So the quickest and most efficient way is to call then to you. If we waste enough resources doing this they might make a plan... Here's hoping :-) On Jun 6, 2012 1:59 PM, "Trevor Hughes" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Eric van der Walt < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi James, >> >> I know it's important to report this sort of thing, but I must also >> confess to being overwhelmed by apathy -- it's hard to believe that the >> police will ever win this fight and, to be honest, I don't have the time or >> energy to deal with a trip to the station. I don't suppose there's a >> "quick and easy" way to report this sort of thing? Replacing the wheel has >> already cost me cash and a couple of hours out of my work day, and it just >> seems like salt in the wound to take time off work to go and stand in >> queues to fill out paperwork that will disappear into a filing cabinet >> somewhere. >> >> > This is so true - even when my motorcycle was stolen a while after the > insurance company had me sign a paper saying they could ask the police for > progress. The case was already closed and it clearly landed on a detectives > desk and after the minimum amount of time and no investigation he close the > case. > > So yes a stolen wheel is just an irritation to the police - so there > shoudl be simple way t file an official police report of crime - just for > the purposes of recording that a crime has taken place - as even if you > insist on an investigation there will be none! In the early days of > neighbour hood watch we had a affadavit form that you could fill in and > submit but I don;t think that was looked on with much favour by SAPS. > > There needs to be a speed queue (for people who have filled in their own > documentation - or even better a fixed place nearby - like the Library - > where a police officer is avaialble for a couple of hours on a regular day > each week to take complaints. > > And then they really need to simply their forms - with making you sign > affadavits that you are telling the truth its almost like they are treating > you with contempt for the start - clearly lots of people make false > statements for various reasons but I think they sometimes take it a bit > far. Then there is the form you just "have to sign" The one where there are > several checkpoints to tick stating the police have told yo of your rights > - such as to be informed f progress in the case, a method of complaining if > you are not satisfied with the service and asking if you need victim > support. They just pretick all the boxes and ask you to sign - they explain > nothing - and if you ask you get varying responses. > > My best ever time to report a complaint was twenty minutes - and thats > where I called them and they came to me. Obvioulsy going to the police > station you will be lucky to be finished in and hour and more if you have > to drive from far (even more if you rely on public transport.) > > Add to that that we hear all the time of the police actively discouraging > people laying complaints for what can only be assumed to be their sheer > laziness in not wanting to take the statement and fill in all 7 forms and > huge brown folder for someone who almost stole your bag in a mugging! > > So yes a simple quick and accurate way to report a crime is desparately > needed. > > Trev > > -- > 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.
