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2019/ 02/ 21 L AK E WE ST RE SIDE NT S ASSOCI AT I ON 19 th F e b rua ry 2019 HI ST ORY Just o ve r 18 ye a rs a g o the c o mmunity g o t to g e the r in a n e ffo rt to c urb the ra mpa nt c rime a ffe c ting o ur sub

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L AK E WE ST RE SIDE NT S ASSOCI AT I ON

19th F e b rua ry 2019

HI ST ORY

  • Just o ve r 18 ye a rs a g o the c o mmunity g o t to g e the r in a n e ffo rt to c urb the ra mpa nt c rime

a ffe c ting o ur sub urb . It to o k 8 ye a rs w o rking to g e t funds a nd a ppro va l b e fo re Clo sure w e nt up ro ug hly 10 ye a rs a g o – E ig ht ye a rs do o r to do o r, a ppe a ls, c o nsta nt b a c k a nd fo rth w ith Co unc il e tc . Ma ny o f us w e re pa ying to L WRA prio r to c lo sure fo r a pa tro l ve hic le b e fo re the a c tual c lo sure w a s put up due to the ra mpa nt c rime .

  • Appro a c he d E

MM (E kurhule ni) to a pply fo r a c lo sure .

  • E

MM a ppro ve d the c lo sure a fte r a g re a t c o st to the re side nts, b ut pla c e d re stric tive c o nditio ns b y w hic h the c lo sure c a n o pe ra te unde r (a s pe r b y-law a nd po lic y: “Po lic y a nd Guide line s fo r the Re stric tio n o f Ac c e ss to Pub lic Pla c e s fo r Sa fe ty a nd Se c urity Purpo se s”)

  • T

he b ig g e st fa c to r w a s c o nvinc ing E MM tha t the c lo sure w ill impro ve the se c urity a nd sa fe ty

  • f its re side nts
  • T

he re stric tive impo se d c o nditio ns inc lude d:

  • Re g iste ring o f a Se c tio n 21, NPO, c o mpa ny – b irth o f L

WRA

  • Ha ving a n a mo unt c o llate ral/ a s se c urity w ith the b a nk/ lawye r – Unto uc hable funds
  • Re -a pplying e ve ry 2 ye a rs a nd pa ying the re le va nt fe e s w he n a pplying , a s pe r the po lic y
  • ONL

Y re stric ting a c c e ss a nd NOT DE NYING a c c e ss unde r a ny c irc umstanc e – Ag a inst Huma n Rig hts

  • All b o o me d a c c e ss po ints must b e g ua rde d
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L WRA MANDAT E

  • T
  • c o ntro l, ma na g e , ma intain, b e a c c o unta ble a nd re spo nsible fo r the c lo sure a nd c rime

pre ve ntio n/ c rime fig hting e ffo rts w ith in the pub lic spa c e ONL Y – Pub lic Spa c e is the spa c e a s de te r mine d to b e lo ng to E MM (ro a ds, pa rks, w a lkways,e tc ).

  • L

WRA is NOT a se c urity c o mpa ny, b ut ma de up o f re side nts tha t c o ntrib ute to wards a nd live w ithin the c lo sure .

  • L

WRA ha s to use the se rvic e s se c urity c o mpa nie s, te c hno lo g y a nd o the r me a ns to a c tive ly fig ht a nd re duc e the c rime le ve ls w ithin the sub urb .

  • T

he mo nthly c o ntrib utio ns ma de g o e s into a c tive ly e nsuring the susta inab ility o f the c lo sure a nd to find ne we r me tho ds to a c tive ly ma ke the c o mmunity sa fe r.

  • As L

WRA is no t a se c urity spe c ialist, it initially e nliste d the se rvic e s o f CMS to a ssist in running , ma intaining a nd c o lle c tio n o f funds fo r the upke e p o f the c lo sure .

  • CMS w a s c o nside re d the b e st c ho ic e , a s it ha d c lo se re la tio ns w ith the c o mmunity, in de pth

kno wle dg e o f the a re a , it ha d the a dministrative infra struc ture a nd w as kno w n to b e a c ting in the b e st inte re st o f the c o mmunity.

  • CMS w a s the c ho se n ‘ o ne sho p sto p’ fo r L

WRA re q uire me nts.

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T HE CMS DE BACL E

  • T

he c o mmitte e me t re g ula rly w ith CMS a nd e va luate d the fina nc ials a nd pe rfo rma nc e o f the c lo sure .

  • Suspic io ns sta rte d w he n e xpe nse s sta rte d spira lling a nd CMS c o uld no t a c c o unt a c c ura te ly fo r

the e xpe nse s.

  • CMS w e re no t tra nspa re nt w ith the c o lle c tio ns a nd e xpe nse s.
  • T

his pro mpte d L WRA c o nside r se pa ra ting the se c urity a spe c t a nd the fina nc ial a dministratio n a spe c t.

  • T

he y e nliste d a n inde pe nde nt fina nc ial e xpe rt to ta ke o ve r fro m CMS.

  • CMS re spo nde d a g g re ssive ly a nd thre a te ne d to ‘ lift the b o o ms’ .
  • Afte r furthe r sc rutiny, q ue stio ns w e re ra ise d a b o ut the a c c ura c y o f the fina nc ials CMS pro duc e d
  • n b e ha lf o f L

WRA, a nd suspic io ns o f une thic al b e ha vio ur inc re a se d.

  • L

WRA de c ide d to g o o ut o n te nde r fo r se rvic e s o nly fo r pro viding se c urity to the c lo sure . T his w a s a lso to e va lua te the c o mpe titive ne ss o f CMS.

  • CMS w a s c o nta c te d pe rso na lly to te nde r a t this po int, b ut the y de c line d to te nde r a t the time .
  • At the time Sa b e rT

a c tic al pro duc e d the b e st va lue fo r mo ne y a nd o ffe re d a dditio nal se rvic e s, inc luding a dditio nal pa tro l c a rs a nd a n ANPR mo bile c a r.

  • In re spo nse CMS re mo ve d a ll the se c urity infra struc ture a nd le ft the c o mmunity vulne ra b le ,

c la iming tha t the infra struc ture b e lo ng e d to CMS.

  • In q uic k re spo nse , L

WRA a ppo inte d Sa b e rw ho put in me a sure s to se c ure the c o mmunity.

  • T

his e ntire de b a c le c re a te d a divide in the c o mmunity w hic h w as furthe r fue lle d b y unfo unde d, spe c ula tive a nd de fa mato ry a lle g atio ns a nd c o nspira c ie s a g a inst L WRA.

  • In the mo nths tha t fo llo we d, the me mbe rs c o ntributio ns fe ll dra stic ally a nd the a dditio nal se c urity

w hic h Sa b e rro lle d o ut fo r L WRA w a s no lo ng e r fe a sible .

  • L

WRA c o nsulte d Sa b e rto find a w a y to re duc e the c o st due to the fina nc ial re stra ints.

  • Ro b e rt ve ry g e ne ro usly the n info rme d L

WRA tha t the g ua rding se rvic e s Sa b e ro ffe re d w as in fa c t fro m a n o utso urc e d se rvic e pro vide , viz: Ba d Bo yz. It w as a g re e d tha t L WRA w o uld the n w o rk dire c tly w ith Ba d Bo yz to re duc e the c o sts.

  • Ba d Bo yz w a s c o ntra c te d to pro vide pa tro l a nd g ua rding se rvic e s to L

WRA a nd till da te is still the the b e st va lue fo r mo ne y – se c urity vs c o st.

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L E SSONS L E ARNT

T he CMS De b a c le did pro vide so me va lua ble le sso ns to L WRA:

  • 1. T

he impo rta nc e o f no t re lying o n o ne se rvic e pro vide r – fina nc ially it w a s c o stly a nd g o o d g o ve rna nc e w as c o mpro mise d

  • 2. Ow ning the se c urity infra struc ture – L

WRA c a n c ha ng e to a ny se rvic e pro vide r w itho ut lo sing the infra struc ture no r inc urring a dditio nal c o sts

  • 3. Se g re g a ting func tio ns o f fina nc ial, se c urity a nd a dministratio n is c ritic al fo r c o ntro l, e va luatio n,

a c c o unta bility a nd tra nspa re nc y.

  • 4. T

rust, tra nspa re nc y, c o mmunic atio n a nd ho ne sty in the c o mmunity is vital to o ur suc c e ss

  • 5. No ma tte r w hat!! Only yo u w ill lo o k o ut fo r yo ur o wn b e st inte re sts, no o ne e lse w ill.

PRE SE NT AND F UT URE

Cha lle ng e s a nd Stra te g y

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ST RAT E GY

It’ s a lways impo rta nt to kno w w he re yo u he a ding , w ha t the visio n is, in o rde r to de ve lo p a ro a dma p g o ing fo rw a rd. L WRA is no diffe re nt! T he stra te g y / ide alist dire c tio n e nta ils:

  • Ha ving a dditio nal a rme d pa tro l c a rs de dic ate d to o ur sub urb , b y mo re tha n o ne se rvic e

pro vide r if ne c e ssa ry

  • Ha ving a pro a c tive a ppro a c h to se c urity ra the r tha n re a c tive
  • Inc re a sing the CCT

V mo nito ring in mo st ma jo r stre e ts to tra c k suspic io us a c tivity

  • ANPR linke d to o ur o w n c o ntro l ro o m
  • De dic ate d visito r la ne s a nd c o ntro lle d a c c e ss fo r pe de str

ia ns

  • Ab ility to lo c kdown in e ve nt o f e me rg e nc y
  • Intro duc ing ne w a nd la te st te c hno lo g ie s use d in fig hting c rime
  • L

inking a ll me mbe rs to a c e ntra l c o ntro l ro o m to a tte nd to the ir se c urity a nd e me rg e nc ie s

  • Clo sing mo re g a te s during a fte r ho urs – la te nig hts, fe stive se a so n, e tc
  • Impro ving the o ve ra ll a ppe a ra nc e o f o ur e ntra nc e s a nd b o o ms
  • Be ing a b le to e xte nd o ur a c tivitie s to inc lude munic ipal se rvic e re la te d issue s

T O IMPROVE T HE OVE RAL L ST ANDARD WIT HI N OUR SUBURB

CHAL L E NGE S

We w ill disc uss the se c ha lle ng e s o ne b y o ne . T he se a re the c urre nt c ha lle ng e s impa c ting the a c hie ve me nt o f the stra te g y:

  • Co ntrib utio ns – me mb e rship
  • Qua lity o f se c urity se rvic e s
  • Ma inte nanc e a nd upke e p – c o nfusio ns a s to L

WRA ro le

  • E

vo lving , upg ra ding o ur se c urity infra struc ture

  • Vo lunte e rs
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CONT RI BUT I ONS

T his is the MOST IMPORT ANT a nd mo st diffic ult c ha lle ng e . Ge tting re side nts to pa y the ir mo nthly c o ntributio n.

Curre ntly, we ha ve 43% c o ntrib uto rs

WE NE E D A MINIMUM OF 60%

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Ma in re a so ns pe o ple do n’ t pa y:

  • 1. T

he y b e lie ve the se c urity is ina de q uate , w he re as the re a lity is the se c urity is a c c o rding to a ffo rda b ility w hile c o mplying with c o unc il re g ulatio ns.

  • 2. T

he y misunde rstand o r a re una w are o f the rule s a nd po lic ie s tha t L WRA ha s to c o mply w ith in re la tio n to the w a y pe o ple e nte r a nd le a ve the a re a – de nying a c c e ss ve rsus re stric ting a c c e ss

  • 3. T

he y c o nfuse priva te se c urity c o mpa ny a nd think L WRA is a lso a se c urity c o mpa ny

  • 4. Ma ny pe o ple do no t kno w tha t the y ha ve to c o ntribute to the c lo sure
  • 5. So me a re ne w to the a re a a nd do no t kno w o f L

WRA a nd its purpo se

  • 6. T

he y c a nno t a ffo rd it fina nc ially

  • 7. T

he y just do n’ t c a re (sa dly the y fre e lo ad o f the pa ying a nd c o nc e rne d re side nts)

T HIS IMPACT S E VE RYT HING

E ve rything w e c a n to do , e ve rything w e w a nt to do will b e dic tate d b y o ur me mb e rship a nd c o ntrib uto rs. Just o ve r 1000+ fre e -sta nding ho me s in o ur c lo sure , this e xc luding the c o mple xe s. Adding the c o mple xe s, L WRA ha s +/ -1800 individual ho me s w ithin the c lo sure . Ana lysis pro vide s a ta rg e t o f 850 ho me s pa ying the ir R550 pe r mo nth – this ma ke s it susta ina ble a nd w e the n w ill b e he a ding in the rig ht dire c tio n to ro ll o ut o ur stra te g y a nd impro ve / upg ra de

  • ur se c urity infra struc ture s.

If w e a c hie ve 900+ ho me s a nd this re ma ins a s the susta inable minimum; w e c a n b e g in lo we ring the mo nthly c o ntributio ns a nd w o uld still b e a b le to g ro w a nd impro ve o ur se c urity infra struc ture .

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Colle c t le vie s/ c ontr ibutions (Avg Apr 18- De c 18) R237855,79 Roughly 432 home s

VAT -R31024,67 Ba d Bo yz -R176500,00 T

  • ile t Hire
  • R1554,80

Insura nc e

  • R4543,15

L ig hts a nd Wa te r -R4414,52 Ma inte nanc e

  • R4500,00

(b udg e t) Ba nk fe e s -R2605,54

R16763,11

ANPR [b udg e t]

  • R12500,00

R4263,11

QUAL IT Y OF SE CURIT Y SE RVICE

  • We a re re stra ine d b y o ur fina nc ial a b ility
  • L

e ve l o f c urre nt g ua rds is le ve l C, a s w e c a nno t a ffo rd hig he r g ra de d g ua rds w ho a re b e tte r tra ine d.

  • Similarly w ith the pa tro l c a r
  • We a re a t a situatio n w he re w e a re b a sic ally pro viding visible se c urity
  • It’ s a re a c tive a ppro a c h – w e w ant to mo ve to pro a c tive se c urity re spo nse ne two rk. T
  • inc o rpo ra te te c hno lo g y tha t c a n a le rt us to c riminal pre se nc e within o ur e nc lo sure

We ne e d:

  • Be tte r c o ntro lle d a c c e ss fo r c a rs a nd pe de str

ia ns

  • Arme d g ua rds
  • Ab ility to lo c kdown
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MAI NT E NANCE AND UPK E E P

  • Bo o ms g e tting da ma g e d – a c c ide nts – a s a re sult o f re c kle ssne ss b y b o th re side nts a nd no n-

re side nts driving thro ug h o ur b o o m a re a

  • Our b o o ms ne e d re pa irs due to w e a r a nd te a r – L

WRA c o mmitte e me mb e r do e s re pa ir to re duc e c o sts

  • We ndy ho use re pa irs – o ve r 10 ye a rs in se rvic e a lre a dy
  • L

WRA a lso o n ma ny o c c a sio ns g e ts c a lle d upo n to re so lve c o unc il issue s, like po tho le s, e tc .

  • L

WRA do e no t a nd is no t re spo nsible fo r a ny c o unc il issue s.

  • T

his is a PUBL I C e nc lo sure a nd c o unc il is still re spo nsible fo r the se rvic e s.

  • Ye s, a s a re side nts o rg a nisatio n, L

WRA w ill a lways a ssist w he re po ssible , b ut a s re side nts it is o ur c o lle c tive re spo nsibility to re po rt to c o unc il a ny se rvic e de live ry issue s a nd g e t a re fe re nc e numb e r.

E VOL VING AND UPGRADING SE CURIT Y INF RAST RUCT URE

Wha t do w e me a n: Criminals ha ve a jo b , ho w to g e t b e tte r a t b e ing a c riminal. T he y study, pra c tic e a nd impro ve the ir te c hnique s a nd me tho ds. We to o must e vo lve , c ha ng e , a da pt a nd upg ra de o ur infra struc ture s to ke e p up a nd b e re le va nt. It c o sts mo ne y!! Whe n w e sta g nant, a s w e a re , w e find inc re a se in c riminal a c tivity – a s e xpe rie nc e d re c e ntly. We ha ve to re spo nd! Why ANPR – w ill g o into de ta ils la te r. Othe r me tho ds a va ilable ne e d fina nc ial a nd a dministrative b a c king .

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VOL UNT E E RS

  • E

ve ryo ne o n the c o mmitte e ha s fa milie s, w o rk a nd o the r re spo nsib ilitie s.

  • L

ike yo u, the c o mmitte e a re re side nts a nd g ive the ir time fo r fre e a nd w ith sa c rific e s

  • L

ike yo u the y pa ssio na te a b o ut the se c urity o f o ur ne ig hb o urho o d

  • T

he y NE E D HE L P

  • Ne w ide a s, po sitive a c tio n a nd c ritic ism w e lc o me d.

Any me a ning ful a ssista nc e is a lways a ppre c ia te d.

ANPR

Pro p o se d se c urity up g ra d e

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WHY ANPR? ? ?

  • It is c urre ntly a ffo rda b le
  • Any pro po se d upg rade must b e affo rdab le and sustainable
  • L

WRA wants to make e ve ry rand we spe nd g ive us maximum re turn, while maintaining hig he st q uality and lo we st c o st princ iple

  • It ha s a pro ve n tra c k re c o rd, b o th in So uth Afric a a nd inte rnatio na lly w he n c o mbine d w ith
  • the r c rime fig hting to o ls, suc h a s a c c e ss c o ntro l a nd priva te se c urity re spo nse
  • We ne e d to re spo nd to the re c e nt c rime inc re a se
  • ANPR also addre ss, to so me e xte nt, the issue o f the le ve l o f g uards we ab le to affo rd b y

e nfo rc ing the ir vig ilanc e as we ll as allo ws L WRA to b e pro ac tive in re spo nding to se c urity thre ats rathe r than re ac tive .

  • Its live , a uto no mo us, linke d to SAPS a nd re info rc e s o ur c urre nt se c urity infra struc ture .
  • It do e s no t ne e d a ny a dditio nal E

MM a ppro va l, a s w e a lre a dy ha ve CCT V in pla c e .

  • It ha s a dditio nal b e ne fits, w hic h c a n lo we r the ma inte na nc e c o sts fo r L

WRA

  • As re side nts, w e c o uld g e t the mo nthly running c o sts fo r fre e – using L

e ve l 7 “De an o utline s ho w ANPR c an sub stantially inc re ase the arre st rate fo r o ffic e rs, indic ating that the re is po te ntial to impro ve arre st fig ure s b y 900% in so me c ase s. T he type s o f c rime s fo r whic h pe o ple have b e e n appre he nde d g o way b e yo nd issue s suc h as no n payme nt o f lic e nc e fe e s o r traffic fine s. Ve hic le s sto ppe d and inspe c te d re sulte d in the arre sts o f pe o ple fo r ve hic le c rime s (12%), the ft and b urg lary (21%),

  • utstanding warrants o f arre st (11%), drug s (11%) and

driving o ffe nc e s (20%). A majo r trial pro je c t with 23 o f the re g io nal po lic e fo rc e s b e twe e n June 2003 and Marc h 2004 sc anne d 22,8 millio n ve hic le re g istratio n marks o f whic h 900 000 o r 4% we re o f imme diate inte re st to the po lic e .” So urc e :

http://www.se c uritysa.c o m/artic le .aspx? pklartic le id=3093

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HOW DOE S I T WORK ?

T WO DAT ABASE S:

SAPS/ SYNT E L DAT ABASE

[ve rifie d]

L OCAL L WRA DAT ABASE

[sha re d info w ith o the r c lo sure s] SOF T WARE RE ADS AUT OMAT ICAL L Y **AL E RT S SE ND AUT OMAT ICAL L Y T O SE CURI T Y PART NE RS**

T HE SE RVICE PROVIDE RS

Mo nito r ing – Ba d Bo yz Curre nt pro vide r, mo st fe a sib le to L

  • WRA. Go the e xtra mile .

ANPR – Synte l Syste m inte g ra te d w ith SAPS, SAPS is NOT IF IE D no t info rme d Wide c a me ra ne two rk in Ga ute ng Anti-c lo ning fe a ture Po te ntial to o pe n g a te fo r pa ying me mb e rs Da ta b a se inte g rity is ve rifie d a nd o nly se c urity c le a re d individua ls a llo we d to ma ke c ha ng e s Co mmunic atio n – F ib re – L e ve l 7 Ab le to pro vide a SL A in pla c e , g ua ra nte e d uptime a nd g ua ra nte e d time to re pa ir fa ult Sta tic IP, no la te nc y, sha ping , thro ttling , inde pe nde nt infra struc ture Willing to re duc e c o st b a se d o n re fe rra ls – c a n c o st us no thing Sta b le c o mmunic atio n c o mpare d w ith w ire le ss, 4G o r ADSL

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Q + A