SAXONWOLD PARKWOOD

DOMESTIC WATCH

2009 CRIME PREVENTION MEETINGS

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THE BIGGEST PROBLEM THE POLICE HAVE IS LACK OF INFORMATION!

POLICE CRIME FACTS:  Where Domestic Watch meetings have been implemented in suburbs the CRIME HAS BEEN RADICALLY REDUCED.

Domestics DO know what is going on in our suburb!

All meetings are held at the S.A. Museum of Military History (The War Museum) in Saxonwold on the last Tuesday of the following months @ 12 noon:

v  Penny Steyn is the writer and presenter of all crime prevention lessons.

v  Cost R25.00 per attendee per lesson. 

v  Domestic Watch is not a “course” that begins and ends. It is an ongoing process of lessons teaching crime prevention and keeping abreast of current trends in criminal activity and methods of self and household protection against criminals. 

v  Employers, Domestics and Gardeners are all welcomed. 

v  The Police will attend whenever possible to add valuable information and build relationships.    

v  Any voluntary assistance will be gratefully accepted.

v  Refreshments are served and any contribution towards these will be appreciated.

v  The meeting starts promptly at 12h00, Registration 11h45am.  Lesson duration 1 hour.

REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT FOR NEWCOMERS & CHANGE OF DETAILS

 

To assist with the administration of the meetings and for “Year End Certificate of Attendance” kindly complete the registration form and ask domestics to hand it in at the registration table.

Domestic Worker’s Name & Surname:           ____________________________________________________

Employer’s Name:                   ___________________________________________________________________

Residential Address:            ___________________________________________________________________

Home Telephone No:               ___________________________________________________________________

Domestic’s Cell No:              ___________________________________________________________________

Employer’s Email Address:           ______________________________________________________________

(For notification of meetings email addresses are most convenient).

 “If you are not part of the solution you could be part of the problem”

For any further information Call Penny Steyn 082 461 6968 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

The meeting in February’s topic is "What To Teach Children Without Creating Fear".  Many of the attendees are caregivers, most are parents and stacks are grandparents.  This lesson is extremely comprehensive and has many intentions:
1.    All aspects of enlisting children into becoming an integral part of security in their homes and outside their homes without making them fearful.
2.    It is a method of getting the attendees to become teachers of much that many already know, when they teach others what they know they re-remind themselves of all safety measures that need to be taken in and around the homes that they live and work in.
3.    It will also help those that have never attended the lesson given some while back on "Habits and Routines" that need regimenting if we are to prevent crime.
4.    Enlisting the children into the regiment of safety and security will also filter through to the employers.  There is no room for being lax in South Africa with crime still continuing to impact on our country. 
Penny Steyn
011 783 8776 or 082 461 6968
Domestic Watch and SAPS
A reminder that all the MAD Domestic Watch meetings start this week.  See the schedule of meetings below:

Year End Certificate Ceremony 11am Thursday 18th November at
Rosebank Union Church, Hurlingham

The topic for March is “First Aid for any Emergency”.  We have a very special guest speaker, Kelly Robinson (BPharm, MPharm, Dip LC) from Tyrone Pharmacy Parkview who offered to present an in-depth lesson on this critically important topic.  In any kind of emergency we all need to be absolutely clear about what action MUST be taken immediately and the lesson hand out will also give the essential points that could in fact save a life while waiting for the Emergency Medical Services to arrive. 

The February lesson on Telephones resulted in 9 criminals being caught by two domestic’s fast thinking and acting and knowing EXACTLY what to do to get the police to the crime scenes immediately.  They were so jubilant at being proactive that they immediately called me to give me the good news!

Our attendance appears to be on the increase again.  This meeting has one of the highest regular attendance levels of the 16 meetings currently being run.  If we maintain this increase in attendance I am convinced we will continue to see a reduction in the crime in the suburbs – this is a numbers game – we need to maintain vast numbers of domestics and gardeners attending and being taught how to prevent crime and how to become an informer to ensure that we see a substantial drop in crime in the suburbs.

Thank you to all who support these meetings and making sure that this email is also forwarded to the residents on your mailing lists.  We continue to search for volunteers to help us at registration, one of the most important aspects of this initiative – specifically for certificate of attendance purposes at the end of the year.