Dear Observatory, At the moment there are only 396 registered members on this website. In my opinion, every ONW member has to make the effort to tell people about the ONW Google Group and encourage them to join, in order to make residents and businesses aware of the crime in Obs. Johnny Wessels and Bev (aka Miss Marple) are both correct when they say (in previous posts) that a lot of crime is not being reported. This may also be the case in not reporting crime to Woodstock SAPS, who use such information in planning their crime prevention operations. One way of promoting the website would be to distribute flyers about the ONW to homes and businesses in Obs. Perhaps the ONW/OCA can provide some funding towards promoting the ONW and make people aware of the benefits of joining. After all, it is free and to repeat advice I was given by a reformed burglar: "Know your neighbours, know your street." It is also high time that another public meeting is held by the ONW to inform the community about progress and successes in fighting crime in Obs. Brian Gray --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~
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