Guards walking slowly is not necessarily a bad thing. As long as their eyes and minds are on full alert. Think of the proverbial British bobby - he doesn't march swiftly down the street - he STROLLS. Biddy.
On Jan 20, 8:04 pm, "Matthew Jellen" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Annemarie, > > Thank you for bringing this to my attention. The matter has been > investigated and the security personnel in question has been disciplined in > accordance to our company policy. It would be appreciated if all good and > bad points relating to security be reported. > > Regards > > Matthew > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Brian Amery > Sent: 14 January 2010 08:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [obsnw] Abridged summary of [email protected] - 22 > Messages in 3 Topics > > Thanks Annemarie. Matthew Jellen (the VS manager) is also a member of this > group and he gets these postings. I am sure he will take it up and I will > raise it when next we meet. > Maintaining discipline and standards is an endless and thankless task, but > vevertheless please all of you continue to report such lapses. > Brian > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 3:10 AM, Annemarie du Bois <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Brian, > > I am not sure if this email will reach you, as I cannot seem to sign in to > the site for some reason or another. > > However my concern is that I have notice Vetus Schola guards : > > 1. 2 Guards casually walking up Wrench Road one Sunday morning as they > they were on holiday. They did not seem to concerned what was going on > at the back or side of them. > > 2. 4 Guards standing on Lower Main Road with 1 smoking and deep in > discussion. They looked as though they were off duty as they seemed to be > laughing and joking in a circle on the corner of Trill Road and Lower Main. > This was just before Christmas. > > 3. 2 Gaurds sitting on a small wall at the OBS Junior school and between > the carpark closest to the OBS School teachers parking , which is a small > narrow side road situation and they were definitely not visible from there > or even they could not observe from there. I walked around the block > and then found another one of them walking casually and very slow past the > school. > > My question is , why so many congregated in one small area with very little > exposure for them or any activity and also they all seemed extremely > casual and not on duty at all. > > However I have seen their car driving by on a few occasions and also saw one > guard chasing a thug once , which impressed me at that time. > > However we seem to still have a particularly bad crime situation and that > is of concern. > > Your comment will be appreciated. > > Regards > > Annemarie -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > > [email protected] <mailto:obsnw%[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 2:20 PM > To: Abridged Recipients > Subject: [obsnw] Abridged summary of [email protected] - 22 Messages in > 3 Topics > > Today's Topic Summary > > Group:http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/topics > > * Car <> break-ins, Robins Road [13 Updates] > * Suspicious <> taxi with suspicious passengers [7 Updates] > * Close <> Wrensch Road subway [2 Updates] > > Topic: Car <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/t/33a8e43a64346797> > break-ins, Robins Road > > Eric van der Walt <[email protected]> Jan 12 05:10AM -0800 ^ <> > > FYI - at least two of my neighbours had their cars broken into last > night. It seemed like their locks were jimmied, since I didn't see > any broken glass, and at least one of them could no longer more... > <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/a8272e0fcbfe4daf> > > Bev P <[email protected]> Jan 12 03:25PM +0200 ^ <> > > Ja.......last night was a particularly windy night..... > Thieves / thugs / burglars often work under cover of the wind..... > Pity they weren't caught in the act ! > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:10 PM, more... > <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/c0b818bb808736de> > > Brian Amery <[email protected]> Jan 12 03:37PM +0200 ^ <> > > This is bad news. Vetus Schola do receive these emails so hopefully they > will step up their efforts in the area. Please encourage your neighbours to > report the incidents. The more crime we report in more... > <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/1bde8739bba986e3> > > Bev P <[email protected]> Jan 12 03:47PM +0200 ^ <> > > Also Brian, patrollers have slackened off because of the 2-way radio > problems since 11.12.2009. > There's talk of some of them (i.e. the radios) being re-programmed by > tonight which just might serve more... > <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/1279b68d202f912d> > > Bev P <[email protected]> Jan 12 03:50PM +0200 ^ <> > > Umm, I think that when all the radios are back and functioning we (Obs > radio-holders) should buy some champers and go'n sit on the village green > and get quite plonkers !! > > more... <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/f9491b4c4a35a7fb> > > Kris Marais <[email protected]> Jan 13 08:21AM +0200 ^ <> > > I have spotted Glenn Kennedy a locksmith who worked for Cape Locksmiths > and is an excon, in the Rochester rd and Salt river area, during the > last six weeks.Glenn can open any lock. more... > <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/83e6b5922845edb5> > > Knarf Boatmaker <[email protected]> Jan 13 09:07AM +0200 ^ <> > > *Hi All, > > Glenn Kennedy is the third one right on top. The others well the all have a > storey to tell. > > [image: more... <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/8dc4b52a8ebe31a5> > > Knarf Boatmaker <[email protected]> Jan 13 09:12AM +0200 ^ <> > > *Oops wrong sheet, herewith the right one (well they all possibly wrong - > LOL) > > *[image: > ?ui=2&view=att&th=1262683e1c8d8866&attid=0.1&disp=attd&realattid=ii_1262683e > 1c8d8866&zw] > more... <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/b97f282aa756a5cd> > > Bev P <[email protected]> Jan 13 09:23AM +0200 ^ <> > > No Frank.......that's not Glen Kennedy...... > AND DITTO TO EVERYTHING KRIS SAID ABOUT HIM. > > I think there's a photo of Glen somewhere on this site under PHOTOS ? ? > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at more... > <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/994b0a4c5451bf79> > > Knarf Boatmaker <[email protected]> Jan 13 09:36AM +0200 ^ <> > > *Hi Bev, > > Just look at the other sheet with suspects which said "oops" apoligisch sent > indeed the wrong one, just checked to be sure with all other photo's on the > site. > > Frank* > more... <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/6177b012cca96fdc> > > Bev <[email protected]> Jan 12 11:44PM -0800 ^ <> > > Ja.....under your collection of pics headed **Wanted 2.jpg**, Glen is > found at: > Top row, 3rd on the right. > Sorry.....I didn't see that lot of photos. > > The photo is very small so it's hard to see more... > <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/938fcb8cec638e71> > > Kris Marais <[email protected]> Jan 13 01:29PM +0200 ^ <> > > Frank he is not Glenn. > Glenn is looking through a white barred iron gate in the jpeg in question. > if you send me the other thumbnails jpegs i will identify him for the ONW > regards, more... <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/44d2dfabba2e0288> > > Kris Marais <[email protected]> Jan 13 01:30PM +0200 ^ <> > > yes thats him, third from the left top row > Knarf Boatmaker wrote: > more... <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/92021ca81a0bdab8> > > Topic: Suspicious <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/t/cc4bf54ea50aa1ef> > taxi with suspicious passengers > > Johann du Plooy <[email protected]> Jan 12 03:18PM +0200 ^ <> > > This morning at approx 8:15am my partner reported a taxi parked at the Lower > Wrensch entrance of the Wrensch subway to Vetus Schola. The door of the taxi > was wide open and two suspicious characters more... > <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/8a12c56bf14a2b89> > > Bev P <[email protected]> Jan 12 03:30PM +0200 ^ <> > > Hi Johann, > > I like your suggestion of street maps for VS staff. > It's just got to be difficult for them to know all our streets..... > Another suggestion: your "post" should be sent thru to Brian at more... > <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/b6069d144d7593bc> > > Brian Amery <[email protected]> Jan 12 03:34PM +0200 ^ <> > > Each vehicle has a laminated map. I take your point about training - it has > been mooted before but nothing has happened. I will follow it up. > Brian > > more... <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/c27814897f7b84ab> > > Knarf Boatmaker <[email protected]> Jan 12 03:42PM +0200 ^ <> > > Hi Brian, > > Good to read that there are maps in the vehicles, does that include an > index? > > Frank > > 2010/1/12 Brian Amery <[email protected]> > > more... <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/5b799051c166c03e> > > Brian Amery <[email protected]> Jan 12 03:52PM +0200 ^ <> > > Hi Frank - No it does not. The guys should be learning their way around by > now. > Brian > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Knarf Boatmaker > more... <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/667ab6b457ccf939> > > Rosemary Robins <[email protected]> Jan 12 05:42PM +0200 ^ <> > > If I could see which maps they have, I would be more than willing to do an > index - we are trained to do them properly! The library could also laminate > them. > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Knarf more... > <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/aad0bbfe8132a6f1> > > Trevor Hughes <[email protected]> Jan 12 05:45PM +0200 ^ <> > > > If I could see which maps they have, I would be more than willing to do an > > index - we are trained to do them properly! The library could also > laminate > > them. > > How about some cheap sat nav more... > <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/c3281c442a984b24> > > Topic: Close <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/t/e6801cb5905264c4> > Wrensch Road subway > > "Alan & Aparna" <[email protected]> Jan 12 04:53AM -0800 ^ <> > > I agree with Johann, and I'm glad the poll is not being used as a > basis for action. Even residents, as he points out, might not be the > primary users of the subway - especially given that a fair more... > <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/bc3c4da9611d6501> > > Brian Amery <[email protected]> Jan 12 03:50PM +0200 ^ <> > > The Obsid is proposing to lock the Wrensch Road subway at 22.00 and re-open > it at 6.00, there is no intention to make the honest pedestrians suffer > during the day! We have (by pamphlet drop) more... > <http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw/msg/776b28103dcdf5fa> > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en
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