Report from James Cowley: At 3.15 am this morning, Tuesday 4 November, I was pulled around by my shoulder by a person who I thought said, ‘Give me that’ (i.e. my cell phone). I was standing on the corner of Trill and Nuttall Roads, ironically talking to the SAPS Emergency 10111 Supervisor about a complaint I was following up on. (I was carrying out a patrol to monitor liquor licence infringements by an establishment in Trill Road.) I realised I had been caught off guard, swung my right arm up and over, clutching my cell phone, and gave a loud shout. I saw over my shoulder another young coloured male directly behind me. Both turned and ran down Trill Road towards the Station. I radioed Vetus Schola for help, giving a quick situation report. The two jumped into a waiting white Nissan which sped off, turning into Herschel Road and then into Station Road towards the bridge. Our CD19 patrol vehicle immediately raced down Station Road, followed in hot pursuit by CD17 (the Vetus Schola 24-hour Reaction Vehicle) and soon after by CD20. The fleeing perpetrators drove onto the N2 eastbound and accelerated. The VS vehicle CD20 then turned back. Before the M22 airport turnoff the fleeing Nissan overtook another vehicle and hit the curb, causing damage to the suspension. It came to a halt, and two suspects jumped out and fled . The Vetus Schola members arrived on the scene and arrested the driver and another accomplice. By chance the Airport Security on a routine patrol saw two fleeing men, apprehended them, and followed their route back to the accident scene. They were handed over to the Woodstock Police Vehicle SW14, which had by then arrived on the scene. (Fortunately Oscar 7 had listening on the ONWradio and telephoned the Shift Officer to request SAPS assistance.) The four suspects were taken to the Woodstock police station and charged with attempted common robbery and with being accomplices. The vehicle was towed back by the SAPS tow truck. After viewing the suspects at the police station I returned down Polo Road at about 5.10 a.m. only to find, that in the two-hour absence of our SAPS and VS patrol vehicles, a rear wheel had been stolen from a Silver Toyota (wheel nuts in the roadway), leaving the vehicle perched on some bricks. The same radio procedure was again followed in contacting SAPS and VS.
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