Tributes flow for Milnerton's slain neighbourhood watch member | WeekendArgus
Cape Town - A lack of police resources puts a heavy burden on neighbourhood watches in the fight against crime, say volunteers who patrol their suburbs to keep them crime-free.
Lindsell, who is also deputy chairman of the Milnerton Community Police Forum , said Van Rooyen died while responding to a suspected hijacking when he was shot in Freedom Way, Montague Gardens. Friend and neighbour Rob Peche said he had spoken to Van Rooyen an hour before the fatal shooting, and Van Rooyen told him he was going out on patrol.Peche received the news of Van Rooyen’s death from a shocked crime watch patroller, rushed to the scene at Montague Gardens and had to break the news to Van Rooyen’s fiancée.
Chairman of BKM Watch Brian Wilkinson said they offered training to patrollers every three weeks where they advised them not to rush to a scene, and not to put themselves in harm’s way. He said patrollers were there to observe and report, and in an active crime scene, should stay on the periphery. “We do not encourage or expect NHW members to confront criminals. The reality is, however, that the crime that poses a threat to communities could result in their contact with criminals from time to time,” said Bosman.“We are therefore not in a position to prescribe protocols of operation, and have no intention to do so,” Bosman said.
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