Hillcrest Community Police Forum
Basics on Community Policing PDF Print E-mail

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.

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How to live through a Robbery PDF Print E-mail

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.

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