Date posted: October 18, 2016
Dear NeighboursWe have been blessed by an unusually peaceful period as far as criminal incidents in our area are concerned. This stands out in stark contrast to the general situation in the Fishoek Valley and in Kommetjie where big increases in crime have been noticed and more recently this trend has spread to include the areas immediately around us. We are also usually afforded additional protection during the winter months when the wetlands are flooded and impassable but this is clearly not the case at the present time.
We believe that it is due to the many wonderful efforts so many members of our community have made that we have been spared, thus far, from the current crime wave, but we can be sure that it is only a matter of time before our area is targeted once again. Our best chance of maintaining the relatively good levels of security that we enjoy in our area is to ensure that we reduce our vulnerability as much as we can and that any suspicion of, or actual criminal incident, is responded to in a way that makes it abundantly clear that this is not a neighbourhood where it is easy to do crime.
So we need to ask everyone to guard against complacency! The only way to successfully maintain neighbourhood safety is to keep developing our ability to protect ourselves, our properties and one another.
Please make a point of checking alarm systems and other security measures and of reminding everyone in the household of the need to remain alert to the possibility of criminal acts in the area. If you have a radio, please do a radio check and teach the rest of your family to do so too! (If you don’t yet have a radio, give some thought to getting one.) Please report any suspicious behaviour to your local Community Connector Groups and ask the ADT Patrollers to investigate. We will also be running a few practice drills for our Response Team, K9 Unit and Fire Fighting Unit.
Let’s continue to buck the trend and make this the most crime-free summer ever!
The CPNW Committee
Tried to update contact details but reply said email address used by someone else. Pls sort out thank you
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Hi Gill, We’ll contact you to get it sorted. Thanks for alerting us.