Last night SAPS failed to pitch up at our Observatory Community Police Sub Forum meeting ( Sector 1 ) with no explanation. This is part of a trend. They have been arriving later and later at our meetings.
* I look back warmly to the days when we carried out foot patrols together with the Police in the company of some admirable SAPS Sector Commanders. It is some years since I have seen a SAPS Policeman patrolling on foot in Obs. * We have not had a Sector Commander for 3 months. When our Sector Commander was injured we were told that a stand-in would be appointed. It has not happened. * We used to have a Lieutenant Colonel as our Sector Commander. Now we are supposed to have a constable but in practice we have nobody. * If truth be told, I feel that SAPS contribute little to our crime fighting. Their crime figures are totally concealed from the committee and we are only told that a category of crime type has gone up or down. Would you try and run a business without any figures to tell you how you are performing? I have the perception that our crime has improved but no figures to prove it. I believe that the improvement comes almost totally from our own efforts and at our own cost, with almost no help from SAPS. I think the OBSID and the Obs Neighbourhood Watch have performed well against a back ground of marked improvement from the City and the Province. Take care, David David Raphael 072 065 7223 _____ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4898 - Release Date: 03/27/12 -- 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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