Coffee with a Cop

Coffee with a Cop takes place four times a year and is held at various local Café’s and Community Centres. Light refreshments are provided.

For future Coffee with a Cop activities please check What’s On Glen Eira

October 2022 | open discussion

Thursday 13 October between 10.30 – 11.30am at Moorleigh Community Village. 
Local residents had the opportunity to talk about their safety concerns and listen to what Victoria Police were doing in the area.

June 2022 | open discussion

Thursday 16 June from 1pm to 3pm at Slave 2 the Bean Café, 89 Koornang Road, Carnegie.
Victoria Police attended to have discussions with local residents about their safety concerns and to talk about what Victoria Police were doing in the area.

May 2022 | open discussion

Tuesday 17 May from 10am to 12pm at Fifth Chapter Café in Bentleigh
Victoria Police attended to have discussions with local residents about their safety concerns and to talk about what Victoria Police were doing in the area.

February 2022 | Launch of Neighbourhood Policing initiative

Building on the strong foundations of mutual trust and respect with our local community, the Neighbourhood Policing project was launched. Neighbourhood Policing aims to see police increase their focus on the issues that matter most to local communities.

With Victoria Police in attendance, it also gave local residents the opportunity to discuss their safety concerns and to talk about what Victoria Police were doing in the area.

Past sessions

As part of the Community Safety Action Plan 2020–2022, Council co-hosted a virtual Coffee with a Cop series with Victoria Police and invited community members to take part. Residents heard from Victoria Police, Council, and key community safety partners and service providers, on a range of community safety topics in Glen Eira.

There were four sessions which residents had the opportunity to ask police any questions about the session’s topic, as well as any other topics or issues that they wanted to discuss. By being a virtual event, this all happened in a relaxed and informal setting from the comfort and safety of residents’ homes.

You can watch all of these sessions online.

December 2021 | Young People and the effects of online gambling

Listen to our expert panel from Victoria Police, Gamblers Help Southern, and ReSpin to discuss the effects on young people of online gambling. The forum came together to offer insight, strategies and the exploration of community gambling and how it affects our youth.

March 2021 | Youth and youth related issues

Hosted by Inspector Katriona Kelly, listen here to the expert panel including Victoria Police and Council as they discussed and highlighted the services available to youth and ways in which police and Glen Eira Council engage with youth to proactively deal with youth related issues.

November 2020 | Community Safety

The community plays a big part in the safety of everyone in the municipality. Community policing and the important role this partnership between police and the community plays in crime prevention in Glen Eira is the topic for the third session.

Listen to our expert panel from Victoria Police and Council, as they discuss current community safety initiatives, including the new Living Safely Program and how we can continue to be proactive about crime prevention by fostering positive and collaborative relationships between local police, Council, and the community.

For more information, visit our Living Safely Program page.

If you’re interested in the Neighbourhood Watch for more information head to their website Neighbourhood Watch Glen Eira or follow them on Facebook.

September 2020 | Mental Health and COVID-19

In order to keep us safe, the pandemic has greatly changed how all of us are living, with social distancing and isolation potentially causing stress, anxiety, and worry for many. For some of us, this may lead to increased gambling, family violence incidents, the exacerbation of pre-existing mental health problems or possibly experiencing mental health concerns for the first time.

Hear from a range of experts taking part in the panel — including Victoria Police and Council — on the ways the pandemic is impacting mental health, what impacts this is having on community safety at this time, how local police and support services are responding to this. 

August 2020 | Elder Abuse and Supporting Senior Citizens

Listen to our expert panel from Victoria Police, Better Place Australia, and Glen Eira City Council to discuss elder abuse and what is being done to address this issue.

We looked at the broad range of support services available to senior citizens.