Updates on Break-ins

Firstly, i must say, i never expected to hear from readers that i havent been blogging. Mere rantings of mine but at least it keeps some residents who are away from our neighbourhood in touch with what is going on around. Thanks to those reminding me to do my rantings more frequently. :-)

As we recall, the spate of break-ins at Road 6 and Road 8 houses, brought about plenty of worries. I for one, took to waking up at 4am every morning. I would switched on the lights in my house to make known that the people in the house are awake....ie DONT COME STEAL MY STUFF AGAIN!! Other neighbours also observed some night duties from inside their homes. We stayed vigilant! 6 break-ins in 2 1/2 months (from March to June). We were furious!

There were police dialogues to which Community Policing was brought up and the police sent patrolling cars which pretty much did not create an impact by coming in during daytime when the thugs were coming in at night.

But one incident lead me to call the police and they reacted very ....i say it again very promptly (within 5minutes). Our own security guards saw 2 men going into the belukar that flanks road 6 and road 8 about 130am and i got up upon hearing the rev of the guards motorbike approaching the belukar. My house is the 2nd houses away from the belukar. So i went out to ask the guard who was pacing up and down making sure, no one would have come through. But i decided to call the police and asked for police patrol to show their presence thus warding off those 2 men if they were still hiding in the belukar.

To my surprise, not only did the police come promptly, 2 patrol cars came. I didnt know whether that was efficient use of their patrolling schedules but their presence, surely would have been intimidating. There they were, 5 police officers, tall and well- build making their presence known. Unfortunately, i wouldnt have said it was any heroic attempt because they didnt go into the belukar to hunt down those 2 thugs (who are probably drug addicts too).

Also by then, the residents along Road 6 and Road 8 had collected funds to put up barbed wires at the fringe of the belukar along the fence.

Even then, there were still some attempted break in along Road 8 and the thugs were coming in from the squatters area. All they have to do is just jump across the Monsoon drain. One of the neighbour woke up when his alarm went off and when he came downstairs, he could hear people talking at the back of his house. Together with our guard and his immediate neighbour(my vote as the most helpful neighbour), they surveyed the back of his house the early hours of the morning. Of course by then, the thugs would have left.

Alarms would ring nitghtly and strayed dogs were barked constantly towards the belukar. So the residents discussed and decided that a 4th guard patrolling along Road 6 and Road 8 was a necessity. Else no one would sleep!

Now, there there is a 4th guard for the night shift. He patrols only along road 6 and road 8 from 2am to 6am everyday.

With this, there is less worry and more sleep.........