Dear Frank, I was speaking to Bronwen Hobbs ( an urban designer) who was talking about why crime hot spots occur...she said that one of the biggest problems with crime is the 'deadspots' created by lack of windows facing the street...I see that we have that in our house along the Oxford Road sign. I wondered if this was a problem in other hotspots too? If so, I am sure we can put some windows onto the road. We also have a high front wall (but it is broken by the gate along the side). Do you know if these factors are adding to crime in Obs? Regards,Nicci
Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 14:27:27 +0200 Subject: Re: [obsnw] RE: Problem Trill/Oxford - Early sunday morning From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Thanks Nicci, During one of the security meetings your corner and streets were identified as one of the 7 crime hotspots through http://www.turnitaround.co.za/network/observatory-nhw This hotspots receive additional patrols and attention. Sadly no matter what, crime can always take place anywhere and any time around the corner and it is here were we are thankful for residents - like you - to phone Vetus Schola at 021 447-1066 If every resident took this trouble to report suspicious events -and be the eyes and ears -there would be very little crime indeed. It would further be ideal if everybody took only say Station Road to make this a Safe Road by night but it will be difficult to implement. Frank On 7 June 2011 12:54, David Raphael <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks Nicci, I will see the matter is followed up, Take care, David David Raphael 072 065 7223 From: Nicci Attfield [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 07 June 2011 12:30 To: [email protected] Subject: Early sunday morning Hi David, First of all I hope that you are well. Just to let you know that on Sunday morning at around 5:30 am, a woman sounded like she was attacked outside of our house (corner of Oxford and Trill). she was screaming (which woke us up). We called V S urgently and they arrived within a few minutes. After we turned our lights on, the men bothering the woman seemingly let her go free because she then walked down the road crying. V S didn't see anything at all. I'm not entirely sure what happened, but I think that we should report it to you because people walk down Trill Raod all of the time from the clubs and the hospital and should know that it may not always be safe, Thanks for the work you do continually for the community, Nicci -- 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. -- 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.
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