Yip....like fiddling while Obs burns, huh....
And when 6 year olds *arrive* at school high on Tik it seems the ship is
sinking fairly rapidly.
About a year ago a group of patrollers hounded a Congolese drug dealer out
of the area after he offered Jonathan anything from grass to herion.
He had it all.....no problem.....
He was spotted again not two weeks later (as I recall ?) brazenly hanging
around Scott / Lytton.
We (citizens) are asked repeatedly to work *with* the SAPS and to assist
them.
We are told that they cannot beat crime alone.......that they need help.
I believe a dedicated few Observatory residents have been pretty good at
working with the SAPS.
*What is concerning is that in spite of this there isn't even the feintest
dent where DRUG-RELATED ISSUES are concerned.*
Which seems to beg the question -
Is there a force out there which is bigger than the SAPS ?
Is it that this war against crime CAN'T be dealt with by the SAPS ?
.....even *with *the help of concerned and active citizens.
If not, *why *not ?
Great things have happened in Observatory since the introduction of Vetus
Schola.
I have been very surprised at how folk who have no powers of arrest have
effected so much change in Obs since 15 November 2010.
It has been remarkable !
Leaves me scratching my head somewhat too.....
I have also seen places blaring music after 04h00 in Lower Main Road.
*I thought SHUT-DOWN-TIME WAS 04h00 ???*
***I also frequently **see people drinking on pavements outside pubs in Lwr
Main Rd *(on the Muizenberg side of Trill).
*How is it that these places manage to defy the liquor laws so openly ?
***
There is something rotten going on when one hears that the SAPS are openly
laughed at / jeered at / undermined, when they "raid" or rather "visit" the
offending pubs in Lower Main Road.....
It doesn't bode well either for Observatory or the country as a whole.
It is very disturbing to hear that folk have begun to inject themselves
openly in the streets of Obs in broad daylight.
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Kris Marais <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Bev...........Another example of the very serious and growing drug
> problem in Observatory.
> The amount of Heroin being sold in and distributed from Observatory is
> unacceptable.
> I have become aware of a seven months pregnant woman heroin addict who
> continues to use and prostitute herself and who alleges that a man living
> not very far from the Methodist Church (address has been supplied) continues
> to pimp her and supply her.
> It appears many residents are totally unaware of the existence of and
> extent of the drug trade in Observatory.
> This situation has developed under the noses of SAPS, and a handful of
> residents myself included are becoming increasingly disgruntled at the under
> performance of the SAPS in Observatory. 'Disgruntled' is putting it mildly.
> Vetus Schola with substantially limited powers of arrest and intervention
> (compared to SAPS) is doing a far better job on the streets by far.
>
> * VS rid our streets of the 'car guards' who were a scourge on our
> streets at night. (Car break-burglaries)
> * VS rid our streets of several of the minor street dealers (Drugs)
> * VS has identified six 'drug' houses and is aware of several
> more.The SAPS either dont gather any 'Intelligence', arent aware
> of the problem or dont have the will or resources to do anything
> about it.
>
> The licensed establishments who conduct the bulk of the drug trade
> mentioned above do so with impunity and are openly scornful of the police.
> Groove Lounge closed for business at 08h00 this morning!!!! (as reported by
> VS).
> On the 17th of February the police held a meeting at the Obs Com centre and
> addressed the Liquor license holders in Obs and Ward 57. They were told to
> tow the line or else. They went back to their businesses and carried on as
> before.
> Its mayhem out there neighbours.
> The status quo: police forums, regular meetings with the police, Sector
> meetings, CPF's and the like, is not working. Anybody who says it is is like
> the man standing on the poop deck of the Titanic shouting in a jolly and
> enthusiastic voice *'We're not sinking, no, were not sinking!*
> Kris Marais
>
>
>
> Bev wrote:
>
>> Just been told by a Wesley St resident that she spotted a chap
>> shooting up (three times) in the corner of the Methodist Church
>> grounds, just off the road and in full view of anyone who may have
>> passed by, yesterday.
>>
>> She was at a loss to know what to do so I suggested that if she sees
>> this again to contact Vetus Schola who would assist her.
>>
>>
>>
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