Often, sadly, yes. The police also value some of the car guards as informers too, and so don't always clamp down on them, but I believe that they are mostly double-agents. My wish is to see informal self-appointed car guards stamped out altogether.
Original email: ----------------- From: Jenny Calder [email protected] Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 11:25:34 +0200 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [obsnw] Battery stolen from Mazda Tazz in Lower Collingwood Road. Is there perhaps a connection? Are the car guards informing the people responsible for theft? Is this a syndicate thing that targets car hire vehicles which are known to be insured and possibly less fussed over? On 2015/05/18 10:58, [email protected] wrote: > We have a similar scenario here in James: foreign student accomodation in > several houses, backpackers around the corner, several rental cars always > parked in our road. These are often the cars which are being stolen, > un-batteried or broken into. We have had an additional problem with car > guards trying to extort exorbitant protection sums from these travellers, > with refusal being met with a smashed window upon return. > > Original email: > ----------------- > From: Barbara Langridge [email protected] > Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 09:41:01 +0200 > To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: RE: [obsnw] Battery stolen from Mazda Tazz in Lower Collingwood > Road. > > > Hallo, > > > > Car was stolen from outside 6 Irwell Street, > > > > Its strange that all cars that are vandalised or damaged, broken into, and > now stolen, are those that are Hire Cars for students staying at Makulu > Lodge. > > > > Sometimes I think there is someone on the street who is responsible. > > > > I did report the theft to OBSID and the police. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Barbara Langridge > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Johan Beaurain > Sent: 18 May 2015 09:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Claudine Lewis (OBSID); Brian Amery Coo > Subject: [obsnw] Battery stolen from Mazda Tazz in Lower Collingwood Road. > > > > My neighbours informed me this morning that they discovered that the > battery was removed from the car. > > > > Thanks > > > > Johan Beaurain > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft Windows and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
