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Public Spaces Security – PSS Intelligent surveillance
and patrolling of our public spaces, keeping criminals away from our homes and
streets, is what is required in today’s crime climate. This is obviously what
our community wants – responses to the CRA’s survey of April 2008 indicate
that 87% of the community want more effective measures in place to deal with
crime. A security company that
has a proven track record is CSS Tactical. The CRA completed evaluations of
several security companies and decided that CSS Tactical offered the best
solution, noting that suburbs where CSS Tactical operates (eg Dunkeld) have
reported a dramatic decrease in crime levels. What the
PSS scheme offers CSS Tactical has
submitted a ‘neighbourhood partnership proposal’ which
offers: l
Four 24x7 proactive
patrol vehicles, each manned by two highly trained personnel able to deal with
untoward situations. Their activities and services will include: • looking out for any
suspicious activity, or people loitering within the area; • questioning any person
regarded as suspicious; • looking out for and
stopping any persons littering any public space area; • checking construction
sites after hours to ensure there is no one sleeping there without the
required permission; • removing any street
vendor who is not authorised by the CRA to be in the area; • regular river patrols. l Cameras
positioned at strategic points within the suburb, linked directly to the CSS
Tactical National Operations Centre (NOC). Vehicles cannot be everywhere at
once – but cameras can! l Alert It Facility – Residents who are signed
up to the scheme will be able to call the NOC 24 hours a day. l Meet and greet service (initially for armed
response clients). l Medical response. Let’s keep
out criminals before they get to our gates. YOU are an
integral part of your community and it’s time to get involved and be part of
preventing crime. Implementation and costs of the Public
Space Security Scheme A minimum of 600
residents/businesses need to sign
up before the scheme can start. To have the full number of cameras
900 sign-ups are needed, ie 60% of the community. The cost is higher than
the present Community Security Scheme but it provides a more holistic
solution. Costs for the new scheme
are: Per individual
household: R385 per month. Per sectional title: R85
per unit. (This rate applies to complexes of four or more units.) Business: From R395,
depending on the size and nature of the business. For more information CSS Tactical can be
contacted at 0861 911 119. Ask for Ricky. Recruitment and marketing is being
co-ordinated by Richard King and Amy
Allan. Bianca de Roland Philips (brohleder@global.co.za)
is the area manager for Feedback from current users of CSS Tactical To: King, Richard ( “Hi Richard We are 100% satisfied (sometimes more). The
incident rate in the area has been incredibly low since CSS came on board.
Each street has a rep and there is a community security rep - i have
copied my wife Ali as she may have these names and numbers to send you. Personally I recommend them without reservation. Regards Rob” “With regards to CSS Tactical so far we have been
very happy with them. They are very proactive, take a few minutes to
arrive at your gate when the alarm goes off. When phoning for meet and
greet even with a few minutes warning there are 2 cars waiting with huge
lights flashing and 2 armed men standing at your gate. The Dunkeld
incidents have been reduced to the absolute minimum.” “CSS have demonstrated that they can reduce crime – as Greenside’s
crime levels are down.” C Creasy
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