Thank you and welcome to the NEW Din-Al-View CPF (Community Policing Forum)
We live in a society dominated by uncertainty and with the ever growing trend of unemployment in the country, many are having to resort to crime to sustain a living or maintain their drug and alcohol addiction, which often affects both family members and indeed the community as a whole. We may do what is necessary to prot
ect ourselves, our home, our family and of course our most hard-earned possessions but, there are certain elements in our midst who do not have our best interests and safety at heart. YOU, yes YOU can be a part of the solution to bring about that ‘change’ you want to see as a resident by joining the CPF. For you to become the ‘eyes & ears’ of the community and to be more alert about your surroundings.
2. Adopt a proactive approach on life as a resident, by reporting all suspicious persons, vehicles and activities to the police. Take it upon yourself to be a part of the solution in crime prevention in your area and REPORT your suspicions to the CPF and ALL crime to the police and get a case number. If your hosepipe or your fishing rod is stolen, please report it to SAPS and get a case number. Also report it to the CPF so that we can plan future patrols. Why is it important that you report ALL crime to the police? Crime Intelligence uses these statistics to determine the SAPS’s deployment of members within our sector. Help us and your community in keeping fellow law-abiding residents / citizens of the country safe and the streets crime free by reporting undesirable activity to the police IMMEDIATELY. KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS AND SPOT WHO ARE “STRANGERS / UNFAMILIAR”
As residents we generally do not always keep tabs of who is resident and who is not in our neighbourhood. Do not confront strangers / unfamiliar people in your street / area. Get SAPS or your security company to come and question those strangers / unfamiliar people in your street / area and find out who they are and what their reason is for being in your area. Take note of unfamiliar persons and behaviour that may be of concern and mention it to SAPS and your security company. Exchange numbers with your neighbours. Inform them when you are planning to go away. Ask them to keep an eye on your home, feed the dogs and even to remove and keep any mail for you while you're away. If you can, get someone that can put one or two lights on at night and switch off in the morning. This so as to prevent would-be burglars from noticing that your home is unoccupied. WHAT IS THE DIN-AL-VIEW Sector 5 CPF?
“Din-Al-View CPF” is an acronym for Dinwiddie, Albemarle and Castleview. Sector 5 It is also known as the Germiston Sector 5 CPF. Sector 5 CPF area includes Union and Norton Small Farms as well as Castleview, Dinwiddie and Part of Albemarle. The policing sector is bordered by the N3 and N17 highways as well as the railway line dividing Dinwiddie and Wadeville Industrial. The CPF (Community Policing Forum) is a PBO (Public Benefit Organization), a group of residents with a common cause who form a link between the Germiston SAPS and the residents, employees and businesses within Germiston Din-Al-View Sector Five CPF. We have several active DAV (Din-Al-View) WhatsApp groups which keep our members informed about events that are happening daily, namely all crime related events of note. The CPF does not advocate any political or religious views. MONTHLY PUBLIC MEETINGS
Our meetings are held every last Wednesday of the month at the Dinwiddie High School in Baldock Road, Dinwiddie at 18:30 which normally lasts just short of hour. At these meetings we discuss relevant issues pertaining to crime in the Sector and what to look out for; crime tips and also service delivery issues that may open avenues to crime. We do try keep our discussions focused on crime-related matters. Apart from members of the Committee, we have delegates from Germiston SAPS and local security firms such as SOG, SWS, Intercity, Chubb and ADT who provide helpful advice. This is a place where YOU as a member of the community can share YOUR concerns as a resident with us too. You are invited to bring a friend or neighbour along. In fact, bring your whole street along. SECTOR VANS
The CPF community has a designated SAPS van (also known as “The Sector van”) which patrols the area routinely and responds to any reports of suspicious persons, vehicles and activities observed by residents and members alike. In addition, the CPF has a few active Patrollers who are residents of the Din-Al-View, volunteering their time and efforts to patrol our streets both during the day and night, being the ‘eyes & ears’ of the community and SAPS. See below for the Din-Al-View CPF Sector 5 numbers. HISTORY
According to the best of our knowledge, the origins of the Din-Al-View CPF started its humble beginnings in the mid-1990’s with only a handful of concerned residents and local neighbourhood watchers whose mission it was to try - in their own private capacity - to assist the SAPS in the prevention and reporting of crime in the area. At the time of its inception, residents were still to report to the complaints desk of a small satellite station of the SAPS in an old revamped post office located at the back of what was then the Dinwiddie Shopping center along Oxted Road in Dinwiddie. The office merely consisted of a few holding cells for law offenders. Members namely residents in the Dinwiddie area attended monthly meetings held by SAPS officials at the Dinwiddie High School in Baldock Road, Dinwiddie, to discuss their concerns and shared advice on all crime-related matters happening in the area. Some of the regulars who attended these meetings were later appointed as Committee members and in July 1998, the Din-Al-View CPF was established. Before the advent of the internet, throughout much of the early and mid-2000’s, distribution of an A5 newsletter edited and printed monthly by Mr. Ian Bain, gave residents advice of current crime tips and trends in the area and invited the community to attend meetings at the high school. It was then that the Din-Al-View CPF gained momentum and became the basis of the CPF we know today. HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE CPF
Enlisting with the CPF is free. Yes, you read correctly… it’s completely FREE OF CHARGE and very easy to register! There is no fee involved when joining us. First and foremost you must be a resident or you need to be working in the area of Din-Al-View (Albermarle, Castleveiw, Dinwiddie, Norton Small Farms and Union). Secondly, you contact Teresa Robertson via WhatsApp, sms on 076 941 6989 telling her your full name and full address, OR email her at [email protected], OR visit our web page at: www.dinalview.co.za and complete the member application online to apply for membership. Teresa will then contact you and make an appointment to visit you at your home, usually with another CPF member. You do not have to do patrols. We just ask that you be our eyes and ears. Yes, we desperately need Patrollers and other types of assistance such as at our monthly Boerie and Berner sales, BUT it is NOT COMPULSORY for any CPF member. HOW TO BECOME A PATROLLER. Once you are a registered CPF member on our database,, if you are willing, we will add you to our WhatsApp groups. Becoming a Patroller is voluntary. Ideally, we require that when you register as a CPF Patroller, that you patrol with a co-Patroller. You patrol when you have time available to do so. There will be patroller courses that you are required to attend. For your own benefit you will need to familiarise yourself with the CPF constitution – this is most important. All our Patrollers are vetted by the SAPS Criminal Record office in Pretoria to certify that they are devoid of any crimes. The process is simple, finger prints are taken and the relevant documents signed. This process is mandatory. You will be required to attend Patroller Monthly Meetings (at least one over every 3 month period) which is held in our CPF Office above the OK shopping center, Stone Arch Square, Castleview. You will gain pertinent information relating to the do’s & don’t’s relevant to the mandate of the CPF, crime prevention methods and how to become a competent Patroller. We conduct both vehicle and foot patrols with other Patrollers on a weekly basis, recording and making notes of our observations in pocket books that the CPF provides for each patroller. Probably the most interesting part of being a Patroller for the CPF is that you will have the added advantage of partaking in various functions, public campaigns and ops arranged by the South African Police Service and other organisations. This is also NOT COMPULSORY. You choose / decide if you want to do it. BOERIE SALES
Each month (weather permitting) the Din-Al-View CPF has a boerie and berner sale outside Merv's Hardware at Albemarle Shopping centre in Hatfield Road, Albemarle. The proceeds of sales go to Patrollers for fuel assistance when they patrol our area in their endeavour to keep the criminal elements out of our area. From time to time we ask assistance from you as a patroller and the community with the boerie and berner sales. R 30 for Boeries and R 30 for Berner's (Bernerwursts). To learn more about becoming a Patroller, contact Tony at : [email protected] or [email protected] or send a WhatsApp to the CPF phone (See below number list)
For further enquiries about the CPF, please send us a WhatsApp: 063 218 5815. For Crime matters
Sector Van Numbers: 071 675 6862 / 071 675 6863
Alternatively dial: 10111 and request a reference number.
