Hi All Please see my response below.
An armed response officer / bicycle patrol officer has the same rights as a resident when it comes to arresting an individual. We do not have the same powers as the SAPS. In light of our legal obligation with regards to criminal activities, our policy clearly states that our staff must report any irregularity / suspicious activities to our control room who will then notify the SAPS. Our officers have been trained and are allowed to intervene on condition that it is not a life threatening situation. They can also request back up should it be necessary. Regards. Garith Dell Community Safety & Liaison Cell Number : 083 678 3807 Email Adress: [email protected] ADT Security (Pty) Ltd 5 Louwtjie Rothman Avenue N1 City Private Bag X104, N1 City, 7463 Telephone 086 12 12 303 Facsimile 086 12 12 305 Registered as a security service provider by the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority Registration number 765528 Managing Director Cape Town : AR Good This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Finally, the recipient should check this email and any attachments the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. -----Original Message----- From: David Raphael [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 19 September 2009 15:06 To: Gareth Dell Subject: FW: Lower Obz Break In - Via the Criminals Safe Highway - The Railway Line Comments please on email below David Raphael 072 065 7223 -----Original Message----- From: Rob Gaylard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 19 September 2009 12:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Fwd: Lower Obz Break In - Via the Criminals Safe Highway - The Railway Line Hi David See Peter Brooks' message. Can we find out what the legal obligations of a security guard (or private citizen) are if they observe a crime taking place or criminals escaping? Rob ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Peter Brooks <[email protected]> Date: Sep 19, 8:37 am Subject: Lower Obz Break In - Via the Criminals Safe Highway - The Railway Line To: The Observatory Neighbourhood watch On Sep 17, 9:57 am, "Helen Swart" <[email protected]> wrote:> I cannot believe that a security guard can just stand and watch a crime > being committed without doing anything, whether you are a subscriber or not. > If ADT want to recruit more clients they should prove that they are willing > to assist at such times and maybe people who are not clients and have been > assisted by them. will join up. In most countries it is illegal not to report a crime if you see it and illegal not to assist somebody if they are in need of urgent help and doing so won't endanger your life. So it is possible that the ADT person committed an offence - it's possible that ADT's policy (if that is it's policy) is also illegal. More importantly, though, is that it would be a stupid and negligent policy. In not apprehending these criminals, the ADT guard was leaving them free to attack his companies clients at some future time. Criminal irresponsibility, I'd have thought. I'd also have thought that it was prima facie evidence that the ADT guard was in league with the criminals, so might be open for prosecution as an accessory. ##################################################################################### Scanned by MailMarshal - Marshal's comprehensive email content security solution. Download a free evaluation of MailMarshal at www.marshal.com ##################################################################################### --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
