Hi Andrew, Thanks for bringing this to our attention. I will contact you privately for more information on the Duke street incident so that we can take it up with SAPS at the CPF meeting.
*Please note everyone that it is important for cases to be opened for all crimes or attempted crimes. *These stats determine whether we will get more SAPS resources assigned to our suburb. It is a myth that you cannot open a case if "nothing was stolen" or no-one was harmed". I have copied Hudson of OBSID into this reply so that he can follow up with your concerns around the horsebox and the patroller with their service provider, Securitas. Thanks and regards, Steve On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 3:02 PM, Steve Killick <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Andrew Ziffo <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Carolyn and ONW members, >> >> I'd like to report that victims of the Duke Street robbery were >> encouraged not to open a case by SAPS. This tendency was discussed at the >> security meeting and may explain why SAPS claim there's been a reduction in >> crime since December, whereas in Lower Obs at least there has clearly been >> a strong increase. >> >> Also, I have been reporting on the empty horse box in Lower Obs for a >> while, which seems to have brought more crime than it has displaced (a >> mugging, house breaking and attempted car theft within meters of the box in >> the past couple weeks). >> >> There seems to be confusion not only with residents but also with >> management of what the rules for the patroller are, who is responsible for >> management, and basic operations like seeing that the box has a light, a >> lock and that the patroller has a charged radio. >> >> I'd be happy to attend and help organize a meeting to focus on Lower >> Observatory security issues as suggested by Carolyn. >> >> I hope that you all have a great weekend. >> >> Kind regards, >> Andrew Ziffo >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Steve Killick > 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.
