Hi all, Please see the response from Vetus Schola as forwarded to the OBSID
------------------------------------------------------------ Thank you to everybody for the feedback received, negative and positive. This assists our company, Vetus Schola, to constantly take stock of the service we offer and improve where we are lacking. We have tracking installed in all our patrol vehicles and this is checked daily by the responsible manager. Where any shortcomings are identified the manager will institute corrective action in accordance with our disciplinary code. I have personally checked the past two weeks tracking reports and have found no evidence that there have been less frequent patrols than in the past. Our posting for our staff is determined by intelligence received from the SAPF Sector Manager, crime hotspots and information received from the community. The importance of the community cannot be overemphasised as they act as the eyes and the ears for the SAPF, Law Enforcement Agencies and Security Providers. We have found the Observatory community to be very passionate about reducing crime and making it a better place to live and visit. We would like to assure all the residents, businesses and visitors that we are very committed to assist in keeping OBS safe. We have presented Safety Workshops to students residing in Observatory as we believe that education plays an important role in preventing crime. Many of the reported crimes occur as a result of negligence on the part of the victim as laptops, cellphones, GPS units and other valuables are left in full view of persons passing parked vehicles. No attention is given to installing anti- theft devices in vehicles or primary security at residences such as burglar alarms or burglar bars. The criminal element will normally target the weakest link. Our armed response vehicle is dedicated to Observatory only and when not responding, this vehicle is also used to patrol hotspot areas and act as a deterrent for potential perpetrators of crime. This service is not yet profitable, sometimes through lack of service from persons employed in this division, but we have shown our commitment by keeping the vehicle only in the Observatory area for extra visibility. We have strengthened our marketing team for the alarm division and also appointed a Control Room Manager to ensure that problems as highlighted in previous mails do not occur again. Thank you again to all residents who have highlighted their concerns. Patrick Ricketts Operations Director- Vetus Schola Protection Services ----------------------- On Feb 21, 8:11 am, Doug Price <[email protected]> wrote: > When I had Vetus Scholar first put my Alarm in. every day I returned home to > find at least four visatation slips in my letterbox. > > I then reminded the company that the number of slips in my box without a date > on them tells me nothing. > > Over the months the visitation slips grew less and less and then nothing. > > When I complained to Central Control one afternoon a couple of weeks ago, > later that afternoon when I returned home, wow! A visitation slip. That was > the last. I then sent an e-mail to Anton Beyleveldt on 18/02, and this also > met with no response. > > What is going on with Vetus Scholar? Can someone please follow up. > Regards, > > Doug. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Biddy Greene > Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 5:10 PM > To: The Observatory Neighbourhood watch > Subject: [obsnw] Re: Back wheels of a car in driveway stolen in Lwr Wrensch Rd > > We're not very far from Lower Wrensch and have seen neither hide nor hair of > Vetus Schola on this (lower) side of the line for quite some time. Not even > at their erstwhile favourite (and possibly official) meeting spot at the top > of Barrington. What about others living in this area - have you seen any VS > activity recently? > > We had this once before and a complaint was put in, and patrolling was good > after that - for a bit. > > > On Feb 19, 8:23 pm, James Cowley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks > > I am rather getting very worried regarding the amount of emails > > reporting crime, such as this one and the others of late. > > We can ask VS to improve their rounds and am sure it has been done already. > > Believe it or not, Observatory is tying by one crime more than > > Woodstock, lower for the second least crime in the Woodstock Precinct. > > For a few years Obs has been the worst of the four sectors for crime! > > Again this month, by comparing to last year this time, our crime in > > Obs is much less. thanks to VS, SAPS and all else. > > Salt River's crime is the lowest, and has been so for a long time. > > However, many of the perpetrators caught in Observatory is found, > > supposedly, to hail from Salt River. > > But while we are happily sitting in our homes minding our own business > > someone else is running away with it, unnoticed. > > Just before reading your email, my thought was, to get out there and > > just go and do a patrol. But like all of us, I too say I am too busy > > right now. And so, crime goes on unnoticed and unchallenged. > > Like noted in an email or two before, we (ONW) will have to gear up > > ourselves again and get out there. But on behalf of ONW I say, not > > just the few of us as stalwarts, how about Observatory in mass rising up! > > Kind regards > > James > > PS: I just had communication form our SAPS via our ONW radio: > > Cons Mark Berry, our SAPS Obs Area Manager doing a bit of night shift, > > just arrested someone and busy booking him at the CSC. > > So is SW18 our roaming Police vehicle members, also arrested someone > > just recently and booking the case now. > > Just two nights ago, Mr Koopman form VS busted a drug deal or two via > > spot checks and made an important arrest. > > Well done to them! > > > On 19 February 2011 18:16, Natalie Leon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Noticed this afternoon that both the back wheels of a Merc parked in > > > a driveway in LwR Wrensch Rd was gone. Must have been stolen Firday > > > night? > > > Can VSchola up their vigilance in this area plse? The perpetrators > > > clearly do not feel their presence and are smooth about entering and > > > exciting the area. > > > Natalie > > > > -- > > > 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. > > > *James Cowley* > > > *082 926 1220begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 082 926 1220 > > end_of_the_skype_highlighting* > > > *021 448 2824 (t&f)* > > > Observatory Neighborhood Watch: Chairman > > > [image: onw_block.png] > > -- > 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. > > Disclaimerhttp://www.shopriteholdings.co.za/pages/1019812640/disclaimer/E-mail-... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. 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