Trixie Sampson is heading the Five Fingers Guide to Community Youth Safety, outlining an ‘ABCDE’ to guide young people if they feel unsafe.

Ms Sampson’s son was riding his bike home from school when he was assaulted by three youths, who filmed their actions.

The youths took the 10-year-old’s bike from him before he continued towards home on foot. The youths pursued him, physically assaulting him, causing him distress.

Ms Sampson said herself and other mothers had created a guide focusing on five key points to community safety and awareness.

“A is avoid a situation if it doesn’t feel safe; B is buddy, for each young person to have a family member or trusted person to support them if they need; C is consent, don’t let anyone record or take photos of you without your consent; D is don’t keep secrets, if someone tells you to keep a secret that feels wrong or scary, tell an adult; and E is escalate, if you’re feeling unsafe or you have been hurt, speak to a trusted adult for further help to take action, and if it’s urgent, call triple zero,” she said.

“It's to create community awareness and social safety. We are working together to put these key steps forward so parents can feel a bit safer and create that communication for their children.”

Horsham Inspector Caroline Johnson encouraged people to call police immediately if they witness anyone being assaulted or victimised.

“By all means call triple zero and we'll get some units down there as quickly as we can – we're not tolerating anything like that in our community,” she said.

“We are running Operation Shelter during the school holidays, which will see an increased police presence across the area engaging with our youth.

“It's not just about dealing with the youths that are causing some issues – it's about youth seeing us and giving them the opportunity to come to us and report something, because a lot of it is under-reported.”

Inspector Johnson said school principals, support service Orange Door and other stakeholders were engaged in the initiative.

“Success is also very dependent on the offenders being open to the help that they can be offered,” she said.

“At some point, they've got to stand up and accept that it's their offending behaviour that they have to change.”

People who have been victim to assaults in the past are encouraged to report to police - there is no statute of limitations on an assault.

“We are concerned about the trauma these incidents are causing for our children, and the families of our children,” Inspector Johnson said.

“We want the reports because the second we get a report, then we've got a victim that we can talk to and that we can help to do the healing that they've got to go through, because it will have been traumatic.”

Inspector Johnson said police have dedicated tasking in place for priority patrol areas, which form part of their daily operations.

“We're doing a lot of work at the moment, we have a proactive policing unit that attends schools, and we're all about educating the youth in our community as well,” she said.

“Currently, we only know what we know, sometimes incidents are not reported to us. If your child is a victim, or you are a victim, call triple zero and make a report so we can do the investigation.”

Inspector Johnson said youth resource officers worked to intercept young people as they offended and divert them to appropriate support agencies.

She said if offending continued, police had no hesitation in arresting individuals and putting them before the courts.