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NewsPolice message board turns heads | QuizCCBy Chris ClarkeUpdated November 16 2016 - 8:16am, first published November 14 2016 - 11:00amBy Chris ClarkeUpdated November 16 2016 - 8:16am,

first published November 14 2016 - 11:00amFacebookTwitterWhatsappEmailCopyNEW STRATEGY: Police are using electronic message boards to warn people about criminal activity in their suburb.

Picture: Paul Scambler An edgy new police strategy is helping keep people’s cars safe.

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using electronic message boards to specifically warn people about car burglaries in a number of Launceston suburbs.

Their use coincides with the launch of the Launceston Safer Communities Partnership’s month-long Lock It or Lose It campaign.

Figures from last month show almost half the cars burgled in the Launceston region were unlocked and 68 per cent of them had valuables stolen from inside.

Inspector Darren Hopkins said the electronic boards – that display messages such as “keep your cars locked” – were part of a plan to see those figures decrease.

"We are aware the message is blunt and we don't apologise for it. We want people to lock their cars and remove anything of value, or at least don't leave it on display,” he said.

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