Hi Anique, We were distressed as you to hear about this robbery. It is very concerning that Obs businesses seem to be more targeted of late, not just by armed robbers but also by bag snatching syndicates. I'm also sad to report that is not the first armed robbery of a business in Obs and that there unfortunately have been a few others during the last few months. However, this is arguably the most brazen and was clearly carried out by an organised gang. Thankfully no-one was more seriously injured.
Unfortunately, in this particular case we only found out about it the following day and the police were already dealing with the matter. As you know there were a number of witnesses and the lower main road is also under CCTV surveillance, the footage from which is available to SAPS. We generally don't post an incident like this unless it still poses a threat to the community and or we need further information about the incident. We are also cautious about publicizing incidents which may impact on the success of a business or that of the entire Obs businesses district for that matter - especially on this platform which is accessible to anyone on the internet. That being said, the incident was posted to our Central Whatsapp Group and disseminated to many of the street Whatsapp groups from there, at the discretion of the various street group admins. We are working with Obsid, the OCA and the Obs Business Forum to try and improve the safety and security in our business precinct. As with all projects of this nature, its success depends very much on the involvement and support from our businesses and the wider community. I hope that goes some way to answering your query. Best regards, Steve On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Anique van der Vlugt < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Why have residents of Observatory not been informed of this armed robbery > via this group? > > https://pulseradio.net/articles/2017/06/burglars-brazenly- > robbed-a-packed-club-at-gunpoint-in-cape-town-this-weekend > > Lots of love to all the patrons and owner and staff Xx > > Thanks, Anique > > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.
