At around 02h30 this morning my partner and I were woken by screaming and fighting in the street in Lower Main Road. A group of young men and women who had just come from Gandalf's down the street (each word could be heard in the house at the volume at which they were screaming). They were involved in a loud fight as one of the young men had apparently just thrown a bottle through someone's car window on the way from Gandalf's and some of the party were highly upset about it.
The noise continued to escalate as they were obviously heavily intoxicated. At some point police van SW24 drove past, slowed down and continued driving. One or two ADT vehicles also arrived and parked to watch the scene. Police van SW22 arrived and parked and the officer simply stood and stared at this group shouting and screaming and threatening to injure one another. We called obs security and were informed that Gandalfs was closed and there was nothing to be done. When we addressed the police officer to ask what he's going to do about this noise / disturbance (he was obviously enjoying the scene and finding it quite amusing) - this group didn't seem to pay any attention to our requests to move along, he simply got in the van and drove off. We're used to the usual Thursday night Gandalf's crowds stumbling home / to other clubs down the road, making a bit of noise, but this was going on from around 02h30 to 03h15. One of the women in the group continually told the policeman that this guy had damaged someone's car by throwing something through their window and asking if there were any cyclopses / cctv cameras so he could be arrested, at least one of them was bleeding, another was allowed to drive off without so much as a breathaliser and the noise was allowed to continue without any attempt by the police to stop it. How is it possible that the police can just allow this kind of disturbing behaviour? -- 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] WEB: www.obswatch.org.za ---------------------------------------------- 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
