The Community Patrollers Initiative (CPI), consisting of Van Dyk Park community members, needs more members to join.
CPI chairperson Anton Botha said they are 400 volunteers, including himself, and they are watching over 2 000 houses, which is not enough to deliver an efficient service.
He believes they could do more with double the number of members.“We have good systems in place – security radios, strategically installed cameras and our members are patrolling at night in our area.
“But we have realised our members are too few and criminals are also changing their prime targets and crime patterns.
We are planning to tackle this and crime in general by changing our camera system to a Wi-Fi network system,” said Botha. “This system will enable us to easily check what is happening in our area on our cellphones, where ever we are.
“We have also given the security companies monitoring our area security radios so they can easily know what is taking place.
“Another concern that contributes to crime is the street lights that are not functioning on the R554, which is adjacent to the suburb.
“The metro must fix these lights for the safety of our lives.
We are happy with the Dawn Park police, as they are helpful despite being under-resourced.“We will continue working with the Dawn Park SAPS and Graphite and Makopano security companies to keep crime on its knees.”
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