DORINGKLOOF NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH
Crime in Doringkloof has been down for the last ten weeks or so, with a crime rate of less than one incident a week. This is the first time we have achieved this rate since we started.
Die afgelope tien weke of so het misdaad in Doringkloof tot onder een misdaad voorval per week gedaal. Dit is die eerste keer sedert ons begin het dat ons hierdie punt bereik het
House burglaries and car thefts off the pavements have been our major crime incidents while petty theft, such as bicycles being stolen outside the shops in Sonja Street, being another trend.
Huisbrake en diefstal uit motors wat op sypaadjies staan is ons algemeenste misdaadvoorvalle terwyl kleiner insidente van diefstal, soos fietse wat buite die winkels in Sonja Street gesteel word, kom ook voor.
Leaving a vehicle parked on the pavement is inviting someone to steal it. Patrolling against this type of crime is also beyond our resources. Please park vehicles in the yard.
‘n Voertuig wat op die sypaadjie geparkeer is, is die selfde as iemand te vra om dit te steel. Patrollering teen hierdie tipe van misdaad is ook buite ons hulpbronne. Parkeer asb voortuie op die erf.
However, while our crime maybe down, we are also aware of the following/ Maar, terwyl ons misdaad miskien af is, is ons ook bewus van die volgende:
1. Not all crime is being reported, either to the coordinator or to crime@doringkloof.net. This throws out our ability to determine ways and means of curbing crime. Please inform us of any crime should you have been involved. The more information we have the better able we will be to prevent crime.
1. Nie alle misdaad-voorvalle word aangemeld nie, óf aan die koördineerder of aan crime@doringkloof.net. Dit affekteer ons vermoë om maniere en middele om misdaad te bekamping. Virwittig ons asseblief van enige misdaad waarby jy betrokke was. Hoe meer inligting ons het, hoe beter kan ons misdaad voorkom.
2. A universal trend is that as crime decreases, residents start to relax and pay less attention to preventing crime. The net result is that crime then again starts to increase. Lyttelton is being heavily targeted by criminals at the moment and if our experience is anything to go by, they will soon move south to us. The DNW needs your active involvement whatever the situation. When you hear of crime in your immediate vicinity, go out and observe and report what you see. The scouts and criminals must know that we are aware of them. It means nothing if you just report a suspicious vehicle or person and then do nothing further.
2. Daar is ‘n universele tendens dat sodra misdaad afneem, begin inwoners om te ontspan en gee dan minder aandag aan die voorkoming van misdaad. Die resultaat hiervan is dat misdaad weer begin styg. Tans word Lyttelton swaar deur misdadigers geteiken, en ons ervaring is dat diewe kort daarna suid na ons sal beweeg. Die DNW het jou aktiewe betrokkenheid, ongeag die situasie, broodnodig . Wanneer jy van misdaad in ons onmiddellike omgewing oor die radio hoor, gaan uit en kyk en rapporteer wat jy sien. Die verkenners en misdadigers moet weet dat ons bewus is van hulle. Dit beteken niks as jy net 'n verslag gee van verdagte voertuie of persone en dan niks verder doen nie.
STRYD TEEN MISDAAD IN DORINGKLOOF
It is interesting to note that most suburbs call their crime-prevention organisations ‘CPF’s. These CPFs seem to be made up of groups of people who act more like the police. We, on the other hand, have elected to call ourselves a neighbourhood watch, and with good reason. The most obvious reason is that the emphasis with us is on “neighbours looking out for each other”! We are all involved and perhaps this is part of our success.
Dit is interessant om daarop te let dat die meeste voorstede hul misdaad-voorkoming organisasies GPF’s noem. Meeste GPF lyk asof hulle uit groepe mense bestaan wat meestal soos die polisie optree. Ons, aan die ander kant, het verkies om ons as 'n buurtwag te roep, en met goeie rede. Die mees voor-die-hand liggende rede hiervoor is dat ons groter klem op "bure wat vir mekaar uitkyk" lê! Omrede ons almal betrokke is, is miskien die rede vir ons sukses.
Unfortunately there are residents who believe that the neighbourhood watch is somehow a volunteer security company, similar to the many private security companies that operate in our suburb. If this is your view then perhaps you should consider signing up with them. However, if you are serious about security and wish to do something about it, then the DNW is there for you.
Ongelukkig glo van ons inwoners dat die buurtwag 'n vrywilliger sekuriteitsmaatskappy is, soortgelyk aan die baie private sekuriteit maatskappye wat in ons woonbuurt coptree. As dit jou siening is, moet jy miskien dit oorweeg om by hulle aan te sluit. Maar, indien jy ernstig oor die veiligheid is en wens om iets daaraan te doen, dan is die DNW daar vir jou.
For those people who have recently joined the DNW, the idea that produced the DNW was, and still is, that if a neighbour calls a crime incident on the radio, that the neighbours immediately respond in the best way possible When a resident some time ago called in that he was the victim of a robbery, the street soon swarmed with neighbours coming out in support. After this incident we did not have a robbery for four or five years in the whole of Doringkloof. Please – get to know your neighbours and make sure that are part of the DNW, i.e. have a radio.
Vir die mense wat onlangs by die DNW aangesluit het, was dit en is dit nog so, dat die DNW daar is vir die inwoner wat 'n misdaad op die radio inroep en dat sy bure onmiddellik reageer op die beste moontlike manier om hom te onderstuen. 'n Geruime tyd gelede het ‘n inwoner ingeroep dat hy die slagoffer van 'n rooftog was, dit was nie lang voor die straat gewemel het met bure wat uit te kom ter ondersteuning. Na hierdie spesifieke voorval het ons nie 'n rooftog vir vier of vyf jaar in Doringkloof gehad nie. Ken jou bure and maak seker dat hulle by die DBW aansluit, dws. hulle besit oor ‘n radio.
To continue with our success we need all of us to get involved. If you hear the radio then do not ignore it – listen and if required – react. By the way, we are taking steps to reduce the unessential chatter on the radio.
Indien ons met ons sukses wil voortgaan, het ons almal se betrokkenheid nodig. As jy iets op die radio hoor moet dit nie ignoreer nie – luister daarna en indien nodig reageer soos nodig. Terloops, ons is besig om stappe te neem om die onnodige praatjies oor die radio te verminder.
Regards, Groete
DNW Team/Span
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