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Meet & Greet – Saturday 28 July – 9am to 11am On Saturday the 28th of July we will be having a meet and greet with Community Support Services at the Kensington B Park from 9:00 to 11:00. Come and meet the Reaction Officers and the new paramedic team that will be servicing our area.Read more

During the Safe City workshop it was discussed that criminals are increasingly using Google Street View to plan robberies.  It was suggested that as part of our safety initiative, we have the suburb removed from Google Street View.  If this is implemented, Google Street View will no longer display houses in our suburb.   WeRead more

The KenBrink area has seen a tendency in the last six months towards houses being robbed in the middle of the day. These robberies are extremely quick, with the robbers entering and leaving the house in some cases, in under two minutes.   The robbers usually enter the property by lifting sliding gates or forcingRead more

Of the vehicles stolen in South Africa 51% of them are stolen in Gauteng.   As vehicle security systems have improved there’s been a tendency towards the incidence of hijackings. Currently, in our area, the following vehicles are considered high risk vehicles: Toyota Fortuner VW Polo Ford Ranger VW Golf Toyota Corolla Toyota Etios   TheftRead more

One of the benefits of living in the KenBrink area is our wonderful trees.  However, trees and bushes can easily compromise your security.  Trees and overhanging branches can give access to properties, while branches can make your electric fence ineffective. Following the burglaries in April and again in May, an audit of trees in the suburbRead more

In the second week of June Community Support Services began actively patrolling in the KenBrink Area. They have had a dedicated patrol vehicle in the suburb since the 16th of June 2018. They have placed three senior reaction officers in the suburb. Senzo, Jack and Laurence are all highly experienced, dedicated officers. They are backedRead more

The KenBrink Residents Association Security Committee called for a Town Hall meeting to discuss the crime in the area.  This meeting was held on 31 May 2018.  Below we have attached the presentation that was given for your information. The way forward is for those who want to, to change over to Community Support Services. Read more

On Saturday the 21st of April, as part of the Super Saturday program, a Safe City workshop was held.  Lara Bath held a highly informative workshop that dealt with the various different types of crime and the criminals involved.  An interesting part of the workshop was that she used crimes that had happened in ourRead more

During November and December 2017, the area experienced a big increase in house robberies and other crimes.  As a result of this, concerned residents met in mid-December and set up the street patrol initiative.  People volunteered to patrol the area at all times of the day and night, watching and listening for anything unusual.  YoungRead more

Due to the high number of incidents over the festive period and growing unhappiness with their current security provider, the KRA Security team issued a Request for Proposal (RFP). The RFP was distributed to residents for comment. There after 16 Security providers were engaged with, including the current security providers. Eight responses were received toRead more