We would like to welcome you back home and to work, we hope you had a restful and festive Christmas break.
Below just a few items to kick off the New Year:

• Crime over December. We are pleased to be able to inform you that Sunninghill experienced its lowest crime in a number of years over December. Below for your info is a graph showing crime for the entire 2011 compared to the same period in 2010. We can be proud of our achievements.
• Sandton Saps Detectives. Sunninghill Community would like to congratulate and thank Colonel Killian and his team of detectives for their outstanding work in the numerous arrests recently. A number of criminals were recently arrested in connection with a house robbery in Sunninghill Gardens and in addition criminals were arrested in connection with a house breaking which occurred in Sunninghill Estates some two years ago. Well done!!
• Joburb Metro Police Department. Over December Superintendent Jona from the By-Law Management Unit of the JMPD contacted Sunninghill Community Security in the endeavour to forge a relationship with us. We were thrilled to meet Superintendent Jona who now forms a part of our security committee in Sunninghill. Superintendent Jona has already begun his work in cleaning up Sunninghill and you will start to notice the difference soon. Today he and his team began by removing all the illegal advertising trailers in our suburb.
• Paul Kruger. Many of you in Sunninghill will know Paul Kruger of Savika Armed Response who assists us so wonderfully in Sunninghill. Paul Kruger is in hospital at present and has been for the past week. Sunninghill Community wishes Paul a speedy recovery back to full health.
• Extra lessons for high school children. If you are looking for extra lessons for your children please visit www.sunninghillnews.co.za or www.sunninghillgardens .org.za for more information.
• Medical Receptionist required/Sunninghill Hospital. Experienced person required for front-line position in busy doctors rooms/medical environment. This role requires excellent people skills, patience, good communication skills in English as well as the ability to cope under pressure. Applicants must have good computer skills. Contactable references
  essential. Non smoker. Please submit CV to medicalreception704@gmail.com * Please not that we may not respond to each applicant individually and if you have not heard from us within 5 days of submitting your CV you should assume that the position has been filled

You will all know from previous emails and newsletters sent out by Sunninghill Community Security that the smash and grab problems that we have been experiencing over the past few years on the corner of Maxwell and Witkoppen roads have more or less come to an end since the installation of the thermal cameras sponsored by Eskom.  You will also know that this problem then moved to the Bowling Road Bridge as you enter Sunninghill.

 A few weeks back we sent out an email to the community asking for advice and suggestions on erecting some sort of barricade to prevent these criminals from performing their “smash and grabs” and escaping onto the freeway below.  We would like to thank all those who responded,  we received some excellent advice (and some rather amusing advice too).  A large volume of the community who did respond recommended a product known as ClearVu fencing supplied by a company called Cochrane International.  I contacted Cochrane to chat to them about this fencing. Much to my delight and after hearing about the security problems our residents and visitors to our suburb were experiencing, Cochrane International offered to erect their ClearVu fencing at this smash and grab hotspot free of charge as a service to the community.

Installation has begun and many of you might have already noticed it.  On behalf of the community of Sunninghill, visitors to Sunninghill and the Sandton Police (as we have discussed this problem jointly), we would like to thank Cochrane International for their generosity.  It is truly wonderful to know that there are individuals and companies out there that want to make a difference by giving back to the community, especially on important issues such as safety and security.

 We will as usual keep you all posted.

Sunninghill Community Security – security@suncomm.co.za

HOWEVER please be warned that over the past two weeks there have been smash and grabs on the cnr of Bowling and Witkoppen.  Most of these occur in Bowling Avenue just before the bridge heading towards Sunninghill and most have occurred at around 18h00.  Please keep your eyes open for anyone hanging around or walking on the pavement in this area and make sure all laptops, handbags and cell phones are not visible.
Regards
Linda Gildenhuys
Sunninghill Community Security – security@suncomm.co.za

“The vehicle that had 3 black males in it and they came to our offices in Rivonia under the pretext of looking at an empty one – but while they were being shown the office one of them sneaked off and started peering through the other office windows which all have companies in them – the other 2 tried to distract our security guard away from the third one with lame requests and excuses while the third was literally casing the place – they then saw an office door open and a laptop on the desk and tried to steer our guard away from the area while the third one moved over and hovered close to the open door – our guard managed to herd them all together and after a bit of a shouting session saw them off the property.”

Linda Gildenhuys – Sunninghill Community Security

Yesterday in the early afternoon two suspects entered a home in North Close Sunninghill Estates by using a crowbar to force open a door.  Once inside they were confronted by the owner of the property who shot at the suspects injuring one in the shoulder.  The suspects fled the scene, jumping over the boundary wall bordering the K60 road.

The neighbour heard the gun shots and immediately phoned Savika who dispatched their dedicated vehicles.  The Savika Sector Manager, who was at this time in Sunninghill Gardens checking on his Reaction staff, heard the call for backup on his radio.  He immediately instructed his Reaction officer to ensure that the premises were secure and then to proceed to the boundary wall so as to indicate to him where along the K60 this property was situated.  The Reaction Officer did so and the Sector Manager then proceeded to the K60 where he, after checking under bushes and in drains found the two suspects hiding and arrested them.

Well done once again to Savika and specifically NKUNDLA the Savika Sector Manager who has been responsible for a number of arrests in Sunninghill over the past few years.  Nkundla has once again received a substantial reward from Sunninghill Community Security.

Upon visiting the scene of the crime I had a chat with the victim who was full of praise for Savika and told me how Nkundla took charge of his Reaction Officers via the radio, using his initiative, which resulted in the arrest of these criminals.

Well done once again Savika, you continue to do us proud and prove why you are the Sunninghill Community Security preferred Security Service Provider.
Linda Gildenhuys
Sunninghill Community Security
security@suncomm.co.za
083 440 2381

 It is wonderful to see our local saps, our businesses, security companies and residents all working hand in hand to rid our suburb of criminals.
Kind regards and keep alert and safe

Linda Gildenhuys
Sunninghill Community Security
security@suncomm.co.za
083 440 2381

Many of you would have heard several gun shots in the early hours of this morning, the 24th of August and must be concerned and wondering what happened.

At around 02h00 one of the Sunninghill Park Savika Armed Response vehicles was patrolling along Nanyuki Road when the Reaction Officer saw three suspects climbing over the wall of the complex on the corner of Nanyuki and Katumba Road.  The Reaction Officer called for backup and immediately upon exiting his vehicle shouted at the suspects to stop and surrender.  One suspect did so but the other ran at the officer with a knife.  The Officer shouted at him to stop and fired a warning shot.  This warning shot and several other warning shots did not deter this suspect who continued to rush at the Savika Reaction Officer with his knife.  The Reaction Officer then had no choice but to shoot the suspect, which he did in his leg.  Savika arrested two of the suspect with one unfortunately escaping.
The SAPS arrived with an ambulance and the suspects were removed.

Sunninghill Community will be giving this Reaction Officer (who’s name is being withheld for his own safety) a reward for being proactive in his patrolling, seeing these suspects and taking action, for his bravery and for the arrests of criminals who will hopefully be tied to other crimes.  He most definitely prevented at the very least a house breaking and at worst an armed robbery.

Linda Gildenhuys
Sunninghill Community Security
security@suncomm.co.za
083 440 2381