Really, do you honestly think that the criminals who are burglaring, selling drugs or breaking into cars in Obs have the inclination to go onto a google group to stake out victims???? What utter, unrealistic rubbish. Now, if you where Johnny Depp and were posting where you live, where you run and where you play billard ( I thought it was pool) that would be another story...
On Jan 28, 2:43 pm, "Johnny Wessels" <[email protected]> wrote: > if examples are given, then it will defeat the object of keeping it under > wraps now, would'nt it? we don't want the wrong eyes getting a refresher > course. > i do agree with this being a forum where one can obtain info and part with > it regarding the majority of crime being committed-as you mention,it is > mostly petty- but where the biggies are concerned, as Helen pointed out, one > could pass the info on to the cops and let them decide whether they want to > part with it. ( i am fully aware that our SAPS are tapped for man power, but > Dave once mentioned that they peruse this site often. when they do that, is > it not possible for them to also forward relevant info which is pertinent ? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Gaylard" <[email protected]> > To: "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:43 PM > Subject: [obsnw] Re: Information needed on Drug operations > > > BTW we do in fact exercise caution. The police tell us if there is > > information which they don't want publicised, and of course we respect > > this. I think it far more likely that the residents of Obs are going > > to benefit from the exchange of information on this site - rather than > > the criminals. Most crime in Obs is of a fairly casual, opportunist > > nature and I doubt that these people log into the google group, or are > > aware of its existence. Would you really prefer not to know what is > > going on around you? I would think that the benefits of this forum far > > outweigh the risks. But if you feel that there is particular > > information that should not be shared, it would help to know what you > > have in mind, with perhaps one or two examples. > > Rob- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
