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Security estates do not guarantee a crime- SECURITY SERVICES
free environment. One must guard against the Personal • Integrated • Effective
illusion that residential estates and townhouse

complexes provide the ultimate in safety and SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING:
security environments. Please report all security-related matters

Crime syndicates often target lifestyle estates as they know immediately, without delay.
that residents tend to become complacent concerning security. A delay in reporting = a delay in resolution.
Criminals ferret out information from individuals who, knowingly or Onsite Control Contact details:
unknowingly, provide details of what they see and hear as contractors 011 465 5466 or 076 200 5280
or service providers in estates. A particularly fundamental problem is
the information passed on by people who live in or have regular jobs
within estates. Armed with knowledge and their own surveillance,
criminals keep finding new ways of gaining access to estates. Officer of the Month
24/7 Security Services is constantly working on improving the security Officer of the Month for June –
at Fourways Gardens Estate. We urge residents to remain alert as each ELEKANYANI, best known as ‘LK’
individual plays a part in combatting crime in the estate. to his colleagues, has shown
a keen interest in his work as
• Do not rely on perimeter security alone. While perimeter security Control Room Operator. His
measures have successfully driven down crime in estates, residents skills do not end in the Control
need to take precautions in their homes. Once criminals gain access to Room, however. He is one
properties within estates, they often have free rein because residents of the officers who is always
have become complacent about their home security. willing to step into bigger
shoes whenever he is asked to
• Be sure to lock doors and windows and ensure vehicles are locked do so, and he does it with flying
- even when parked in a garage. Please do not leave valuables lying colours.
around, especially where items may be visible to passers-by.

• Conduct thorough reference checks of domestic workers and Certificates of Appreciation
gardeners. Often crimes within estates are carried out with the
assistance of a household staff member. Educate your staff on ways Kenny Malan,
to keep themselves and your home secure. our Security
Manager,
• Take extra precautions when construction is taking place. Having handed over
construction workers on-site within estates has historically resulted in Certificates of
elevated crime levels. This directly results from the increase in traffic Appreciation
and the access that construction workers have to the estates. to Thami, our
Site Manager,
• Report suspicious behaviour. One of the modus operandi within the and Renette,
estates is for a crime syndicate to move into a home for a period of our Assistant
time. During this time, they monitor the behaviour of residents and Site Manager.
initiate house break-ins in the estates before moving out.
Thami and Renette have over the past months worked very
• Be alert when entering and exiting the estate. Criminals have targeted long hours, often through the night, to ensure the safety of
residents leaving from or returning to estates and hijacked them a the Fourways Gardens residents. This was while there was a
few metres from the gate. The reality is that people relax and become noticeable crime spike in our area.
less and less alert the closer they get to home. Do not think that
just because there is a security guard at the gate, you can become We thank them for their dedication and the long hours they have
complacent. put in, above and beyond the call of duty.

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