Ua hoʻonui ʻia ka palekana o nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine e hoʻohana ana i ka Canal Basingstoke ma Woking e nā hana palekana ʻē aʻe i kēia manawa ma muli o ke kālā i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e ke keʻena o ke Komisina Makai a me Crime ʻo Lisa Townsend.
ʻO ka makahiki i hala aku nei ma kahi o £175,000 i hāʻawi ʻia e ka Home Office's Safer Streets Fund e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia ma ke kahawai ma hope o ka nui o nā hōʻike o nā hōʻike kolohe a me nā hanana kānalua mai 2019.
ʻO ka 13 mile ka lōʻihi o ke kahawai e holo ana ma Woking, kahi wahi nani o ka ʻāina i aloha nui ʻia e ka poʻe hele wāwae ʻīlio a me ka holo ʻana, ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia mai nā kumu lāʻau ulu nui a ua ʻike ʻo ia i ka hoʻokomo ʻia ʻana o nā kamera CCTV hou e uhi ana i ke ala ala.
ʻO nā hōʻike o ka hewa ma ia wahi e like me ka graffiti a me ka ʻōpala i ʻike ʻia e kōkua ana i kekahi mau wahi o ke ala canal me ka ʻike ʻole ʻia. Hōʻike ʻia kēia manaʻo e kekahi o nā pane i ka Surrey Police's Call It Out Survey ma 2021, kahi i hōʻike ai kekahi poʻe me ka palekana ʻole ma ke kahawai ma muli o kekahi mau wahi e nānā ana i lalo.
Mai ia manawa, me ke kōkua o Woking Borough Council a me ka Canal Authority, ua loaʻa i ka Force:
- Hoʻomaka e hoʻokomo i nā kamera CCTV hou e uhi i ka lōʻihi o ke ala ala
- Hoʻokomo ʻia i nā kaʻa uila uila, e ʻae ana i nā luna a me nā mea manawaleʻa mai Canal Watch e mākaʻikaʻi i ke ala me ka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi
- E ʻoki i nā kumu lāʻau ulu nui e hoʻomaikaʻi i ka ʻike ʻana a hāʻawi i kahi lumi hou aku no nā mea hoʻohana o ke kahawai e hele palekana kekahi i kekahi
- Hoʻomaka e wehe i nā graffiti ma ke kahawai, e hoʻolilo ana i kahi wahi i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi
- Hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o nā hōʻailona e hāpai ana i ka hōʻike mua ʻana i nā hanana kānalua, e hoʻokomo ʻia i nā pule e hiki mai ana.
ʻO kekahi hapa o ke kālā i hāʻawi ʻia i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka loli ʻana o ke kaiāulu i ka wā e pili ana i ka hana ʻino i nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine.
No ka hana ʻana i kēia, ua hui pū ka Force me ka Woking Football Club e hoʻolaha i ka Do the Right Thing, kahi hoʻolaha e hoʻokūkū nei i ka poʻe e kū ana e kāhea aku i ka hana misogynistic a me ka ʻino e hiki ai i ka hana ʻino i nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine ke hoʻomau.
E ʻike paha ka poʻe kipa o ke kahawai i ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma ko lākou mau lima kīʻaha kofe, ma hope o ka hui pū ʻana o ka hale kūʻai kofe waʻa-waʻa Kiwi a me Scot me Surrey Police e kōkua i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka pilikia.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sergeant Tris Cansell, ka mea nāna i alakaʻi i ka papahana: "Ke manaʻo nui nei mākou ʻaʻole pono e hoʻoweliweli ʻia kekahi i ka wā e leʻaleʻa ana lākou i ko lākou wahi a ke kūpaʻa nei mākou e hoʻokō i kēia ma Woking, a ʻoi loa ma ke kahawai ʻo Basingstoke.
"Ua ʻike mākou i mea e hoʻokō ai i kēia, pono mākou e hana i kahi ala holoʻokoʻa e hoʻoponopono ai i nā pilikia mai nā ʻaoʻao a pau a ke manaʻo nei au e hōʻoluʻolu ʻia nā kamaʻāina, ʻo ia hoʻi nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine.
"Makemake au e hoʻomaikaʻi aku i ke Komisina Makai a me Crime, Woking Borough Council, ka Canal Authority, Woking Football Club a me Kiwi a me Scot no ka hui pū ʻana me mākou a kōkua i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia papahana. Ua hui pū mākou āpau i ko mākou kūʻē ʻana i ka hana ʻino i nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine, e hōʻike ana ʻaʻohe wahi o ka poʻe lawehala i ko mākou kaiāulu a i ʻole.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Komisina Makai a me Crime ʻo Lisa Townsend: "ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana e hoʻomaikaʻi mākou i ka palekana no nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine ma Surrey kekahi o nā mea nui i kaʻu Hoʻolālā Makai a me Crime no laila hauʻoli loa wau i ka ʻike ʻana i ka holomua e hana ʻia nei ma Woking mahalo i ka Safer. ʻO ke kālā kālā.
“Ua kipa mua au i ka wahi a ua halawai au me ka hui makai kūloko i ko'u pule mua ma ke ano Komisina a ua ike au ua hana ikaika lakou me ko makou mau hoa e hooponopono i kela mau pilikia ma ke kahawai.
"No laila he mea maikaʻi ke hoʻi mai i ʻaneʻi i hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope aku e ʻike i ka hoʻoikaika nui e hana nei i ka palekana o kēia wahi no ka poʻe a pau e hoʻohana ai. Manaʻo wau e hoʻololi maoli ia i ke kaiāulu ma kēia wahi. "
No ka heluhelu hou ʻana e pili ana i ka papahana Safer Streets, e kipa aku i ka Surrey Police paena.
Hiki iā ʻoe ke nānā i ka wikiō hoʻolaha Do the Right Thing a loaʻa i ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i ke kāhea ʻana i ka hana ʻino i nā wahine a me nā kaikamahine ʻaneʻi. No ke kiʻi ʻana i ka wikiō hoʻolaha Do the Right Thing me ka hui pū ʻana me Woking Football Club, kaomi ʻaneʻi.