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Words of Wisdom – A Mouse, A Chicken, A Pig and A Cow

A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package; what food might it contain? He was aghast to discover that it was a mouse trap! Retreating to the farmyard, the mouse proclaimed the warning, “There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house.”

The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, “Mr. Mouse, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. THAT’S NOT MY PROBLEM! I cannot be bothered by it.” (more…)

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SAPS Airwing conduct low level flying patrols across the Constantia Valley

SAPS Wynberg Operations arranged for the SAPS Airwing to conduct routine patrols across our area today, Saturday. They concentrated on the shopping centres, then moved across to Hout Bay where they assisted in trying to find a fisherman lost at sea near Seal Island. Two of our local SAPS members accompanied the pilots, and were able to point out various hot spots. Communication with CVIC (Constantia Valley Information Centre), the community radio control room was done via the community radio on board the chopper.

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Read more about the article It’s hard to keep caring

It’s hard to keep caring

It’s hard to keep caring. – Terrill Caplan, PPO, PI – Chief Security Officer – Law Enforcement Support Division

Today, I stopped caring about my fellow man. I stopped caring about my community, my neighbors, and those I serve. I stopped caring today because a once noble profession has become despised, hated, distrusted, and mostly unwanted.

I stopped caring today because parents refuse to teach their kids right from wrong and blame us when they are caught breaking the law. I stopped caring today because parents tell their little kids to be good or “the police will take you away” embedding a fear from year one. Moms hate us in their schools because we frighten them and remind them of the evil that lurks in the world.

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Working Together

BKM and Constantia Neighbourhood Watches hosted an exhibition to highlight “working together” at the Constantia Village Shopping Centre on Saturday 15 November 2014. Thanks to Constantia Village for your support. Partners who are actively involved in the BKM and CW areas in the fight against crime joined us in a show of solidarity and support. These included members from SAPS Diepriver, our biggest sponsor ADT, BH Security, Chubb, SANParks, Verifier Offsite CCTV Monitoring and the Constantia Watch SRT (special response team) from OGM International.

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