At a recent Hillcrest CPF meeting, guest speaker Stuart Knight addressed the audience about Community Policing. Stuart was instrumental in the setting up of the Town Hill CPF which achieved tremendous success in reducing crime - and keeping it down - ensuring the area is a safe and sought after area in which to live. Although no longer on the committee of the Town Hill CPF, Stuart is still actively involved in sharing experiences and learnings with others. With permission we have published an article where Stuart has taken the key elements of Community Policing and highlighted where, how and what we as the community SHOULD be doing to assist the police in fighting crime.
The following article titled "How to live through a Robbery" and written by Francois Rank appearred in The Time on the 6th July 2008. It is based on interviews conducted by Rudolph Zinn, UNISA's senior lecturer in Police Practice, with 30 convicted robbers where he asked them what people should do to avoid violence when robbed in their homes.
Enforce has release the below letter to all their clients advising of a fraudulent letter doing the rounds about changing the bank details required for payment. If you ever receive letters such as these, it is always advisable to contact the company concerned using the number you would normally call them on. Do not use any numbers provided in the suspicious correspondence as it may be fraudulent.
Hillcrest Community Police Forum meets every last Wednesday of the month at 18:00 in the Hillcrest library. You are welcome to attend and participate in this meeting. The meeting provides feedback to the public on projects the HCPF is working on or items the HCPF was asked to followup on, Crime information from both SAPS and Metro, followed by items the forum wishes to discuss.
