I live and work in Obs and I do see regular patrols from the cars and the bicycles in the Lower Main and Station Road areas. Must admit I have not seen them in Arnold St - but then I am inside most of the time after work. Let's all stay positive!
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Biddy Greene <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm so glad someone else has also brought this up. I still have > *never* seen a bicycle (and I drive through lower Obs quite a bit, and > I work near a window). We've seen the car twice, but even that isn't > okay as the following story perhaps demonstrates: > A couple of nights ago VS woke us up at 01.30 to tell us we'd left a > car window open. That was quite correct, but why didn't they notice > this at e.g. 19.30 or 22.30...? (hypothetical 3-hourly passing by our > house, which is surely not too much to expect). I have a sneaking > suspcion that they very seldom come down the short roads such as ours > is. But we pay the same as everyone else for their service! Frankly > I'm starting to feel sceptical about whether the patrols are doing > their job 24-7 even in the longer streets. I very much hope I'm wrong; > we need this thing to work. > > Biddy in Perth Road. > > On Dec 3, 9:49 am, brian amery <[email protected]> wrote: > > Shift change is at 7. They come up to the office. It is the time they > > tend to fill out reports, swap radio batteries and so forth. I know it > > is a weakness -SAPS suffers the same problem at 6 - but VS remain > > alert with their radios and phones on and are still able to respond > > quickly. > > Brian Amery for Obsid > > > > On Dec 3, 8:16 am, Gill <[email protected]> wrote:> I have a walk > most mornings for about half and hour around 7-8am in > > > lower Obs and I have not yet seen Vetus Schola! Can someone tell me > > > where they are at this time of day? I know they are around later 11ish! > > -- > 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 > -- 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
