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Deur Desirée Rorke 07 Julie 2017

Moenie net foto’s van iemand wat jy dink ’n skelm in jou buurt is op WhatsApp plaas nie.

Indien jy ’n foto van iemand wat jy glo ’n misdadiger kan wees op sosiale media plaas, kan ’n boete, ’n jaar tronkstraf of selfs ’n siviele geding jou in die gesig staar.

Adv. Melville Cloete, ’n regskenner, het die waarskuwing by die Gene Louw-verkeerskollege in Brackenfell gegee.
Hy het met lede van die plaaslike buurtwagte gepraat en hulle oor die gevare van sosiale media en die plasing van mense se foto’s daarop in kennis gestel.

Suspects, who steal vehicles, know where to find the tracker in your vehicle after stealing it. In most instances they disable it within the first hour after stealing or hijacking your vehicle.

Take an old smart phone that has GPS and email. Register a Gmail account on it. Even a Samsung account will work. Put the phone on silent, activate the GPS and hide it in the vehicle. If your vehicle gets stolen, you can track the cell phone on the internet live. Remember to charge the cell phone every few days.

Your own Tracker at a fraction of the cost per month.

Please take note of the following procedure if you want to report a crime:

1. First and always call 10111. After reporting the incident, get a reference number. It is called an IR number. 10111 will give your complaint to the sector vehicle over the radio.
2. When you have your IR number, call your sector vehicle and also report the incident to them. They will be able to tell you how long it will take to get to you.
3. If you cannot get hold of 10111, you can call the sector vehicle directly.

Please note at time of writing this article, all incidents are still being investigated, for that reason, I will not go into detail about the incidents, and I will also not give out any names.

1. On Friday night, Silverton SAPS had another clean up operation. They had invited members from the community, as well as members from all the security companies working within the 4 sectors to be a part of the operation. Several “hot spots” were searched, and with the help of everybody involved an illegal “shebeen” was closed down.

• Do not carry big handbags as this creates an ideal situation for pick-pocketing.
• Rather carry a small bag or wallet you can carry in your hand and be vigilant of your surroundings.
• Rather pay with a card in order to avoid carrying large amounts of cash.
• Do not put your handbag under your chair when at a restaurant. Put it on your lap or on the table.
• Make sure you always know where your children are.
• Shoppers should also not put their handbags in their shopping trolleys as they could be stolen when shoppers were distracted.

Dit is altyd goed om bewus te wees van veiligheidswenke in en om die huis. Dit is nie net raadsaam om behoorlik beveilig te wees met die regte versekering nie – maar ook om betyds voorsorg te tref en dit moeiliker te maak vir kriminele!

Ons wil kortliks let op wenke om die huis te beveilig. Is u woning en besittings veilig wanneer u met vakansie vertrek?

Dit is ‘n minder aangename ervaring om u vakansie te moet kortknip of om na u vakansie tuis te kom en te vind dat daar ingebreek is.

Die Buurtwag wil die volgende wenke aan die hand doen:

A number of studies have been done on why one person is chosen over another by criminals. This is known as the study of “victimology” which is a branch of criminology. One surprising factor that emerged during the studies was that criminals do not choose their victims based on age, gender, race or size but rather on characteristics which could be deemed vulnerable, easy to control or manipulate.

Most of these characteristics are subconscious and often most people don’t even know they are displaying these behaviours.

We are pleased to invite all LMMCPA domestic workers to our Woman's Month event to be held at Meyerspark NG Church, on the 22nd of August 2014 from 10h00 to 13h00.

Theme: "Safer Home for All", presentation by the Disaster Management Centre, City of Tshwane.

Please refer to attached document for details.

Please RSVP by emailing nel@lmmcpa.co.za no later than Monday 18 August 2014.

In the meantime, should you have any questions, feel free to contact me, Nel van der Bijl, at 083 390 3507.

We recently identified a surprising advantage to being a member of the Silverton CPA - People see you carrying a radio!

Baie dankie vir die patrollies wat ek al saans en bedags gesien het met hul brandende liggies, herinner my aan die 70's toe ek medestigter was van die eerste buurtwag bo op Silverton kop. Dit was in die dae van die begin van die onrus. Dank u namens my en my gesin vir die diens wat u lewer. Jammer ek kan nie meer aktief deel wees daarvan nie. Maar wees verseker die golden oldies bid vir u en u groot selfopgelegde taak. Hier by Joseph Bosmanstraat 468, sal altyd 'n oopdeur vir u wees, as u dalk iets nodig het, wat ookal.

A large fire broke out earlier today, on the Northern side of the railway line at a sleeper factory. The fire destroyed hundreds of railway sleepers which were stacked in a yard.

Kevin from the Silverton CPA arrived at the scene, established that there were no casualties and remained in attendance, providing feedback to Penny, the controller on duty, until the fire services arrived a while later and started putting out the fire.