Minutes from the meeting on 16.September

Venue: Helderzicht Rugby club, 7pm

NB: Open with a prayer (Patrik, Brandon)

Other NHWs present: Bridgewater NHW (Gavin Holroyd), Paardavlei NHW (Ellen) and Lourentia Park NHW (Doreen & Mary)

Also present: Annetjie Robertson (Community Police Forum) Will chat to Charl Viljoen about possible training next year ower 2 nights.

Patrolls· 

• Patroller registration forms distributed in the meeting– needed to secure their own safety. Forms distributed and 21 filled form received.
• Be non-aggressive. Walking etiquette. No patrollers under influence of alcohol or other substances to participate. 
• To keep patrolls random- as times of peak crime tend to change.

Record of patrolls to be kept:

1. Date
2. Time
3. Observation (place, what happened, clothing)

Jackets to be made: Cost R55 will be financed personally. Please speak to Donovan, 14 Phoenix street.

Communication methods: 

1. Create a special group for patrollers on WhatsApp to discuss the meeting times etc. Brandon Smith as administrator of the group 0745545218

2. Facebook no pictures publicly allowed. Only for nonsesitive information

3. 2-way radio – advised to be purchased from an official NHW network as it has to be linked to the speciffic frequency etc.

Problem areas & way forward:

1. Incident record. To be mapped out where most incidents happen, to attend to the most urgent areas.

2. Open field on Paardevlei side and area behind Turnfontein boundry wall to be cleaned up. Ellen and Mariette has taken the issue further. Will be discussed with Councillor Van Minnen.

3. Broken Boundry wall on Victoria Street- Cape Dev Homes responsible? Does not seem that Victoria Park residents use the oppening. Required to be closed

4. Drain close to broken section of the wall need to be covered. Possible hiding place for criminals.

5. Lourentia Park boundry wall on Links road towards the Mall- permanent wall to be installed when other section of Lourentia Park is built up. Can we wait so long. John Middleton taking issue further. The wall between Victoria Park and Lourentia Park- plants to prevent jumping over the wall to be planted. Needs input from the Councillor Van Minnen.

6. Suspected Drug house/ problem houses in the area- should speak to Sector 2 commander 082411271five

7. Lights in open spaces- Darryl

8. Speedbumps in Park Drive- issue taken further and should be installed in near future

9. Bin scratchers – please ask the bin scratchers to leave Your bin alone! Be nice. Stay safe. Don’t display the boxes of new appliances or equipment you have bought! Take down serial numbers of all electronic equipment- so in case of being stolen, it can be recovered.

10. NHW boards:

• Existing boards hopefully can stay where they are. New big boards can possibly be installed at the entrances. Need to investigate where they can be acuired
• Small NHW boards in the window or on property saying that the owners belong to NHW can be bought from CPF @ R40 per board. 

Next meeting: 30.September, 7pm, Same venue