Neighbourhood Watch Minutes 14 Dec 2011
SIMON’S TOWN COMMUNITY POLICE SUB FORUM (SECTOR 1)
(incorp. Greater Glencairn Valley Neighbourhood Watch)
MINUTES OF MEETING
HELD AT PHOENIX HALL ON WEDNESDAY 14 December 2011
PRESENT
Chairperson – Aliet Pelt
Secretary – Lesley Minnaar (acting)
Attendance Register – completed and filed: 33 members present.
1. WELCOME AND LAST MONTH’S MINUTES
The chairperson thanked all present for attending.
Apologies
Clive Gibson
Mike Bester
Anne Fry – all forthcoming meetings up to 1 March 2012.
Sandi Maytham
Approval of the Minutes of the Meeting held on 9 November 2011 were proposed
by David Brown and seconded by Mel Wainwright.
2. POLICE REPORT
Warrant Officer Spreeth gave information on local crime statistics for the period 9
November to 13 December 2011 as follows:
10 Burglaries: – 1 Glencairn, 3 Welcome Glen, 2 Glencairn Heights, 1 Bay View
Heights and 3
General theft: 9
Theft out of Motor Vehicle: 2. Welcome Glen and Misty Cliffs.
Common assault: 4
90% of all these crimes happen at night.
½ of thefts are due to negligence of the people themselves – left own camera on
gatepost that was then stolen, leaving doors and windows open etc., etc.
Please leave laptops at home when going swimming, not in full view inside your
car parked at the beach.
This last period was relatively quiet compared with we have had in the past.
Complaints have increased, which is great. Drunken driving has increased. All
assaults have had arrests. SAPS rely heavily on fingerprints.
In the last four months we have lost nine members of staff. Arne Soderlund has
written to the Provincial Commissioner as Simon’s Town Police Station is now
85% understaffed
This station only has x 2 detectives. W.O. Steenkamp has also volunteered his
services for this busy crime period. An extra 25K in the budget will not be able to
buy more staff.
A question from the floor: Would it help to get more SAPS staff for the Simon’s
Town station if we wrote to the MEC as well as Provincial Commissioner Jafta as
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citizens? A: Probably not, as the crime stats are relatively low compared with
other areas. Maybe the CPF could draft a letter for all to sign.
In closing W.O. Spreeth thanked Geoff for all his hard work and wished everyone
a safe Christmas.
The Chair advised that crimes and driving offenses will be sent out as messages
on the Google group. Another e-mail will also go out referring to the suspicious
white bakkie registration CA 945360
The Chair thanked W.O. Spreeth and all his team for their hard work during the
year and wished him well over the festive season. All applauded W.O. Spreeth
for his input over the difficult year.
3. REPORT FROM LOCAL SECURITY COMPANIES
Mach 1: Manu asked all residents to please test their alarms before they go away
on leave.
4. LOCAL CRIME STATISTICS AND REPORT BACK FROM
NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCHES
a. Glencairn : nothing to report
b. Glencairn Heights: suspicious bakkie and Cockburn Close. Since early
November x 4 break-ins to one property – alarms have been ripped out
and the door hacked through.
c. Outdoor Network : nothing
d. Glen Road: new coordinator needed. No feedback.
e. Neptune’s Close : nothing to report
f. Glen Marine : 0
g. Old Glencairn : 0
h. Welcome Glen : 0
i. Scarborough : 0
j. Misty Cliffs : 0
k. Bay View Heights : 0
The Chair asked all present to please advise the Neighbourhood Watch of any
crime or suspicious activity.
A question was asked from the floor if it was possible to arrange some
surveillance of the mountain as this appears to be where the criminals were
coming from.
5. MATTERS ARISING
17 December – Craft Market at the Hotel and the Watch will have a table there to
sign up any new residents.
If you are going away, please remember to register your house with the SAPS
Empty House Register
6. OTHER BUSINESS
Vouchers
The monthly gift voucher kindly donated by the Glencairn Heights Spar was won
by Clifford Smith. The Chair thanked Spar for donating the voucher.
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Geoff Neden Thank You
The Chair presented Geoff Neden with a card and book voucher by way of thanks
from the Glencairn Valley Neighbourhood Watch for his hard work and
contribution to the community as a whole over the years.
7. DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The Chair closed the SIMON’S TOWN COMMUNITY POLICE SUB FORUM
(SECTOR 1) meeting at 19h20.
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 11th January 2012 at the Phoenix
Hall at 18h30.
Signed on this ………………. day of ……………. 2010 at ……………………………
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Aliet Pelt
Chairperson
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Simon’s Town Sector 1 Sub-Forum meetings are held every second
Wednesday of a month, starting at 18.30 and ending no later than
19.30
2012 Meetings
? 8 February 2012
? 14 March 2012
? 11 April 2012
? 9 May 2012
? 13 June 2012
? 11 July 2012
? 8 August 2012
? 12 September 2012
? 10 October 2012
? 14 November 2012
? 12 December 2012
The Secretary position is presently vacant. If you are interested in volunteering for this
position please contact the Chairperson on 021 7810028 or 072 347 3117:
_ Tel/Fax: 021
Cell:
_ E-mail:
_
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EXCO Members e-mail addresses and phone numbers are:
Name Watch E-mail Phone Ref
Aliet Pelt Welcome Glen aliet.pelt@snowisp.com 021 7810028 WG
Frankie Burt Glencairn Heights highlander@telkonsa.net 021 7827085 GH
Les Smith Glencairn 021 782 3851 G
Raymond Hendricks Old Glencairn raymond.h@telkomsa.net 021 786 7673 OG
Steve Coe Glen road africoe@iafrica.com 021 782 2771 GR
Don Stepto Neptune’s Close don.stepto@gmail.com 021 786 2145 NC
To come Glen Marine GM
Aliet Pelt Chairperson aliet.pelt@snowisp.com 021 781 0028
Secretary
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To cut out and keep at the phone: _
EMERGENCY NUMBERS
a) Security
Simon’s Town Police Station 021 786 8646/7/8 24 hour lines
021 786 8640 Switchboard
(Office Hours)
021 786 8654 W.O. Spreeth
082 522 3123 Sector 1 Manager
patrol van cell no.
Deep South Emergency Control
Centre 021 782 0333 or 782-0444 or 782-0555
General emergency 10111 or 107 or
021 480-7700 from a cell phone
b) Fire 107 (Land Lines) or 112 (Cell Phones)
or 021 480 7700 (Both)
City of Cape Town Call numbers
Accounts and General Enquiries 107 (land lines only) or 0860 103
089
Copperheads Cable Theft 0800222771 (24 hours)
Electricity Faults/Street lights and Enquiries 0800 220 440
Water/Sewage Emergencies 0860 103 054 (24 hours)
Metro Police 0860 765 423 (24 hours)
Law Enforcement 021 784 2033
Fraud Hotline 0800 323 130
Public Transport Timetables 0800 600 895
Roads, Potholes and Stormwater 0860 103 054 (24 hours)
Traffic Signal Faults 0860 001 948 (24 hours)
Wastewise (Disposals only) 021 487 2489
Fire Brigade, Simon’s Town 021 786 3662
SMS for water/sewerage problems 31373
To report people throwing cigarette ends into the veldt 021 424 7715
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Reporting issues to the City
In addition to reporting issues to the Sub-Council Manager as detailed below, the City has now
introduced a new C3 electronic reporting system for all service delivery complaints and queries.
Call 0860 103 089 or e-mail contactus@capetown.gov.za to log a service delivery query or
complaint. You can also SMS it to 31373 (no more than 160 characters). Your contact will then
be logged and a reference number issued to you so that you can track our progress. For issues
relating to cable theft, call the toll free 24/7 hotline: 0800 222 771.
As in reporting via the Sub-Council Manager (desiree.mentor@capetown.gov.za), information
should include:
? Your name and contact details
? The nature of the problem (e.g. pothole, water, lighting, roads, signage, drains, dumping,
mowing, etc). Please report problems one at a time (separate email / form for each
problem).
? The EXACT location of the problem
? The date.
Sub Council – Fish Hoek
Manager – Desiree Mentor desiree.mentor@capetown.gov.za
Garden rubbish removal 0860103089 – then press option 1
TMNP Gavin Bell 021 701 8692
24-hour hotline: 0861106417
GavinB@sanparks.org
Baboon Emergencies 071 588 6540 (24 hours)
baboons@natureconservation.co.za
To report people feeding baboons 021 957 5937 or 959 5900