Hi All, There have been major developments at the Woodstock CPF (the mother body, not the Obs subforum).
The Woodstock Police have been ordered by Pretoria to reconstitute the CPF because it was not done properly last time. The public meeting to do this is taking place on 30 March. The current chair, Moosa Sydow from Walmer Estate, has announced that he is resigning. This is a huge opportunity for Observatory to take ownership of the most important crime fighting tool that it has at its disposal. It may not be the most effective agency, but SAPS is by far the most important, if only because it has the full power of the law behind it. A small improvement at the Woodstock SAPS can do many multiples more to improve the crime situation in Observatory than three improvement districts. (I'm not saying that the Obsid is unimportant). Observatory needs to mobilise and populate the CPF. After all, we are the most crime-ridden sector in the precinct. There is very little to no interest from the Woodstock, Salt River, Walmer Estate and University Estate communities to get involved. If anyone knows anyone who might be interested (think neighbours who have recently been hit by crime, or anyone who might be vaguely community minded) please put them in touch with me or Barrie Terblanche (our CPF Subforum Chair) Thanks and regards, -- Steve Killick ONW Chair Cell 084 447 5544 email: [email protected] -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
