YOUNG people across the Riverina are set to benefit from a new suite of police resources launched by the Southern Region Command today.
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Three brand new police community engagement trailers were launched at Lake Illawarra PCYC, with one of the trailers coming to the Riverina.
The trailers are wrapped with Aboriginal artwork by artist Rachel Treacy with each holding three trail bikes, sporting goods, a fridge and barbeque for youth and community engagement activities.
The trailers will also be used by police for operational purposes.
Superintendent Bob Noble from the Riverina Police District, who attended the launch, said the trailer is "an extremely valuable asset" in their effort to prevent and disrupt crime.
"We'd always accept valuable resources for police in protecting and engaging young people who might be at risk of straying from the straight and narrow," Superintendent Noble said.
"From an operational perspective, we've got three new trail bikes to be used for various activities - from battling rural crime to looking for missing items in rural areas.
"We also have at times trail bike racing around the district, so these new bikes will gives us the capacity to chase them down."
Superintendent Noble said the trailer and its sporting gear can be taken anywhere in the Riverina for youth engagement activities.
At the launch, police were joined by community elders, PCYC members and high school students from the Lake Illawarra region.
The two other trailers are stationed in the Illawarra and South Coast.
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