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![]() "No Man is an Island" John Donne |
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News updates from the chairman will be published here Please email John with any important news
31st August 2010 Hi all Lots of news but as busy all in short for now. Hijackings UP, especially early evening – take care, are you being followed? Crime brief to follow. Tomorrow night (Wed)– mass patrol – only an hour requested, we start at 18h00 till 23h00. Please be out there, all extra visibility helps. Hillfox this weekend have helicopter flips on the 4th – be warned! Month end – please check on your subs. I have been advised of possible hijacking hot spot on Jim Fouche , nearest cnr Road No 1, tyres in road. Do not stop! CKN meeting next week ,date to follow, open to all and please attend. Audit of area starting 1 Sept. Latest newsletter herewith. Think all for now Stay safe John
CKN Newsletter – August 2010 Dear CKN resident The writing of this newsletter was interrupted on the night of 16 August by a phone call from Aqua Security to advise me of an armed robbery (home invasion) in a home in Bamboes Street. I immediately drove to the house. It transpired that the family had arrived home and on parking their car, were surrounded by a number of armed men. They were forced inside the house and held at gun point whilst the house was ransacked. The suspects fled with electronic goods and cell phones. Fortunately no one was hurt but the trauma of the night will remain a long time. This type of incident is difficult to prevent and being aware remains your biggest weapon. Do you take the same route home every night? Do you go around the block when coming home, especially at night? Do you look out for suspicious cars behind you? If you are a CKN member, do you request an armed escort when arriving home? Fortunately we are in a position to tackle these problems head on. By midday of the next day, a patrol roster had been drawn up for extra patrols in the area with many residents volunteering their time to make the area safe. Aqua was also aware of the incident. Can other areas boast of such a quick response to crime in their area? However we need to grow the number of patrols as there are too few supplementing the 24 hour patrol car. Can we call on you to help make CKN a safer place? Please contact Liezel or Rowan to get onto the patrol roster or for more details. The more cars riding around, the better. Many folk remark on feeling so much safer seeing a patrol car or green light. And you? I am sure many of you saw the recent Special Assignment episode on TV around neighborhood watches. You will now be acutely aware of the need for us to secure our area as the SAPF will not be able to do it! Do not be naive and think that big gates, high walls, electric fences and alarms will keep you safe. You can not hide all the time. Again, as I regularly ask, are you on my email distribution list for the area? You need to know about incidents in the area as they happen. The mail might just save your life! Furthermore do you know your neighbour? When incidents like the above occur, cell phones are taken and phone lines are disabled. Who are you going to call on for help? We will not allow our area to become a haven for criminals, we will make it difficult for crimes to be perpetrated in CKN and we will make CKN a safe and pleasant place for all who live here. CKN Entrance After many attempts to start a garden at the entrance to our area, work has begun, be it slow. The area needs to be cleared and some brave souls have started the clearing but we will need more volunteers. Please watch out for dates and times. We also need funds to complete the garden along with either donations of plants or sponsorship of a plant/s. Please contact Sarah for more details. A proposed plan of the garden is shown below.
Finally and sadly I need to advise that our monthly income has suffered of late. We are not covering the cost of the 24 hour patrol car so I need to urge you to please check if your subs are up to date and if you are not a member, please join us. Aqua has increased their fees but we will keep our subs at R100 per month as I am sure we will get in what we need. If you have a white CKN membership board, are you a paying member?. CKN is run on faith and we trust you to support us. Stay safe
27th August 2010 Hi all Quick update Our graffitti “artist” is back – we recently painted the park structures and yesterday afternoon someone decided to redo their art! Parents – please tell your child what a criminal record will do to their life – we will now open a criminal case when we catch these hooligans! Clean up at the entrance postponed for tomorrow as we hope to get a grader in to level the area. Patrols this weekend – any extra visibility welcome. Mass patrol for Wednesday next week – only one hour asked. Think all for now.
20th August 2010 Hi all Thank you to all those patrollers who hit the streets last night. We will not let anyone come into our area and commit crime. BUT come on folk, where are some new folk to patrol? Saturday 28 Aug at 13h00 – hopefully clean up at entrance, please join us so we can complete our garden, the more folk the less work it will be. All quite in CKN after Mondays incident, stay aware and report anything suspicious. Finally, on a sad note, a resident from Bamboes passed away on Wed after being ill. Sadly he passed away whilst waiting for an ambulance. Please esnure you know who to get hold of in an emergency! Stay safe John
17th August 2010 Hi all Last night at approximately 20h45 we had a family in Bamboes Street followed home and held at gun point whilst the house was ransacked by at least 5 ARMED men. Please take care when you are coming home at ALL HOURS. CKN members use Aqua as an escourt. Patrol members mass patrol Thursday night. Please can as many patrol as possible – one hour each More to follow as well as date for next CKN meeting. Are you prepared to get involved? John
11th August 2010 Hi all Quick catch up. All quiet in the area but please do not become complacent, stay aware at all times. Thank you to those who patrolled over the long weekend and also to all those who have brought me blankets. And also a BIG thank you to those few folk that came along on Saturday to help start clearining the garden at our entrance. We need to go back as we are only about a third of the way. A new date and time will be set and I trust more help will be forthcoming. Please check on your subs as last month for the first time in ages, we got in less than what we paid out? If you have a white CKN membership board, are you a paying member? Think all for now Stay safe John
6th August 2010 Please remember help needed tomorrow from 13h00 to 15h00 to help start clearing the area at our entrance for our garden. John Long weekend – keep eyes open and report suspicious. Have you tested your alarm? Extra patrol hours required where possible.
Hi all Reminder – Sat 7 Aug at 13h00 – please join us as we start to make CKN a great place for all. Meet cnr Albert and Hendrik Potgieter.
Chairman: John Baisley
Email: john.baisley@standardbank.co.za Tel (Home): 011 679-5063 after 6pm Honeydew Police Station: 011 201 8613/4/5 Trauma Unit: 082 448 9337 CPF Office: 011 801 8406
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