Mount Maunganui Community Patrol chairman George Pocock and Community Constable Rachel Walker are playing their part in keeping number plate thefts down by participating in the Safe Plates Day this weekend.
Community patrol members and police are going to be at Bunnings Warehouse Mount Maunganui from 9am on Sunday, May 22, using special tools to better secure number plates for any car owner.

Unique screws and a screw driver are used to re-attach plates.
Police say the method makes number plates difficult to steal and since the campaign started in the Western Bay of Plenty three years ago, no plates have been stolen from vehicles that underwent the procedure.
'It's a good partnership between community patrols and police and it's a way of getting in our community and doing a good crime prevention strategy,” says Rachel.
Tauranga police say the number of plate thefts has come down in recent months, but believe more car owners taking advantage of previous Safe Plate Days has contributed to the drop.
Two weeks ago there were six petrol drive offs in Tauranga during a 24-hour period and two of the thieves used stolen number plates. A petrol drive off is when a person fills their car with petrol at a service station and drives off without paying.
Those who attend the Safe Plates Day also get the opportunity to talk to police about crime prevention.
The group patrols the streets of Mount Maunganui, acting as the 'eyes and ears” for police.
It costs a gold coin donation to have number plates secured.