Ni Natalie, >From OBSID's side we have had some reports by residents from nr 9 and nr 11 Bedford Road on the incident. As Mark Berry from SAPS noted - the motive is not known so unfortunately we can not speculate whether this was premeditated etc. - or whether any parties involved were residents in Obs. We have supplied SAPS with all the information and contacts we've received and hope they will be able to provide us with more details when they have it.
In regards to visible policing; we are constantly improving on and changing patrols. OBSID's Safety committee works relentlessly to identify crime hotspots and Vetus Schola work closely with SAPS to relay info when needed. As for preventative measures we are doing all we can in structuring public safety patrols where needed. The key to this is having statistics from the public in order to prevent crime. We continue encouraging the public to report *any and all* suspicious behaviour no matter how trivial as this is often what prevents the crimes from taking place. *please note that you need not leave your name or details at the requests. Vetus Schola will respond to everything as instructed by OBSID. With these reports we can identify suspicious characters and regular offenders - as well as hotspots. OBSID spends the majority share of it's budget on Safety and we take the situation very seriously. SAPS continuously note that the OBSID is really making a difference where crime is concerned and we hope to continue on this trend until a truly safe suburb can be a reality. With this said, neighbouring areas do not all have improvement districts and from my own experience, driving into some neighbouring suburbs feels like a different province, compared to Obs. Feel free to contact me if you have any queries in this regard. Best regards, Ancois <http://goog_1464495583> <http://goog_1464495583>OBSID<http://obsid.org.za/>: Observatory Improvement District 41 Station road, Observatory [email protected] / [email protected] *tel*: 021 448 7090 *fax*: 086 639 4005 OBSID website <http://www.obs.org.za/improvement-district/> Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/Observatory.Improvement.District> Twitter <https://twitter.com/#%21/OBSID_Obs> ONW Google group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/obsnw> iloveobs Google group <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/iloveobs> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Natalie Leon <[email protected]>wrote: > My sense is that whether it is a resident or not, a drug incident or not, > having someone murdered in our neighbourhood is the height of criminal > activity and a pretty scary thing to happen in our neighbourhood. The fact > that this happened, as with the murder in front of a pub last year, means > that there is enough opportunity for criminal activity and that the > people/criminals who perpetrated crime /murder do not feel enough of a > disincentive to operate here. I accept that type of violent crime may not > be necessarily be planned and prevented, but I suggest we use these > incidents as an opportunity to review/ and look at how to increase our > visible policing. From our Obsid experience, do we know anything more about > this incident that would help explain the background? > > Regards > Natale > > > On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 9:20 AM, David Raphael <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ** ** ** >> >> *Thanks Mark. It sounds like excellent work by the Police to make arrests >> so fast. It is great when you tell us what is going on.* >> >> * * >> >> *Take care,* >> >> * * >> >> *David* >> >> * * >> >> *David Raphael***** >> >> * 072 065 7223* >> >> **** >> >> * * >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From:* mark [mailto:**[email protected]**] >> *Sent:* 20 July 2011 20:11 >> *To:* David >> *Subject:* Re: Information on last night**'**s murder?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> No david, he was a nigerian, there were 2 arrests made, motive still >> unknown, but we suspect that it was a drug deal gone bad. I will let you >> know as soon as we know the facts, the two suspects were a white male and a >> white female. Happened infront of nr 11 ****bedford**** rd.**** >> >> Sent via my BlackBerry from Vodacom - let your email find you!**** >> ------------------------------ >> >> *From: *"David Raphael" <[email protected]> **** >> >> *Date: *Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:04:55 +0200**** >> >> *To: *<**[email protected]**>**** >> >> *Cc: *<[email protected]>; **'**Sup. Lotz**'**< >> [email protected]>; <**[email protected]**>; < >> [email protected]>**** >> >> *Subject: *Information on last night**'**s murder?**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *Mark,* >> >> * * >> >> *Can you tell us anything about last night’s murder?* >> >> * * >> >> *A resident of Collinwood rang me to ask about it. Apparently there was a >> big pool of blood in her road. She had heard that a man had been found with >> his throat cut.* >> >> * * >> >> *Who was he? * >> >> *Was he a resident?* >> >> *Should we be putting out a warning to residents? Naturally residents are >> worried.* >> >> * * >> >> *Thanks* >> >> * * >> >> *David* >> >> * * >> >> *David Raphael***** >> >> * 072 065 7223*** >> >> **** >> >> ** ** >> ------------------------------ >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3776 - Release Date: 07/20/11 >> >> -- >> 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. 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