Passing by a non local parked vehicle in Nelson Road on Thursday evening 19 July around 21.30 while on an ONW foot patrol, I noticed some of the usual items lay in the parked vehicle, typical items which owners leave in their vehicles while they have a good time for an hour or three in one of our local lekker 70 odd licenced pubs, restaurants or clubs, or homes or businesses, items which draw the criminal element to Observatory and factor of our high crime rate in our lovely suburb.
I reported to the OPS Controller that a jacket and a handbag, begging to be stolen, are laying on the seat and floor of the silver Honda FES 367 GP but that OPS should keep an eye around the area, and suggested that the owner/s probably being at the Lion Corner pub, should be contacted before it is stolen. Guarenteed, should a needy onlooker have passed by that vehicle, another 'theft out of motor vehicle' incident would have taken place, never sure if it would get reported to SAPS because it is too much trouble, and easier to drive off and have the damage repaired via insurance claims etc, etc. The ONW have suggested numerous times for residents or businesses to ask their visitors/patrons, before they get too comfortable settling down, to please go and check and remove any exposed items off the seat, floor, dashboard or gear-lever arch of their vehicles, before it is stolen. But alas, more security, more relaxed, more crime, more complaints, more talk, bla bla - another crime. What does one do, if you have little - you look after it - but if you have much, ag los dit maar daar, ne? James On 21 July 2012 17:10, Lion Corner <[email protected]> wrote: > Two weekends in a row that customers cars were broken into in Lower Main > road at Lion Corner. Hope that we can get more patrols from OBSID in the > area. We would like to appoint a car-guard in the area but obviously not > just anyone of the street. Any ideas? Please contact [email protected] > > -- > OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room > ---------------------------------------------- > 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 > > For all emergencies please dial 10111 > > ---------------------------------------------- > ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: [email protected] > ---------------------------------------------- > > 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 https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en > -- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room ---------------------------------------------- 021-447-1066 072-063-1653 For all emergencies please dial 10111 ---------------------------------------------- ONW: 082 081 0142, ONW email: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------- 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 https://groups.google.com/d/forum/obsnw?hl=en
