Residents in regional Victoria hire security patrols over crime fears
By Coco Veldkamp and Charlotte Wilkes

About 20 residents in the Victorian city of Ballarat are paying a security company to patrol their streets as a "crime deterrent".

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-25/private-security-now-patrolling-ballarat-streets-at-night/106831878

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