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Crime rates were climbing steeply at suburban train stations across Melbourne in the years before Victoria Police decided to strip them of security officers, new data reveals.

Protective services officers were stationed at the city’s 192 train stations between 6pm and the last train from 2010 but, in April, they were pulled from 119 stops and redeployed to the CBD and major suburban stations.

The force said the strategy would allow it to make best use of police resources.

However, data obtained by this masthead…

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