Hi Jane, I share your concern and recently met with the new COO in training of OBSID. I feel confident that we will see strong commitment to overcome our crime and grime problems quite rapidly but the success of this will depend on community participation in turning around the poor impression we are left with in that patrols seem to have reduced and focus was put on the most serious hot spot.
Come to our OCA meeting 6 pm (last Tuesday of the month) and the issue you raise will be on the agenda, where ONW and Police Forum and OBSID representatives will report on the latest developments and programs of action. Hop to see everyone at our monthly forum meeting at the OBS Community Centre. Regards, Marc OCA chair. 0823773837 From: Jane Vorster Sent: Friday, June 26, 2015 9:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [obsnw] Lower Obs (other side of the Railways) very concerned Hi Marc, I am glad to hear that OBSID is planning to resume a broader, fairer spread of security activities across the whole of Obs. Will we be notified at some point about what these plans entail and what kind of security presence we can expect to see in our neighbourhood? Jane From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marc Turok Sent: 25 June 2015 11:04 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [obsnw] Lower Obs (other side of the Railways) very concerned The idea of people chipping in would be a very local thing for a few streets to get some extra help during some hours when volunteers are not available for a limited period like two months to break the crime cycle while OBSID is getting its broad evenly spread security ‘activities’ together in full tilt once again...not to try raise funds like Obswatch attempted to do for the whole of Observatory. If the problem is seen to be Friday and Saturday night 9 to 12 pm and for example and no one is available to volunteer then maybe employ someone to help for 6 hrs a week at about R30 or R40 per hour ..One would need to raise R 180 to 240 per week, lets say for a month trial to see the impact. The mini area would need to raise about R1000 for the month. I am saying if those who are not able to volunteer time, were to contribute R 40 to R80 for the month, one would need 15 to 25 households to chip in for this turnaround strategy to kick in. This in addition to volunteers doing patrols. If the combination works as an improvement, it could be changed eg to do a stakeout at another time like Wednesday and Friday afternoon for two hours each instead of weekend nigh, rotating and uncover the patterns that need to be noticed and acted on by OPS. Regards, Marc From: marion Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2015 2:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [obsnw] Lower Obs (other side of the Railways) very concerned Hi All I have read the comments on this topic so far with interest. While it is good news that crime has gone down in Obs in general, armed muggings are most definitely on the increase in Lower Obs. I have lived in Crown St for 20 years, and while we have had issues with car and house break-ins, I do not recall having so many aggressive muggings as this recent spate. Like Melanie, I am feeling scared to walk around my own neighbourhood, and also worry for my child, as well as our childminder and her daughter. - I agree that the community can do a lot to address this situation, and Jonah, I like your sign idea. I also agree that patrols are effective not as an alternative to policing, but to simply get more people out and about. Other activities like the moonlight walk achieve this too. - However, I am concerned that the prioritisation of the Lower Main rd issues, combined with the installation of cameras, has been at the expense of lower Obs. Future plans need to be less reactive and put plans in place that benefit the whole of Observatory, not just one part of it. - I am willing to consider putting in extra as a once off to pay for cameras. However, I am not in favour of trying to get households to make a regular additional financial commitment to pay for extra security. Those of you who were around during the Obswatch days will know that it is a nightmare trying to get people to pay up monthly. The forced levying through rates is the only way to get a monthly income one can rely on to contract security staff. 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