Green lights out – but the show must go on
They may not have the green lights to set them apart from any other slow moving, suspicious looking vehicle, but they will not be hindered by attempts to discourage their relentless fight against crime in Vryheid.
VRYHEID Neighbourhood Watch called an emergency patrollers’ meeting on Thursday night.
Following a sudden attack on the organisation by traffic authorities with regard to the green lights that the public have become accustomed to in recent times, which have become synonymous with nightly patrols by Neighbourhood Watch members, the use of the green lights will be suspended until further notice.
Despite the documentation provided to patrolling members of Neighbourhood Watch by local traffic authorities, permitting them to patrol with green lights fitted to their vehicles, after approximately two years, traffic officials have recently laid down the law and forbidden the use thereof.
While this may come as a slap in the face to members who patrol frequently, relying on the green light showing to assert their presence to the criminal element in Vryheid and surrounding farm areas, patrolling will not cease. They may not have the green lights to set them apart from any other slow moving, suspicious looking vehicle, but they will not be hindered by attempts to discourage their relentless fight against crime in Vryheid.
Patrols will continue, albeit without the green lights for identification.
Since the inception of the Neighbourhood Watch in Vryheid, there has been a significant drop in crime in the area.
