{"id":52790,"date":"2022-08-09T06:02:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T04:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/creating-visible-patrolling-20220808\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T19:57:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:57:24","slug":"creating-visible-patrolling-20220808","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/creating-visible-patrolling-20220808\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating visible patrolling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A minute of silence was held at the start of a Tokai Forest joint security patrol on Saturday 30 July in honour of Mthobile Ndyumbu, the Fidelity ADT armed response officer who was gunned down in Claremont last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ndyumbu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/peoples-post\/we-have-work-to-do-20220801\">was one of three armed response officers who were attacked and robbed of their firearms in three separate incidents in the southern suburbs on Saturday 23 July<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe reminded each other that keeping communities safe is not without personal risk and that we owe a debt of gratitude to all those who extend their care and service to us,\u201d said Nicky Schmidt, the chair of Parkscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organised by the community-environmental non-profit organisation, the monthly joint security patrol is done by members from Fidelity ADT, Tokai Neighbourhood Crime Watch, Kirstenhof Crime Watch, Westlake Neighbourhood Watch, Lakeside Community Watch, the Tokai District Riding Association and South African National Parks (SANParks) Honorary Rangers. 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