Attention: Capt Mohl - Woodstock Visible Policing Head Thanks Chris Glad you took note of the sound around you, often the tell tale to something happening in the road or around the house etc. Your email is hereby forwarded to SAPS for their crime information awareness etc, although it happened a few days ago.
At the Woodstock CPF meeting this evening the Woodstock Station Commander again noted to all of us to be vigilant of odd things happening around us, not leaving anything big or small, valuable or invaluable on the seats of motor vehicles, be careful of leaving doors or windows of homes or businesses wide open or unprotected. SAPS's greatest difficulty is how to tell or communicate to the public i.e don't do this but do that etc, in order to diminish opportunities or temptations for muggers or thieves to target homes, businesses, vehicles or the public etc. Re your matter of the thorny opportunistic thief, one should always let our Observatory Public Safety (OPS) i.e Vetus Schola and SAPS know that you had an incident in order for them to look out for the perpetrator asap, in the hope of still catching up to him, or preventing him trying his luck again around the corner. Kind regards and thanks for your tip of assessing ones valuables. James *James Cowley* *082 926 1220* *021 448 2824 (t&f)* Observatory Neighborhood Watch: Chairman ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chris <[email protected]> Date: 7 February 2012 17:14 Subject: [obsnw] Fishing expeditions, a thorny issue. To: [email protected] Last week (Tuesday, 31 Jan, 6:30pm) we thwarted an attempted fishing expedition through our front window. We heard our venetian blinds making an unusual noise and upon inspection scared away someone collecting items from our bedroom with a very thorny stick, about 2.5 metres long. By the time we opened the front door the person had run out of sight. It was lucky we had interrupted him when we did because there were a number of my wife's empty handbags and accessories strewn over our front yard, it appears however that he ultimately ran away without anything of value. The window *was* open at the time and we have been conscious to not leave valuables within perceivable reach of the window as we have been victim of clever fishing attempts in the past. This guy however managed to grasp a storage basket that was about 3 metres away from behind a table that would have been barely visible to him. The thorny stick he used was obviously highly effective for the task at hand, managing to snag and pull the basket over to access it's contents. *I would advise anyone who may be in the same predicament to carefully assess the security of their valuables*. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/obsnw/-/ChzmgeMlD5QJ. 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.
