3 Dec 2025

Smart watch doubling as alarm helping to reduce police callouts

From Checkpoint, 4:35 pm on 3 December 2025

A smart watch that doubles as an alarm for women at risk of family violence is helping to reduce police callouts. The social service Help at Hand has provided 1200 of the violence prevention watches to organisations including some women's refuges and data shows it's making a difference. Amy Williams reports.