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Policing needed in Betty's Bay.

Policing needed in Betty's Bay.

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This petition has been created by Concerned R. and may not represent the views of the Avaaz community.
Concerned R.
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South African Authorities
We, residents of Betty's Bay and surrounding areas, including but not limited to, Pringle Bay, Rooiels, Kleinmond and further afield, urgently need proper and resourceful policing to combat the rising levels of criminal activity in our community. This criminality has dramatically increased over the past 6 months. The major increase is attributed to massive increase in abalone poaching with related drug activity and "employs" many non-residents from nearby towns and cities, from Cape Town to foreign countries. It has now become well organised and fearless activity with an estimated 100 plus divers daily taking to the water in broad daylight, at night and any time that the waters are calm. Our residents and visitors are afraid to go to the beach, people are intimidated and in some cases trapped in their houses while these criminals rampantly conduct their business with no fear of active policing. These acts are now in the hands of serious crime syndicates and we need help from the authorities. Whilst we have several authoritative bodies including the Police, these is very little evidence of policing.

We are asking the world for help. Our community, our marine reserves, our local fishermen employment is being destroyed and residents are scared. 

We refer to a previous petition, over 3 years ago, which appears to have not received adequate attention from the authorities -  https://www.bettysbay.info/106-public-participation/298-kleinmond-petition-petisie-and-march.

Please, please ask all your friends, colleagues, family and neighbours to participate in this effort, maybe this time we can get some real results.



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