ROTARY AGAINST CRIME CONFERENCE

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ROTARY AGAINST CRIME CONFERENCE

• Opening Past District Governor Alan Barrable
• House Rules Steve Margo
• Introduction Derrick Willcock
• Precinct Web Geoff Green
• Business Against Crime Siphiwe Nzimande, CEO
• NOAH Pat Sullivan, CEO.
• S.A. Police Reservists
• Tea Break
• Victim Support
• Women for Peace Wendy Simons
• Men-on-the-side-of-the-Road Thomas Sithole
• Panel Discussion

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ROTARY AGAINST CRIME CONFERENCE

• A 20 minute introduction to the 2007 Rotary
  Against Crime Conference
• by Past President Derrick Willcock.

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Summary

• Background of Rotary
• Why is Rotary interested in Crime?
• What does the Rotary Public Safety Committee do?
• How Bad is Crime?
• Ranked Crime Statistics
• Statistics - Beware
• Committed to Crime Reduction
• Emergency Contact Numbers
• White Collar Crime
• Successful Organisations
• Rotary Public Safety Web Page

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Background of Rotary

• One of the largest and most active service clubs
  in the world
• Was started by Paul Harris in Chicago, USA.
• Motto - Service above Self
• Collected more than R4,000,000,000 from its
  members for the worldwide eradication of Polio
  only 4 countries left

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Why is Rotary Interested in Crime?

• Crime affects the poor much more than the rich.
• Murders, maiming and theft severely impact the
  poor no insurance cover or medical Aid.
• Loss of a breadwinner affects many people, not
  just the immediate family.
• The poor cant afford armed response become
  easy targets for criminals
• The poor cannot emigrate to a first world country
  with a low crime rate insufficient money and no
  visas.

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Why is Rotary Interested in Crime? (cont.)

• The rich their well educated children can
  easily leave the country as visas are available
• The rich can shut down their businesses but
  many workers loose their jobs
• However, by successfully tackling crime, the
  entire nation will benefit, as foreign fixed
  investment and previous emigrants with skills
  will be attracted back to our shores, meaning
  more money and jobs for everyone.

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What Does the Public Safety Committee of Rotary
Do?

• Acts as a catalyst and an intermediary between
  the Rotary clubs and other anti-crime
  organisations. The committee does not do projects
  of its own accord.
• Draws attention of the present situation to
  Rotary clubs, the public, and emergency service
  providers.

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How Bad Is Crime?

• The good news incidents of reported crime has
  decreased, and more than 70 crime syndicates have
  been busted.
• The bad news many violent crimes have increased
  significantly

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Ranked Crime Statistics

• Bank Robberies up by 118
• Business Robberies up by 52.5
• Violence against farmers up by 24.8
• Residential Robberies by 24.4
• Cash in Transit Heists up by 21.9
• Drunken/drug driving up by 15.5

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Ranked Crime Statistics (cont.)

• Commercial Crime up by 13.8
• Drug related Crime up by 9.4
• Truck Hijacking up by 7.6
• Illegal possession of firearms up by 6.7
• Car Hijacking up by 6
• Murders up by 3.5
• Note robberies imply hold ups with theft,
  burglaries imply theft only.

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Statistics - Beware

• The decrease in reported crime can be due to the
  publics lack of confidence in the Police force.
• Increase in drunken driving may be due to better
  policing, rather than more people driving under
  the influence.

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Committed to Crime Reduction

• A recent survey quotes 63 of South Africans have
  done nothing about crime, although nearly 100
  are up in arms about crime.
• Everyone needs to be committed to the war against
  crime for the tipping point to be reached where
  crime begins to decrease.
• How many people always obey traffic signs, never
  cheat the Receiver of Revenue, never used pirated
  software, etc? Or are we all becoming
  criminals?
• Many people know who the criminals are in their
  communities, but they do not report them. Why?

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Emergency Contact Numbers

• Do you know which number to dial for the Police,
  Ambulance, Fire. In Johannesburg the numbers are
  10111, 10177, and 011375 5911.
• Do you know the Polices crime stop 08600 10111
  number or where to find it?
• What happened to the promised 911 national
  emergency number after ten of millions have been
  spent by the Department of Communications?

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White Collar Crime

• Often put on the back burner because it looks
  relatively innocent.
• But take as an example the case of a short term
  insurance company repudiating a legitimate claim,
  knowing that the claimant cannot afford a supreme
  court action, and the loss will causes a
  bankruptcy. So the claimant pays a fee to have
  the CEO of the insurance company Hijacked.
• White Collar crime can lead to violent crime

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Successful Organisations

• We dont often get the chance to hear about
  successful anti-crime organisations, as they
  dont often make news, so many people do not
  know which to support.
• Today we have chosen a number of diverse
  organisations, all of which have the goal of
  reducing crime, and which we ask individuals a
  well as companies to consider supporting.

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Rotary Public Safety Web Page

• We have an active Web page at -
  www.micromation.co.za/Peace.html
• Alternatively, you will be able to find
  additional information at - www.invinciblevalves
  .com/Unite_Against_Crime_Conference.html
• All the presentations here today will be loaded
  up on the web site.

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Thank You For Your Attention!Now for the
Presentations!