Bikers Against Crime Run

Boksburg North CPF teamed up with Linden CPF to bring this years Bikers Against Crime Run on Saturday 24th March 2012. The event was held at the Brightwater Commons in Randburg.

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Linden SAPS on top.

Joburg’s sector-policing initiative appears to be working well.

Since the initiative was launched 17 months ago, the police’s reaction time to complaints has improved by about 18 minutes.

From a reaction time of 39 minutes in 2010, the latest figures show an average per incident drop to 21.07 minutes.

The sector-policing initiative divides each of Gauteng’s 138 policing precincts into sectors. The sectors are manned by two officers, who roam the area in a designated sector vehicle, each equipped with a cellphone and a hand radio, 24 hours a day.

Officers are required to respond to crime calls.

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Sector Policing

The Linden police, the Linden CPF and ADT security have started an initiative to educate communities about sector policing. This initiative kicked off in sector 2, which is comprised of Franklin Roosevelt Park, Montrose and Risidale. These areas were not well informed about sector policing, did not have Residence Associations in place and were not part of any database regarding security issues. The sector 2 initiative took to the streets to hand out a batch of 5000 flyers, containing information regarding sector policing. The flyers have been sponsored by ADT. This is the first in a series of events promoting this initiative to various communities.

Linden CPF AGM 2011

The Linden CPF  held its AGM of 2011 on the 14th of June 2011.

The guest speaker was Steve Hamilton who spoke on the topic…..DRUGS IN OUR SCHOOLS……. Are we and our children prepared ???

Crime prevention starts with you- Former top cop Brigadier Piet Byleveld

Former top cop Brigadier Piet Byleveld addressed residents in Linden about crime prevention in suburbs at this year's first Community Policing Forum (CPF) meeting last week.
Byleveld retired last year after 40 years of police service.
"Everyone complains about the crime rate and the general perception is police don't do enough. However, crime prevention lies in the hands of every individual," he said.
Byleveld urged residents to become involved and assist police in the fight against crime, adding that communication was vital.
"National statistics show more than 50 percent of all crimes are committed in Gauteng. If we make Gauteng safer, we are making South Africa safer."

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Extended CCF Meeting

Linden SAPS hosts weekly Extended Crime Combating Forum (CCF) meetings where all community/security role-players are invited to discuss crime incidents, trends and modus operandi’s in their suburbs/places of work or recreation. The meeting is well represented and has grown from around 10 attendees in 2004 to over 30 at present.

At a meeting held 30 September 2010 the Linden SAPS Management handed over certificates of appreciation to all role-players that attend and who have made a valuable contribution to the fight against crime in the Linden SAPS precinct.

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Street Committees - How to make a difference in your Street

Street Committees - How to make a difference in your Street

Street committees can make a significant impact on the security of streets in our precinct. The CPF has estimated that there are almost 200 street coordinators in the greater Linden Precinct. Many of these can do a lot more than keep a contact list of resident names and phone numbers.

We have developed a STREET COMMITTEE GUIDELINES LIST.

Click here to download the guidelines in a PDF format.