I omitted the SAPS email contact details, as herewith. James ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: James Cowley <[email protected]> Date: 22 September 2011 12:22 Subject: SAPS Woodstock Victim Support To: [email protected], [email protected]
As a note of information and as discussed with the Woodstock Police 2i/c, Lieutenant Colonel Redelinghuys: When a victim of crime is visited by SAPS at the scene, or place of meeting with SAPS, the SAPS member/s should as part of their procedures, and form filling in sequence, offer the victim counselling support. This counselling will be undertaken at the Woodstock Police Station at a facility well provided for and neat, both for minors and adults. Incidentally, the facilities are much to thanks for kind benefactors and willing hands from the local four communities inclusive of Observatory. The victims are generally to make their own way to the Police centre for this support. This counselling session is apparently basic in that the victim is able to relate to the incident, statements could be taken or more detail could be noted down, support is offered to phone immediate relatives or friend for assistance, assistance is given to close banks accounts re stolen cards etc, ertc. I suspect more professional counselling services may be provided for by SAPS in severe cases, but Sergeant Hilton Malila is best to be approached for finer detail. *He can be contacted at: 021 442 3100 or 082 499 3871.* Should this service not have been offered by the SAPS members attending to the incident, a complaint may be raised by the affected person/s, for further investigations to be undertaken by the local SAPS department etc. I stand to be corrected should my information not be exact, but not held accountable for an error in the above. James *James Cowley* *082 926 1220* *021 448 2824 (t&f)* Observatory Neighborhood Watch: Chairman -- 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.
