[obsnw] Re: Police harassment

2010-03-19 Thread Mervyn
Hi Trevor, In Observatory, as you may have noticed we have a serious problems that need to be solved: - relating to Drug dealing - public disorder - a few murders We most certainly do not live in an impending or de facto police state. if we did , the problems in Observatory could be solved overn

[obsnw] NOT CRIME RELATED : CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS FOOD HAMPER / FLOWERS FOR HELEN SWART

2010-03-19 Thread Bev
Hi All I'm putting this request onto this site because I think it will be seen by more people. A couple of people have suggested that they would like to contribute towards some flowers / food hamper / whatever for Helen who is recovering from surgery at the Vincent Pallotti. CONTRIBUTIONS CA

[obsnw] Kitten found

2010-03-19 Thread Evelyn
A black and white kitten was found on the steps of 2 Bedford St this morning. Joanne did ask around the immediate vicinity, she is keeping the kitten indoors to prevent it from being run over. Please mail me directly if you think this may be your kitten. Excuse the non-crime related post, but excep

RE: [obsnw] Good VS!

2010-03-19 Thread Justin Ashley
Hi Biddy Please note that VS is employed by the Obsid to do Public Open Spaces security only - their job is to improve our security by making sure that our streets, parks, etc. are safe and secure. They do take an interest in alarms going off - mainly because they might have an opportunity to nab

Re: [obsnw] Re: Police harassment

2010-03-19 Thread Michael Kempen
Hear! Hear! - Original Message - From: Justin Ashley To: obsnw@googlegroups.com ; 'Trevor Hughes' Cc: 'Brian & Sue Amery' ; 'Woodstock SAPS' ; 'David Raphael' ; 'Cedric Thomas' Sent: Friday,

RE: [obsnw] Re: Police harassment

2010-03-19 Thread Justin Ashley
Teun, Trevor related a personal experience he had and objected to, which is his democratic right. He did not make any attempt to indicate that the views he expressed were representative of any organisation or community. The first two paragraphs or your initial reply to his post are reasonable

Re: [obsnw] Re: Police harassment

2010-03-19 Thread Michael Kempen
It is not fair to say that the Obs community is in two minds about it wants. One person has raised a valid issue and now suddenly the entire Obs community is fingered and in two minds. ANY community wants to see the Police force do its job, but EVERY community wants to see the Police force do

Re: [obsnw] Re: Police harassment

2010-03-19 Thread Jonathan Endersby
Hi On 19 March 2010 07:46, Teun Baartman wrote: > I am sure the police will come with an explanation. As far as I know (but I > am not an expert) the police is entitled to do random searches. If you had > nothing to hide, it would have been over in two seconds and everybody would > have been able

Re: [obsnw] Re: Police harassment

2010-03-19 Thread Andrew Fife
Police act. See chapter Five. No mention of random searches! http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:p9BDN_QWRngJ:www.info.gov.za/view/DownloadFileAction%3Fid%3D70987+police+act+south+africa&hl=en&gl=za&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEEShZF1CgLAH1JSvOCjtIVp7pkobueV6c4F3Mi2FLybN_PVUvp-_3GWwVQr2_oh9osIeRTKajZ8wW