This is FANTASTIC NEWS ! I hope Annamarie sees this......and how effective our ONW 2-way radio network can be (....and has been on a few occasions already).
Come on Annamarie.....we're still waiting for you to join us ! Thank you to the folk who clean our suburb ! THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU !!! Yip......the CAPITAL LETTERS underscore my appreciation. I am shouting............from the roof tops ! And thanks to SW 43 for their very quick response. Just a great effort all round ! I love it ! On Mar 2, 7:46 pm, Frank Schuitemaker <[email protected]> wrote: > The benefits of the 2-way radio network were clearly demonstrated > around 3.30 this afternoon by an almost immediate and excellent > response by various parties leading to a quick arrest of the > perpetrator who had been on my property. > > I hope my tale encourages other Obs residents who may be thinking > about buying a 1-way radio, for which > there is a SPECIAL on at the moment: R2000.00. > > Whilst taking a short nap, I was woken up by noise on my shed. > I switched on my radio, looked outside and saw a coloured guy outside > my bedroom, having climbed over the front wall and shed. > > On announcing “Mayday, Mayday Mayday under attack”…..followed by my > situation and radio call sign, I went outside where I saw Brian Amery > (Charlie Delta 02) and Justin Ashley, respectively Manager (Obs Mayor) > and Chairman of the Obsid on the corner of Station Road and Oxford > Road. > Brian and Justin also received information as to the whereabouts of > the perps from the cleaning staff, who had received their radio just > few days ago. > > By this time the SAPS response vehicle (SW 43) with Constables Ontong > (just back from leave) and Barry Mark, Vetus Scholar (Chalie Delta > 19) - our always awake patrol coordinator James Cowley (Oscar 19) > and his wife (Oscar 42) had joined in the hunt and were asking me for > a description of the trespasser over the radio. > > Within minutes, the SAPS (SW 43) had picked up a suspect in Bishop > Road whom I subsequently identified, after which he was formally > charged and booked in at the Woodstock Police station. SAPS were > looking already for him for some previous misdeed. > > This exercise makes abundantly clear the value of instantaneous 2-way > radio network and the good co-ordination between various role players > in reducing crime in the Obsid area. > > Thank you to all of you, also the other SAPS vehicle (SW14?) and other > likely Vetus Scholar patrollers, who immediately dropped whatever they > were doing and came to my rescue. > > This type of quick team work by some 15 persons was amazing and would > not have been possible by ordinary phone. > > Frank (Oscar 32) -- 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
