The following for your further perusal James [image: Reply]Reply [image: More] Woodstock Communication to me show details 13:03 (1 minute ago)
Good day Mr Cowley**** ** ** The purpose of victim support is primarily to calm the victim , to listen to the complaint and to refer to the relevant professional services.**** Therefore , you are quite correct in saying that Saps Refers the victim to the relevant professional service.**** However , this procedure is not only followed in serious cases but in all cases , depending on whether the victim requests it.**** Being a victim of crime is in its own, a very serious matter and therefore , all cases are treated as serious.**** ** ** I wish to add that *Saps members and Victim Support Volunteers DO NOT COUNSEL VICTIMS , but infact , LISTEN AND REFER.* * * For further enquiries regarding victim support , please feel free to contact me.** * * Regards**** ** ** Constable C L Barnard**** Woodstock SAPS**** Social Crime Prevention Officer**** Cell :0827787344**** Tel :021 4423151**** Fax :021 4470293**** ** On 22 September 2011 12:22, James Cowley <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
