*THERE IS A MEETING AROUND CRIME at 21 LWR MAIN ON 22 DEC at 10h00 THE SAPS, VS AND ADT WILL BE PRESENT.* Any ONW member/s with issues can bring these up at this meeting.
Ja, VS certainly should answer their cell phones.... And, ja.....we certainly should prioritise our high risk areas. I wish the matter of prioritising high risk streets/areas were a simple thing to resolve, but.....there are so many of them..... Off the top of my head: Trill / Station / Milton / Scott.....and Polo to a lesser degree I guess. Apart from all the little side roads where many folk hang around for a bag-snatching / cell-fone-snatching / money-grabbing opportunity to pass them by..... (Robins / Wesley / Lytton / Cook are a few off the top of my head). Neighbourhood Watch Poster Alerts.... ONW members Alida and Kim have been working hard to design and promote large signs ( A2 size [?], costing R180 each ) alerting thugs to their being in a Neighbourhood Watch area. They've come a long way and I'd guess we should certainly have *some* signs up in the suburb by the end of about Feb/Mar 2010. Concerned Observatory residents are going to need to club together to access these signs. C.C.T. gives permission for only 50 to be erected in the suburb. I have already started collecting from folk in my road so that we can at least have one sign up on the cnr of Scott and Robins.....a hot area. Residents actively involved in combatting crime..... There is a small (but growing ?) number of residents who are concerned patrollers in Obs. I wish there were a few more.....especially a few more 2-way radio-holders!! There are those who certainly do their bit and this makes a difference to the areas in which they 'observe'. It gives me a good feeling to know that there are folk rooting for me out there..... 'Drag-nets' for certain blocks ( e.g. Wesley / Scott / Robins / Bishop) ..... It's been suggested (following on your suggestion Brian....) that certain blocks - esp. in the red zone - should be "drag-netted" at night by the SAPS and VS with ONW members present. Anyone passing thru these areas should be checked out and searched (....not by ONW members naturally). I will speak to our Sector Manager to see whether he will come in on the suggestion. I've a hunch that if aspirant thieves / thugs / whatever know that they stand to be searched in random areas and at random times it may serve as some sort of deterrent.... Roadblocks..... SAPS have had a good few roadblocks throughout winter (.....mostly Salt River area and one of late in Station Road) where I have seen folk arrested for drunk driving. I also saw someone being searched by the dog squad for drugs..... We could always do with more......but there's a major staff problem in the SAPS..... ? So ja.......much the ONW has come a long way........*we still have some distance to go...............and......groan....**we're working on it in our own very Observatorian-kinda-way.....* Thanks to all those really do make a concerted effort to be actively watchful and helpful (in whatever ways) out there. Sometimes I find it hard to believe we've achieved so much..... You're a great mover and shaker Brian. Never forgetting the Amery 'Brian.......' to whom I'm also eternally grateful. Without BA we'd not have Vetus Schola who have made a *tremendous *difference to Obs. Come on back BB !!! On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Brian Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > Vetus Schola can not be everywhere. Neither can ADT. Or SAPS. > Prioritise your high risk areas and deploy your resources accordingly. > Station Road and Scott Road have high volumes of pedestrian traffic, in > both > directions, morning and evening. > So does Trill Road. > Close the Wrensch Road subway. > Mend the fences along one side of the railway line. > Crime in this suburb can be managed and defeated. > Have you planned an offensive against crime? > Set up some roadblocks, with the help of SAPS. > BG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian & Sue Amery" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2009 12:41 PM > Subject: RE: [obsid] Failed attempt to call Vetus Schola > > > > Sorry Rob. > > I will raise this with Vetus Schola on Monday - it is unacceptable that > > they > > do not reply to the cellphone. > > Matthew Jellen receives the ONW posts and I will copy him in on this > > group's > > postings. > > Brian Amery for Obsid > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On > > Behalf Of Rob Gaylard > > Sent: 18 December 2009 04:07 PM > > To: Observatory Improvement District - Chat > > Subject: [obsid] Failed attempt to call Vetus Schola > > > > Just to alert you to the fact that my first attempt to contact the > > mountain side VS patrol vehicle just failed. I called 3 times on the > > 072 063 1653 number between 15.30 and 15.50 this afternoon (18 > > December) but no response - just silence. It didn't even ring. Why the > > call? At around this time in the afternoon a steady stream of mainly > > working women walk up Scott Rd to Main Road to catch buses and taxis. > > They are an soft targets for muggers and bag-snatchers. An attempt had > > been made to snatch someone's bag. The woman hung on and the man ran > > off fowards Salt River. I heard the commotion and went out cellphone > > in hand, phoned VS - no response. (n any case, the man was long gone. > > But it would be a good idea for VS to be aware of the problem, make > > sure their phones are working, and regularly patrol Scott Road from > > about 3.30 p.m. It might deter the opportunists from Salt River if > > they saw these (hopefully branded) vehicles and came across the odd > > bicycle patrol. Scott and Polo are particularly vulnerable, and Robins > > Rd provides a quick exit to Salt River. (I've stopped asking if the > > CCTV camera on the corner of Scott and Arnold works. 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