Lord mayor says new CBD guards are ‘biggest change’ since PSOs. There are just 10

Nick Reece is talking up his $2m city safety officers despite ‘embarrassing’ limited powers

Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece’s much-hyped Community Safety Officers will only have the power to do a “citizen’s arrest”.

Lord mayor says new CBD guards are ‘biggest change’ since PSOs. There are just 10

Melbourne’s Lord Mayor Nick Reece is expanding to his controversial CBD security guard scheme, but only a third of the officers pledged will be rolled out.

More cameras, more police, more patrols... In 2020, Jean-Luc Moudenc multiplied the promises on security. Saved in our Radar section just before the Moudenc2020.fr campaign site was deactivated, the 17 promises on the topic are far from all being realized: seven were held; four on