
MORE OPPORTUNITIES: 'The police are doing a great job and we need them,' Lockwood Ward candidate Vaughan Williams says. 'But cops and cameras aren't the answer.' Picture: DARREN HOWE
MORE OPPORTUNITIES: 'The police are doing a great job and we need them,' Lockwood Ward candidate Vaughan Williams says. 'But cops and cameras aren't the answer.' Picture: DARREN HOWE

A local businessman who has announced he will run for council has described punitive efforts to protect mall traders from troublesome youth as a “band-aid fix” which won’t work. 

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Joseph Hinchliffe

Joseph Hinchliffe

Council & environment reporter

Council and environment reporter at the Bendigo Advertiser.

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