On Saturday morning our 92-year old neighbour came to us saying that someone had broken into her house and stolen some money (which seems really unfair as she literally has nothing else to steal). The thieves gained access by removing the glass from a big stoep window: carefully removing all the beading and removing the glass intact. Once inside they pried open another window between the stoep and the house and partially removed the burglar bars on the inside.
What's really concerning about this is that the thieves obviously spent a considerable amount of time removing the glass (it took me more than an hour to replace the glass), less than 2m from the pavement - there is only a short wall between the garden and the street. How come nobody noticed someone beavering away at 2am in the morning ? My 2 cents worth is that a foot patrol would have been more likely to pick up this activity - no amount of CCTV cameras will detect someone working behind some bushes, so I share the sentiments expressed by some other members of this group that the move to CCTV seems to have been hasty, and possibly at the expense of our safety. Regards Anton -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
