A total of 700,000 homes in the Netherlands have the Police Hallmark at the moment. The affiliated PKVW companies visit tens of thousands of homes every year to give the residents advice and to take security measures in order to reduce the number of house burglaries. Minister Van der Steur: "The number of house burglaries has dropped sharply by 14 percent in respect to last year. A reduction this big is a great achievement for which our public and private partners cooperated well with each other." According to the minister, this reduction shows that public-private connections work and that they could lead to even better results.
Most innovative PKVW product
The public could vote to determine the most innovative product during the Safe Living Day. The winner of this prize is a combination of a window fastener and a sturdy restrictor for windows, namely the AXA Oyster from AXA Home Security. All the winners received a prize of 750 Euro. The amount won is intended to be used for the prevention of home burglaries or for encouraging safety.
More information about the AXA Oyster can be found on www.axahomesecurity.com/oyster.
The photos of the presentation can be freely used mentioning the name of the photographer, Liesbeth Dingemans. For more information and/or contact with one of the winners: Lilian Tieman, consultant at Veilig Wonen, +31 6 10 32 04 69, lilian.tieman@hetccv.nl.
CCV
The Centrum voor Criminaliteitspreventie en Veiligheid (CCV, Centre for Criminality Prevention and Security) is an independent foundation that helps parties in the security industry and safety professionals make the Netherlands safer and more habitable.
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