I agree with the box driving the crime-rate down. I don't have the crime
stats and can only report on what I see - Obs Lower Main Road is looking
cleaner. In every way.
I am not so sure about cutting patrol vehicles, I think they are still
able to respond quickly to calls and are needed. The problem is that
no-one really wants an ugly box outside their house on a permanent
basis. Well I wouldn't.
Is there a possibility that the relaunch on ONW has had some impact? Or
the fact that we are all working together towards the greater good?
Even our street is quieter.
On 2015/05/27 21:33, Jonah Sack wrote:
This isn't really a response to the original query, I just wanted to
report back on the impact the unit has had on crime in the lower Obs
area.
We went from having multiple incidents every week, sometimes multiple
incidents a day, to having just two in the time that the unit has been
in place. Strubens Rd was being targeted almost every day, and is now
very quiet. The two incidents that did occur were a house-breaking in
Lower Wrensch (where the guy got caught and arrested) and the theft of
an outside tap. This is based on the reports from the Whatsapp group
in our area, so the information might not be complete. But it looks
like the unit has driven down crime dramatically, not just in that
street, but in the whole lower Obs area.
If this is typical - that having the unit in an area drives down crime
all around it - shouldn't we re-evaluate the allocation of patrol
funds? Setting aside the question of the funds spent on the cameras,
which is already an active debate, shouldn't we cut the two patrol
vehicles and spend the money on more foot patrollers and guard booths?
Are the vehicles really effective, given that the OPS is not allowed
to arrest or detain anyone? Wouldn't a few patrollers on bicycles be
just as quick to respond as one in a vehicle, given the small size of
the suburb?
On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 9:54:20 AM UTC+2, brianvamery wrote:
We usually leave it in one place for 2 to 4 weeks.
On 27 May 2015 9:44 AM, "bridget impey" <[email protected]
<javascript:>> wrote:
I'm not sure if I have missed info about the positioning of
the mobile obscid unit? It has been parked in the same place
Lower Wrench - should it not be moving around obs?
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