A relatively quiet day with HBNW very active on patrols, until………………
17h17 Saturday, ADT6 reports very drunk driver, weaving onto wrong side of road in harbour area green Rover CA594019. Watchcon calls SAPS a number of times, no response. ADT6 waits on corner Earl and Royal for SAPS. Numerous calls to ZH1 and ZH31 (SAPS) unanswered. No answer on telephone?
17h25 coms with SAPS who say no vehicle radios working.
17h28 ADT6 unable to wait for SAPS any longer and leaves. Drunk driver drives off. SAPS never turned up. Nothing further.
17h30 Urgent call for assistance from ADT1 at Shoprite. Fight in progress. Bravo male assaulting 15 year old whiskey male. Numerous calls to SAPS. No response on radio. Delta5 dispatched. 17h31 ADT1 left on response call.
17h34 Beachcomber reports Bravo male ran away. Beachcomber giving whiskey male a lift home to Empire Rd. No response from SAPS. Nothing further.
17h55 I visit CSC Hout Bay on behalf of CPF. Eight uniformed police hanging about charge office and two in carpark. Policeman at radio control desk in answer to question, “why are you off air?”, says they have no radio problems. It seems all radios have volume turned down too much. SAPS asked to do radio check with watchcon at 17h58. Communications good in both directions. Conclusion, CSC and vehicles failed to keep a good listening watch on HBNW channel 1. SAPS have six donated HBNW radios. Nothing further.
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I hope that the lack of SAPS response is escalated. Who is using the 6 SAPS radios. I hear the 2 sector vans, plus the CSC ZH1 - who else?
ReplyDeleteStation Sup should have 1 radio
ReplyDeleteCapt. G has one
CSC desk have base unit
That leaves 3 radios for the sector vehicles. SAPS also have spare batteries to change out if needed.