Thanks Frank, I realise it's going to be a sensitive area to address when I spoke to my 'local' cafe owner about the possibility of 'sealing' this route and he was horrified that I hadn't considered the children who use it. The fact remains that it is used by criminals quite a lot as well. What to do? This is the 6th incident in Robins road in the short stretch between Scott and Bishop since I moved here in January. A good start would probably be a camera like they put up at the corner of Station and Wesley in my opinion.
On 09/04/2015, Frank Schuitemaker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jenny thank you for bringing this up, > > The Shelley Road Sport Fields a.k.a. Kipling Road Fields has indeed been a > source of crime for many decennia. > > Its difficult to estimate the crime factor but was thought at one stage to > be between 15% to up to 30% at times. > > A worrying factor is that it's regarded as a no go area especially at night > as violence is a pertinent factor. > > A 14 page confidential report was written years ago "SHELLY ROAD SPORTS > FIELDS - The Challenges & Solutions. > > A holistic approach involving a dozen of organisations was recommended but > never implemented as far as I'm aware. > > Maybe a matter of too much to be done between to few persons? > > On 9 April 2015 at 12:31, Jenny Calder <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On my walk to the shops this morning I noticed another car break-in in >> Robins road close to the Bishops Road entrance. The window was smashed >> and >> an array of goods lying all over the car. I couldn't find the owner of >> the >> vehicle. Robins Road certainly appears to be a hot-spot for crime and I >> once again question whether the easy access (and escape route) to Shelley >> Park is perhaps something that should be addressed in the very near >> future. >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room >> >> TEL: 021-447-1066 or 072-063-1653 >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> EMERGENCIES: 10111 >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ONW email: [email protected] >> WEB: www.obswatch.org.za >> FACEBOOK: facebook.com/obswatch >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Other Useful Obs Numbers: obs.org.za/obsdir >> >> 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. >> > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room > > TEL: 021-447-1066 or 072-063-1653 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > EMERGENCIES: 10111 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ONW email: [email protected] > WEB: www.obswatch.org.za > FACEBOOK: facebook.com/obswatch > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Other Useful Obs Numbers: obs.org.za/obsdir > > 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood Watch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/obsnw/x0A8Mk4xYmo/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OPS [Obsid Public Safety] - 24/7 control room TEL: 021-447-1066 or 072-063-1653 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERGENCIES: 10111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ONW email: [email protected] WEB: www.obswatch.org.za FACEBOOK: facebook.com/obswatch ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Useful Obs Numbers: obs.org.za/obsdir 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.
