Below is an example of how crime reporting is emailed to residents in next door neighbourhoods.
I believe we need to do the same or better. To do this we need to persuade SAPS Woodstock to work with us and release the information and someone from our community to write it up. Any offers please? Take care, David David Raphael 072 065 7223 _____ From: Lanham Family [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 19 August 2011 17:41 To: John and Gill Lanham Subject: RNW Newsflash 94 of 2011 Conviction in Alma Rd robbery/MV wiper theft/SAPS feedback/Wheelie Bin Collection VISIT THE RNW WEBSITE AT http://www.contextsolutions.co.za/rnw/ Dear Residents 1. Alma Rd conviction Residents may remember the incident in February, when a house-sitter was confronted by a burglar while on the phone to the home-owner, who was away in Johannesburg. SAPS contacted the house-sitter this week, to inform him that a 5 year prison sentence had been handed down. Below is a synopsis of the incident - it is the perfect illustration of a community, SAPS and ADT working together towards a satisfactory outcome. a) The home-owner was in Johannesburg on businesss, and phoned her house-sitter. While still on the phone to him, he indicated that he had had heard a noise - she then heard a crash and shouting and the phone went dead. b) She phoned Brooklands Guest House in Surbiton Rd and asked them to call ADT and tell that them that it was an emergency. (She couldn't immediately locate ADT's number on her phone - now corrected!) c) She phoned the opposite neighbour, told her that something was happening and to please call someone. SAPS Mowbray was called, as was ADT. d) Some unknown ladies also helped the SAPS vehicle find the correct number, when they started turning down towards the railway line. ALMA RD is a very confusing road. It starts on Main Rd, "goes under" the railway line,crosses Liesbeek Parkway and then heads up to the Common. It also frequently gets confused with ELMA Rd in Rondebosch. f) In spite of this all, the response time of both SAPS and ADT was excellent. "Luckily yesterday turned out ok - the 30 or so minutes from when the phone went dead until my house-sitter was able to phone me back and say he was ok, were very very long and hard to endure, given what noises I had heard. Thanks to everyone who helped out - having a sense of neighbourhood and community is what makes it bearable for me." 2. Theft of wipers from motor vehicle (Liesbeek Rd) On Monday, the wipers were stolen from a car parked outside a house in Liesbeek Rd. The owner has parked in the street for 8 years without incident. Hopefully this is not the start of a new "theft craze", now that most of the brass numbers and letterbox flaps have been stolen from our neighbourhood. 3. News from SAPS (Mowbray) 3.1 Volunteers for the Comfort Room 6 residents from the precinct (4 from the RNW area) attended an intensive, excellent training course run by a psychologist, who is very experienced in this support work, both in the UK and locally, at the Claremont SAPS Trauma Support facility. The purpose of these volunteers is to provide initial support/comfort after an incident, to those who need it and to direct them to other services if need be. They are NOT QUALIFIED COUNSELLORS, so we are calling on the many qualified psychologists in Rosebank, to consider offering their OCCASIONAL services, should circumstances require this. This would be an occasional debriefing session for the volunteers or support for a police officer/trauma victim in certain instances. Please contact Jonathan Hobday should you be able to offer your time on an occasional,voluntary basis. [email protected] 3.2 Domestic Workers/Gardeners Workshop Unfortunately, attendance at this workshop was poor, although the presentation was apparently very good. A precis of the top crime prevention tips will be drawn up and circulated. 3.2 Reporting Corruption within the SAPS. Lt Col Dyers, the station commander of Mowbray SAPS, has urged members of the public to report any incidents of corruption within SAPS to the following number: 080 0701701. For more information see www.psc.gov.za 3.3 Brickbats/Bouquets for SAPS Generally, we enjoy a very good relationship with the Police Stations in our cluster viz Claremont, Rondebosch and Mowbray. There will always be complaints about service - please direct them to the Station Commander or to Jonathan Hobday, who Chairs our Community Police Forum. Those of us who have been involved in the RNW for years have seen a huge improvement since we first started 20 years ago. We have many new vehicles (we used to have about 2 old skedonks - one of which seemed to be permanently in for repairs), the event of Visible Policing has resulted in drastically improved response time and a sense of security in the neighbourhood as the vehicles are on patrol 24/7 and even case numbers are now speedily despatched via sms. 2 of the RNW volunteers on the above mentioned course, were there SPECIFICALLY as a result of incredible SAPS kindness after a case of fraud (where the bank was not especially interested) and a case of bag theft at a large chain store, where there was NO support given by store security. Thank you's - either direct, or again via Jonathan, are always hugely appreciated. Wheelie Bin Collection I have just received the following from our Councillor. "The city has a contingency plan for the collection of refuse. We will be working all night Friday as well as Saturday and Sunday to make sure the backlog has been collected.Please keep your black bins outside until 9pm if not collected. Feel free to contact me any time this weekend. With best wishes Cllr Matthew Kempthorne Ward councillor : Ward 58 Office 021 794 2493 / Cell 084 681 0012 PLEASE BE VIGILANT - our neighbours to the south of the Common (RCID) have had a recent surge of incidents - mainly "smash and grabs" - vehicles of the smarter variety, have been involved. best wishes Gill Lanham * Please report ALL security incidents within the Rosebank Neighbourhood Watch area to Gill Lanham at [email protected] or tel. 021 689 9258 even if the incident has already been reported to the police and/or ADT. This is the only way we can keep everyone up to date with what is happening in our community. * This service acts in good faith, in distributing the information received. The onus is on those providing the information to check its accuracy, and if necessary to consult with anyone who might be adversely affected by its distribution. * Please help neighbours who don't have email by printing out and/or passing on messages you think they need to see. * Please report any suspicious activity that might need investigation to ADT's control room at 086 1212 300. However, if you suspect that criminal activity is in progress or you feel in danger, report it immediately to the police on 0798941466 (sector policing van in our area) or 10111 (flying squad) as well as to ADT's emergency number 086 12 12 301 and/or press your panic button. IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Mowbray police station: 021 680 9580 Mowbray sector policing number: 0798941466 Police emergency service: 10111 ADT emergencies: 086 12 12 301 ADT control room: 086 12 12 300 Fire: 107 Ambulance: 10177 Meet and Greet Service 021 508 8810 Copperheads" toll-free number 0800222771 Shift commander 0823028689 Nuisance Dogs: 086 076 5423 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1392 / Virus Database: 1520/3844 - Release Date: 08/19/11 -- 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.
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