LINDEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER 23-10-2012
STATS RECEIVED ARE FROM 2012-10-15 TO 2012-10-22
Linden Business robbery: Eliots Garden Nursery c/o 1st street and West (4 black males in a white Toyota Corolla)
Theft out of m/v: 7th street (4 mag wheels)
Burglary Residential: 8th street Pafuri road
Cable theft: Tana road c/o Tana and 13th street
Theft of m/v: 6th street
Burglary Business: Louw Geldenhuys 7th street
General theft: 4th street (dustbin)
Linden Ext Cable theft: c/o Boundary and Bram Fischer
ARREST: Drunken Driving 2 arrests made c/o South Road and Malibongwe
SECTOR 2 COMMUNITY DAY HERE ARE THE DETAILS: SATURDAY 10 NOVEMBER 10H30 TO 16H00 COSMOS AVENUE (OUTSIDE 33 AND ALONG COSMOS)
The Sector 2 Committee will be dishing up boerewors rolls and coldrinks to the Patrol Officers and Linden SAPS officers on duty for the day. We would also like to put together a festive goodie bag in the form of: PowerAde juice, bar one, super c’s, lifesaver sweets etc. anything goes – a real survival pack If you are able to contribute in any form monetary or product, please e-mail Leisl-Mae Fourie Chairperson of Sector 2 on [email protected] or contact me on 082 465 8833. Please pop in on the day and meet the many unsung heroes who serve so well within our Community as well as members of the Community, Linden SAPS, CPF members, members of the various Resident’s Association and the Sector 2 Role players.
HOTSPOTS c/o 13th street and Steve Road Linden – Queensgate Complex – attempted theft of m/v 6th street, 7th street and 8th street between 1st and 3rd avenue Linden – wall hopping, attempted housebreakings Aldara Park – Swanepoel avenue and Mountainview avenue
LOOKOUTS No new lookouts received
SECURITY CONCERNS
Please be sure to be very aware when you are leaving your homes and returning to them. We must all be stringent and disciplined when it comes to our personal security. Yet, despite repetitive efforts to educate the community about vigilance, many still seem to think that security is only the responsibility of the SAPS and security providers. This is not the case. Personal security and combating crime is a three-way street between: the SAPS, private security companies and the community.
Let's continue to work together to keep your suburb safe!
REPORT all crimes timeously please – even attempted crimes. We need these statistics so that we can target the correct areas with full manpower.
SECTOR 2 CRIME STATS DEBRIEFING After the National crime states were recently released each Precinct has to go to the communities in each sector and break down how the crime stats have played a role and contributed in that specific sector. Linden SAPS invites ALL Sector 2 Residents to please join us in conjunction with the Sector 2 Sub Forum for this debriefing on: 7th November 18h30 Linden SAPS Hall
PLAN TO IMPROVE SERVICE DELIVERY WITH WARD BASED POLICING Since 1994 the City of Johannesburg's various bodies have operated in seclusion, albeit with a common goal of a well-run city. Now the City of Johannesburg is hoping that its integrated ward-based law enforcement strategy, also known as the Joburg 10 Plus programme, would have a measurable effect on disorder and crime. "Mayor Parks Tau launched the programme on 24 July. It wasn't cast in stone as there were many loose ends to tie up," said Region B director Vicky Shuping at the presentation held at Ferndale recreation centre. She said the programme was first presented at regional ward level, streamlined, and then presented at local ward level. Peter Monyuku, Region B management support officer, walked attendees through the plan. "The strategic objectives include improving the effectiveness of law enforcement, reducing the incidence of violent crime, and having a multi-disciplinary approach to managing crime and grime," said Monyuku. This means that selected staff from urban management, environmental health, development planning, emergency management services and Metro police are to work hand in hand in dealing with issues in the various wards. They will also work with city utilities such as City Power and Joburg Water. Staffing on the ground includes the 10 Metro officers per ward as rolled out earlier this year, with six urban management and six building inspectors per region. There will be one environmental health officer dedicated to each ward. A team of 10 people representing each city department has been dedicated to each ward, with ward councillors having oversight. Ward 102 councillor David Potter said it was imperative that problems were logged and reference numbers received for each and every issue. "I welcome that ward councillors will have oversight and hopefully a few of the concerns that I have will be cleared up over time," said Potter. Shuping said there would be monthly meetings with stakeholders to measure productivity and identify outstanding problems.
LINDEN CBD GETS ITS OWN CAR GURAD INITIATIVE After speaking to businesses in the CBD area it was agreed that car guards should form an integral part of safety in the CBD and they should be utilised and empowered. Linden police head of crime prevention Captain Vermaak has done a background check on each car guard to ensure they are not involved in crime and has filed their identification. Captain Vermaak stated that when he started at the Linden station nine years ago, the area needed a civil initiative just like this. The car guards have the full support of the police, and the community should not support unregistered guards. Car guards are taught how to respond and use radios. Patrolmen are in direct contact with Fareed Hoosen, three ADT vehicles and the police sector commander Warrant Officer Sarel Bredenhand. The street guard initiative is on trial for three months, and public comments are welcomed. SECURITY PROTOCOL 1) Push your Panic button 2) Call the Sector vehicle 071 675 6047/6045 ADT Pappa 6 083 786 8448 3) Call your service provider 4) Call 10111
LINDEN NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH LNW ADT INITIATIVE – 10% DISCOUNT Please contact Marise Bester: 079 505 7347 Residents must please call her directly. What is required? Home/person to provide a copy of the debit order or monthly statement reflecting payment to the De Wet Reitz Trust Account for LNW for the patrolman and crime prevention teams. This special is ONLY for subscribers to the LNW Neighbourhood Watch Project, both existing and also new clients.
Fareed Hoosen Operations Manager LNW Linden Neighbourhood Watch / Linden Reaction Unit "A Linden Residents Community Safety Initiative"
Cell: 078 740 0396 / 072 434 3660 BBM: 21A0D397 Facebook: Fareed Hoosen Facebook: Linden Neighbourhood Watch
Cell: 082 927 9629 E-mail: [email protected] Johan van den Berg Cell: 083 280 7472 E-mail:[email protected]
ADT will always be committed to Linden with two dedicated vehicles in communication with Fareed and his crew, as well as the 6 back up vehicles in surrounding suburbs.
Sylvan Changuion Cell: 082 728 7113 E-mail: [email protected]
FOLLOW THE LCA ON TWITTER AND ON THE WEB @Linden_LCA Check out the LCA on www.lindenjhb.co.za
COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND CONTACT DETAILS:
Sector 2 Commander W/O Bredenhand 071 675 7324 Sector 2 Chairperson Leisl-Mae Fourie [email protected] 082 465 8833
LCA Committee Chairperson: Leisl-Mae Fourie [email protected] 082 465 8833 Vice Chair: Dylan Mulholland [email protected] 083 388 6103 Security/Crime: Cindy Purchase [email protected] 082 927 9629 Fareed Hoosen [email protected] 078 740 0396 City Power/ Joburg Water: Kim Blanchard [email protected] 083 969 5303
City Parks/JRA: Liezel van den Berg [email protected] 082 878 4752 Town Planning: Eduard van der Linde [email protected] 082 610 0442 Ann Saunders [email protected] 082 770 1715
Dept. of Transport Dylan Mulholland [email protected] 083 388 6103
Linden Business Rep Murray ó Grady [email protected] 011 026 6202
Website: Mignon Smit [email protected] 083 254 1335
Councillor: Bruce Herbert [email protected] 083 274 3551