Neighborhood Watch ACT

ACT Policing is again warning residents in Canberra to be wary of people going door to door offering to do work and asking for cash payments, with particular regard to painting street numbers on kerbs as has been the case in Reid and Ainslie this month. Sergeant Sue Smith from ACT Policing’s Crime Prevention Team has warned residents not to let a person they don’t know into their home.

ACT NHW would add that the association does not conduct cold call campaigns for kerbside numbering. “The public needs to be informed that NHW does not send people to residential doors to offer kerbside numbering. These campaigns are advertised in newsletters and residents are encouraged to make appointments with local NHW groups for the work to be done”, ACT NHW Deputy President Graeme Hush said. “If someone who says they represent NHW does come to your door and offers to paint your kerbside number, please don’t comply with their request and call us to let us know”, he added.