This is good news but remember having used similar words of encouragements about 1.5 year ago and not much happened in between.
To add to James' excellent tips:- - Park - if possible - in a well lighted area. - Leave all cubbyholes open (unless it holds valuables - which it shouldn't) - Invest in a good alarm system and immobiliser. - Get to know your neighbours and exchange contact details. - Many car breakers are smartly dressed and don't look like criminals. - Don't delay to phone OPS 021 447-1066 if you have any suspicion whatsoever. - Report each and every loss to the COPS and OPS to increase patrols where warranted April records: 53 car owners suffered losses and inconveniences. 37 Car were broken into. 16 Car were stolen. That is nearly 2 each day Take Care and Stay Safe, Frank On 8 May 2012 14:17, James Cowley <[email protected]> wrote: > At this morning's SAPS Joints meeting held 8 May 2012 at the Woodstock > Police Station, held along with our local security providers, CIDs, Metro, > Traffic, the ONW and other unit representatives, the Woodstock Crime > Intelligence Analysis manager Sergeant Andreas, thanked the Metro Cyclops > representative for the tip off given them regarding a perpetrator seen in > the act of removing the windscreen wiper blades from a motor vehicle parked > on Scott Road during the past Saturday morning at 01.20. The camera is > situated on the corner of Scott and Arnold Roads. > Cyclops immediately reported it to the Woodstock SAPS who was already busy > with a night operation in Observatory and arrested the perpetrator. SAPS > found car breaking implements on the perpetrator, the perp who came across > from Woodstock to do his crime in Obs. > > Kindly note, a criminal presumably won't break into your car if there is > nothing to be seen laying on the seats, on the floor, dashboard or at the > rear of the vehicle. > Pilfering off or from vehicles is a problem but cannot really be prevented > by the owner of the vehicle. > What can be prevented is giving cause for a criminal to break into your > vehicle: > > - PLEASE remove any item from your vehicle, no matter how > insignificant it seems to you. > - Look back into your car or on the seat before locking it. I too > have found having dropped my cellular laying on the seat or slipped onto > the floor etc. > - Double check inside the car quickly before walking away from your > vehicle. > - Look back or around the area for a suspicious looking person/s > checking you or the vehicle out. > - If anything seen suspicious, Report It rather than Not reporting it. > > SAPS and Cyclops reckons more notice must be given to suspicious persons > in vehicles driving oddly around, stopping but not disembarking, sitting > around aimlessly, or having followed your vehicle and also stopping behind > your vehicle, or near by. > > Take care > 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. > -- 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.
