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13 Desember, 2012
VALS DOKUMENTE: DRUKTOERUSTING
Twee vas vir bedrog Die Somerset-Wes-polisie het op verskeie amptelike blanko-dokumente beslag gelê tydens ’n strooptog by ’n woonstel verlede week. Dit volg nadat die polisie inligting van verdagte bedrywighede by ’n woonstel in Seascape Mews ontvang het. ’n Lasbrief is bekom en die woonstel, waarin twee Nigeriese burgers woon, is Woensdag 5 Desember deursoek en verskeie vervalste dokumente is gevind. Volgens konst. Suzan Jantjies, woordvoerder van die Somerset-Wes-polisie,
sluit die lys van items wat gevind is amptelike briefhoofde van twee bekende banke asook amptelike regeringsdokumente in. “Ons het op bankstempels, dokumente van die departement van binnelandse sake wat gebruik word vir die druk van identiteitsdokumente sowel as geboorte- en doodsertifikate, beslag gelê. “Ons het ook kontant en ’n elektroniese masjien wat die dokumente druk, gevind,” het sy gesê. Jantjies het gesê die polisie se handelstak ondersoek ’n saak van bedrog. Butsha Mlilo (30) en Calvin Bekete (32) het
Vrydag 7 Desember in die SomersetWes-landdroshof verskyn. Die saak is vir nadere ondersoek uitgestel en hulle bly in aanhouding in die Pollsmoor-gevangenis. Na bewering is Mlilo en Bekete al voorheen op soortgelyke aanklagte in hegtenis geneem. Kol. Mary Ann Williams, stasiebevelvoerder, het haar dank teenoor die publiek uitgespreek vir die inligting wat ontvang is, sowel as die polisielede wat die inhegtenisneming uitgevoer het. Die polisie verwag dat nog in hegtenisnemings binnekort sal volg.
Bo, links en regs: Amptelike blankodokumente wat gebruik is vir die vervalsing van verskeie lisensies. FOTO’S: VERSKAF
GB Police Forum reward business
HCW go beyond their call of duty
The Gordon’s Bay Community Police Forum (GB CPF) had their year-end meeting on 27 November, ending a very testing 2012 season. The forum took the opportunity to reward local businesses that played an important role in the phenomenal growth of the CPF Emergency Radio Network. The radio network celebrated their first year of existence last month and they now have four local security vehicles, two designated ambulances and two SAPS vehicles monitoring the channel responding to emergency calls, with the base of operations at the Gordon’s Bay Police station. According to Heyns de Waal, Radio Network Co-ordinator, GB Security was awarded by the CPF in May this year and that it was time to say thank you to the rest of their new sponsors. “With the community and the business sector working hand in hand with our SAPS, we will never stand alone in the fight against crime,” he said.
BEATRICE WILTSHIRE
Awarded at the meeting were (from left) Wayne Martin (RFG Communication), capt. Kholisa Moshi (station commander at Gor don’s Bay SAPS), Franco Neumann (Spar Gordon’s Bay), Chris Stephens (CPF chairper son), Ernie Wobbe (Tiger Truck Spares), Howard Ross (Palm Tyres), Melt Mostert (Melts Tavern) with Keith Ingsund (Pick n Pay Gordon’s Bay), kneeling in front.
Desperate times call for desperate measures and with crime levels reaching unprecedented proportions in 2010, it became apparent that various levels of security were needed in order to complement our effective, but seriously understaffed police service. Pro-active policing was essential to keep our streets safer, thereby ensuring safer homes and businesses. This was the underlying reason for the original establishment of Helderberg The committee of the HCW at the back (from left): Crime Watch (HCW). Alistair Shand, Peter Brand (chairperson), Marius In 2011 the modus operandi of HCW Victor and Johan Kruger (vice chairperson) with Le had to be changed in line with interna- on Diederichs and Hugh Roe (operations director) tional best practice and, from aimless- in front. ly driving around the streets, a switch was made to concentrating resources pro-ac- tion 21 entity, HCW has taken its community tively around previously identified hotspots, responsibility to a new level. They go beyond the call of duty during crisis situations and based on current police intelligence. “This approach, together with the other after hours when the City is unable to provide layers of security, armed response and neigh- immediate response, assisting in flood situabourhood watches, proved to be the correct tions and clearing downed trees blocking trafdecision as shown by HCW’s impressive list fic, the latter with the assistance of the local of detainments and a noticable reduction in neighbourhood watch. Even emergency crime. The statistics speak for themselves,” snake removal has become part of the service rendered to members. a spokesperson said. On their wish list is company sponsorship All this became apparent during the annual meeting of the HCW at the NH Lord Charles for a HCW community-based, emergency reHotel on Tuesday 4 December when it was al- sponse vehicle to be utilised by an emergency so demonstrated that, as a not for profit Sec- task team.