Past Shall never be forgotten!

As far as I can remember, this actually happened when I was still young! However, this is a very valuable lessons to teach people who vandalise! Can anyone still remember Michael Fay?

Background
Fay, who had been living in Singapore since 1992, was arrested and charged in early October 1993 for possession of stolen items, including Singapore state flags, road signs and various other signboards. Later that month, he was also charged with vandalising a number of cars and committing several acts of mischief, including spray-painting the cars and throwing eggs at some of them. In total, he was charged with 45 counts of vandalism, six counts of mischief, one count of retaining stolen items and one count of possessing firecrackers - 53 charges in all.

On 28 February 1994, he pleaded guilty in the district court to two counts of vandalism, two counts of mischief and one count of possessing stolen property. Besides these five charges, 16 other counts of vandalism and four other counts of mischief were also taken into consideration. On 3 March, he was sentenced to four months' jail and six strokes of the cane for the two vandalism charges and fined S$3,500 for the other three charges. He was acquitted of the remaining 28 charges.

For those who want to read more, go this link -->http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1554_2009-08-06.html

Tips for YOU!

I hope these few tips would help you guys and most importantly prevent crime! So, the following tips are prevention measures to protect your vehicles and property:

1.Lock your vehicle whenever it is left unattended;

2.Remove cashcards and other valuables before leaving your vehicle;

3.Install an alarm system in your vehicle;

4.If you see any suspicious characters loitering around, do take note of their

appearance, clothing, height, age or any other distinctive physical features and

contact the Police for assistance;

5. Last but not least, Call the Police immediately if you are a victim as valuable evidence may be

left behind for Police to apprehend the culprit(s).

These are tips for theft in houses..

Some of the common tricks used by pickpocket are:

• Pickpockets target at people in crowds who carry cash in public especially those who have made a display of their money;

• Pickpockets deliberately bump or jostle into an unsuspecting person in a crowd;

• They create a commotion in public to distract everybody's attention while picking on pockets; and

• They look out for ladies with dangling handbags especially handbags carried with clasps facing away from the body.

. You can prevent yourselves from being a victim of pickpocket by adopting the following crime prevention measures to safeguard your property:

• Do not display excess cash in the public as this might draw unnecessary attention;

• Never leave your handbag in a shopping basket or trolley;

• Sling your handbag in front of you and to ensure that it us properly fastened or zipped at all time;

• Keep your wallet in your front pockets;

• Never leave your handbag unattended in the public places such as hawker centre; and

• Do not be distracted by strangers creating a commotion or accidentally spilling something onto you.

. You can help by calling us at 1800-218 0000 whenever you come across any suspicious person(s) loitering at your neighbourhoods, have information on a crime, or are a witness of a crime in progress!

For those who loves reading, go to this link -->http://www.spf.gov.sg/crimeprevention/amk_nth.htm

Consequences of Vandalism

For you guys out who still persist on vandalism, this is THE video for you!

A Friend's email

First of all, these are pictures that shows posters of crime prevention

While these are pictures that shows car being vandalised

My friend in the neighbourhood recently emailed me a incident that happened in a park:

Jon XXX[XXX@email.com] SENT: FRI 20 Oct 2009 12:03PM TO: Bro Yo, Last nite was parking car at Blk 10 level 3 multi-storey carpark, and this is what I saw! I cannot believe it, so terrible of people to do such things to another’s car, no respect what so ever. See the pictures I attached? All the cars were sprayed with paint and worst still scratched! My gosh! Hope you can forward this email to all our neighbours to warn them that vandals are around and making trouble for us!! &*#^$% one! I hope everyone can be on the lookout for each other and inform suspicious characters in our neighbourhoods. Oh ya, you know that policeman Pete right? Can you go check with him for tips when parking our cars? PS: Check out the crime-prevention posters I snapped last week, you think they work ma? Jon from Blk 3, XXX Street

So what does you guys think about this? For those who still haven't support the neighbourhood watch, hopeful this will change your minds!JUST DO IT!

An Interview with Mrs/Mr Vejaya!

I recently attended an meeting with the neighbourhood watch and guess what? I managed to get a chance to interview an mid-aged couple, Mrs/Mr Vejaya!So, without any further ado, I process to ask them the following questions,

Me:can you help us do a short interview?

Mrs/Mr Vejaya: No problem!

Me:Thanks! So, have you experienced or witnessed vandalism?

Mrs/Mr Vejaya: I did! As far as I can remember, it was 3 years ago when I witnessed it.

Me:Can you describe your situation?

Mrs/Mr Vejaya: My wife and I was just back from JB and I was just done parking my car in the multi-story carpark when my wife said to me that there is someone vandalism that car!

Me:What did you do about it?

Mrs/Mr Vejaya: My wife shouted at that person and I immediately went after the person after parking the car. however, the person managed to get away via the stairs.

Me:To prevent it,what actions should be taken?

Mrs/Mr Vejaya: Personally, I feel that there should be surveillance camera installed at every level of the multi-story carpark. It would be better if the cameras could be hidden!

Me: Okay, that would be all, Thank you very much for you time!

Mrs/Mr Vejaya: No problem, it is my pleasure!

introduction

Hi guys! This blog is being dedicated to Neighbourhood Watch!

I would also like to start off by introducing everyone to the topic of the day, VANDALISM!

An good example of Vandalism: