Context:
Increased crime levels are reported in the media on a regular basis (incidents in nature areas and vagrants in public areas). The concern is the apparent lack of law enforcement, with large variations between wards.
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Outcomes:
- A request for information—Fire Risks in Urban Edge—resulted in GM reassuring that adequate control systems and equipment are available and centrally coordinated during a formal meeting with panels of advisors;
- The status of security remains a high-priority concern given the priority ratings on the GRPA website, but requests to submit specific issues/areas of concern had been lacking, leaving GRPA unable to take any effective steps;
- The municipality announced the activation of an Integrated Community Safety Strategy, which includes a renovated facility (R5 million) that will serve as the Integrated Operational Command Centre, a key component of the safety strategy, and 700+ cameras across the urban landscape to contribute to effective municipal safety operations. The facility is located at a municipal building on Mitchell Street, next to the George Fire Station. This Integrated Operational Command Centre will include the following features:
- Multi-functional Operational Command Centre
- Enhanced collaboration between various role players
- Centralised hub for information collection and analysis
- Call-taking and dispatching for all Community Safety Departments
- 24-hour call centre
- Strengthened community safety in George
- Capacity to scale up to a Disaster Management Joint Operations Centre (JOC) or incident room
Actions Planned:
- Given the productive meeting and subsequent feedback on the note for the record, a follow-up meeting is scheduled to address safety and security management structures and performance management systems.
6 Responses
Format of a Traffic Fine Notice
It is unclear to what extent number plates are cloned in SA but I’ve seen estimates of as high as 25%. This makes it imperative that a traffic fine notice should contain the following basic info:
Date, time and place of alleged infringement
Photo of car with number plate and map coordinates
Contact person with email address in the event one wishes to query the notice.
This information (and more) was provided to me in July 2022 when I received my first and, to date, only speeding fine in George. At the time, traffic infringements were managed by Total Client Services (TCS) whom I found very helpful.
In Dec last year Paymyfines alerted a friend to an outstanding fine. Upon requesting additional information she only received a photograph of her number plate.
I investigated further and discovered that TCS had recently been replaced by Traffic Management Technologies (TMT). On enquiring about the information listed above I hit a brick wall.
I’d be grateful if GRPA management could investigate this matter with the municipality.
Excuse me please… I just can’t resist this. But did you see how quickly and efficiently they worked to upgrade all the traffic cameras on the road…. They certainly know what to prioritize
Annabella
Cnr Watts and Albert str empty property looking terrible. Used as a public toilet
Carine
Approaching George entrance from Mosselbay side no 300m 200m 100m signs on the freeway.
Jenny Coetzee
Street Lights to be repaired on N2 from about Salinas up to the Waves Circle. It’s pitch dark!! Dumbleton Crescent in pitch darkness.. An invitation for criminals!
Mollie Nel
Open stolen steel drain lids a threat to the safety of our people. Should be replaced.Bangledash,Somalian and Pakistan Spaza shops should be visited by health inspectors as preventive measures to the if to the health of the community. Lastly drugs are all over George ,criminal elements are becoming a reality
Tengo Dube