Northcliff Sector 5 Community Policing Forum
FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS – SOPHIATOWN POLICING FORUM
Submitted by Northcliff Sector5 on Tue, 07/07/2009 - 09:03.
Community Policing is covered under our Constitution as well as the South African Police Services Act 68 of 1995. The stated purpose of Community Policing Forums is to improve communications between SAPS and the community, to promote crime prevention and transparency as well as to foster joint problem-solving and co-operation in order to improve the rendering of services by SAPS.
As a community we appear to be of one voice: our crime levels are unacceptable. We have no shortage of people expressing their outrage in the press, by email or even at dinner parties. And yet, as a nation, we appear to have very little respect for the law ourselves.
Community Policing start with you. Be in a position to hold your service providers accountable and responsible for the services which they provide to you.
Get to know your community, even if it is only the street you live in. Make sure that your residents’ association is represented on the Community Policing Forum. Does your area have a safety plan? Do you know what it entails? Does your service provider liaise with SAPS? Did you know that SAPS, Metro Police, private security companies and Ward Councilors attend Community Policing Forum and Sector Forum meetings? You can make more progress talking to these people rather than complaining at a braai.
We need to be more organised than our criminal counterparts. To do this we adapt our attitudes and network within our community to make a noticeable difference to the crime rate.
Come to the Annual General Meeting of your Sector and discuss these issues with the Sophiatown Station Commissioner, Dir. Pitout, the Metro Police and your Ward Councillor.
Stand for election for your Sector, join the Community Policing Forum and together we can make a difference.
Election dates are:
14-Jul-09 Sector 2 Coronationville 7pm Corrie Recreation Centre
16-Jul-09 Sector 4 Waterfall Flats, Newlands 7pm Dowling Primary School
20-Jul-09 Sector 5 Alberskroon, Greymont, East Town, Waterval Estate,
Northcliff Ext & Ridge 7pm N G Kerk, 4th
street/6th Road, Greymont
21-Jul-09 Sector 2 Newclare & Kahtrada Park 7pm Blue Hall, Newclare
22-Jul-09 Sector 6 Albertsville, Montgomery Park, Roosevelt Park 7pm Auckland Bowling Club, John Adamson Road,
Montgomery Park
23-Jul-09 Sector 2 Westbury 7pm Westbury Recreation Centre
28-Jul-09 Sector 1 Bosmont & Newclare 7pm Bosmont Recreation Centre
28-Jul-09 Sector 3 Sophiatown 6pm NG Kerk, Sophiatown
30-Jul-09 Sector 4 Claremont, Newlands & Montclare 7pm Danie van Zyl C
centre
For further information contact Victor Clements on 079 713 7566 or Maureen Booth email: mjbooth@netdial.co.za
ARMED HOUSE ROBERY VICTIM
On Thursday night I joined the already far too long list of housedhold armed robbery victims ! 5 armed men gained access to our home on Northcliff ridge and tied all of us up while they threatened our lives and emptied the house into our two cars! We were saved by God alone and thankfully none of us were raped or seriously injured. This was a miracle as these 25 - 30 year old South African black males were on some sort of high and even did some drugs during the attack ! What is so hard to understand is that these men/gang are very well known to the police and have been for some time ! Why have these evil inhumain creatures been allowed to get away for so long and why is MORE not been done to lock them up ? These guys had accomplaces in the street and on route to the house and spoke to each other via " walkie talkies " and cell phones. Surely this can be used to trace them via the cell records at the time in that area ? It seems as if this gang may just be getting away with their crimes as more than just themselves are benefitting from the proceeds ?? Obviously I have nothing to substantiate this " rumor " but it all just seams to fuzzy and it does not appear to high on the priority list !
NEUTRALIZE CRIME ACTIVELY
NEUTRALIZE CRIME ACTIVELY
The NCA is a proactive asset protection device which is aimed at keeping intruders at bay.
The system is mobile and can be setup anywhere in a risk area. It can be activated via a remote control or cell phone. A simple phone call from a pre assigned cell phone arms or disarms the system. The NCA notifies the user via a SMS as to what its status is.
The unit has a built in UPS in case of power failures, which is capable of supplying power to the unit for up to three days.
NCA looks like a desktop computer. The reason for this is that it will attract the intention of any intruder. Once the unit is armed it keeps constant watch over the room using an internal passive sensor.
If the NCA detects movement it sprays a 30 second blast of Chilli gas up to 3 meters into the room and simultaneously notifies you via SMS that there is someone in your office. This dissipates in seconds filling the entire room with Chilli gas and makes it impossible for anybody to enter the room for sometime there after depending on the air flow in the room.
One and a half minutes after the initial spray the unit begins to monitor the room for further movement.
For a demonstration contact Anthony on 083 269 8559 antchan@icon.co.za
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