KSS Incident Report 1 - 14 November 2020

Dear KSS Clients

A productive start to November has seen KSS involved in numerous suspects being apprehended. The active and alert KSS Reaction Officers, Security Guards and Operations team have been hard at work keeping our clients and community safe.

Joint Operations with SAPS
On Friday 13th November, KSS, National, PMB Security and Magma assisted Hilton SAPS with a joint operation. Patrols as well as “stop and search” operations were conducted in Hilton and the surrounding area. Various weapons and house-breaking implements were seized, as well as two illegal shebeens closed down and alcohol confiscated. Hilton SAPS dealt with the perpetrators accordingly and cases were opened.

On Friday the 13th November, KSS and Magma were again involved in assisting Howick SAPS with a joint operation. Various raids took place in the Howick area. Two arrests were made, and drugs and alcohol were seized. Howick SAPS dealt with the perpetrators accordingly and cases were opened.

Herewith some useful crime tips:

1. Please be aware that “easily removable” items are usually the target of criminals. These items include electronic equipment, gate motors, batteries, tools, garden equipment, copper pipes, scrap metal, outside furniture, bicycles and other clothing or smaller items. Note that sheds, Wendy houses, garden flats or garages make soft targets. Please make sure that you protect these areas with an alarm or PIR beams.

2. Set your alarm every time you go out. Also make sure that windows and doors are protected by burglar bars or gates, and that they are kept locked.

3. Contact your security service provider if you are suspicious about any movement or noise outside. Don’t endanger yourself.

4. Remain alert, sensible and safe when at home, leaving or returning in your vehicle, at the shops and at the ATM.

5. Report crime to your local SAPS.

Incident summary (crime and other)
There were 10 incidents in Howick. There were 2 incidents in Howick West. There was 1 incident in Merrivale. There was 1 incident in Mpophomeni. There was 1 incident in Hilton.

KSS Incident Report 1 – 14 November 2020
2 November 2020 03:10 Khwela Street (Howick) Alert, patrolling KSS Reaction Officers apprehended a suspect who had broken into a site. The client and SAPS were formally advised. The suspect was handed over to SAPS. A case was opened.

3 November 2020 18:00 Azalea Road (Howick West) The KSS Control Room received an alarm activation. A KSS Response unit was dispatched. The KSS Officers reported that spotlights had been stolen. SAPS were formally advised.

4 November 2020 01:11 (Mpophomeni) The KSS Control Room received a call requesting assistance as the client could hear noises outside. A KSS Response unit was dispatched. The KSS Officers reported that a fence had been cut and two cows had been stolen. KSS Officers patrolled the area. SAPS were formally advised. A case was opened.

4 November 2020 11:55 Sunningdale Avenue (Howick) The KSS Control Room received an alarm activation from a garden flat. A KSS Response unit was dispatched. The client advised that all was in order and requested a patrol of the area. The client then called back to confirm that there had been a break-in. The suspect had entered the flat through an unsecured window. Items were stolen. SAPS were formally advised. A case was opened.

5 November 2020 23:25 Eridene Road (Howick) The KSS Control Room received an alarm activation. KSS Response units were dispatched. KSS Officers reported that suspects had jumped the fence and smashed the dining room window. Electronic items were stolen. SAPS were formally advised. A case was opened.

6 November 2020 20:50 Buchanan Street (Howick) The KSS Control Room were advised about suspicious activity and then a break-in to an unalarmed storeroom under a carport. A KSS Response unit was dispatched. The KSS Officers reported that there was no sign of any forced entry as the suspects had opened a latch through a gap in the slatted wall. Two camp chairs and a bicycle were stolen. SAPS were formally advised. A case was opened.

7 November 2020 02:21 Main Street (Howick) The KSS Control Room were advised by an alert, patrolling KSS Security Guard that a non-KSS monitored shop door was open and items were lying on the floor. KSS Controllers managed to track down and contact an employee of the shop, who reported to site and confirmed that a safe, and other items had been stolen. She was very appreciative of KSS’s assistance. SAPS were formally advised. A case was opened.

10 November 2020 04:00 Kwela Street (Howick) The KSS Control Room received a call from the client requesting patrols in the area. Patrolling KSS Response units reported that two suspects were seen trespassing. The suspects fled, but KSS Officers managed to apprehend one of them who was handed over to SAPS. A case was opened.

10 November 2020 15:40 Bell Street (Howick) The KSS Control Room were advised about an incident of shoplifting by an on-site KSS Security Guard. KSS Response units were dispatched. The KSS Officers reported that they patrolled the area and apprehended both suspects in possession of the stolen items. SAPS were formally advised and the suspects were handed over to SAPS. A case was opened.

10 November 2020 20:20 Main Street (Howick) An alert patrolling KSS Response Officer called the KSS Control Room and requested back-up as he had seen a suspect with stolen items. Additional KSS Response units and SAPS were dispatched. The KSS Officer gave chase but the suspect jumped off the bridge into the Umgeni River. KSS Officers and SAPS searched for the suspect who was eventually spotted by a KSS Officer and apprehended. The stolen items were recovered and the suspect was handed over to SAPS. A case was opened.

11 November 2020 12:20 Railway Road (Merrivale) The KSS Control Room were advised about a break-in. KSS Response units were dispatched. The KSS Officers reported that an unalarmed wendy house had been broken into. Various items were stolen. SAPS were formally advised. A case was opened.

11 November 2020 13:00 Harvard Street (Howick) The KSS Control Room received a call from the client requesting assistance. KSS Response units were dispatched. The KSS Officers reported that a suspect had been shoplifting. SAPS were formally advised. A case was opened.

12 November 2020 00:45 Midmar Road (Howick West) The KSS Control Room were advised that there was suspicious activity in the area. KSS Response units were dispatched. The suspicious vehicle left the scene but was identified and information was passed on to the UCSI, Ballid security, Howick SAPS, Nottingham Road SAPS, Mooi River SAPS and Highway patrol. KSS Officers recovered some stolen items nearby and handed them over to Howick SAPS. The UCSI and KSS further assisted Howick SAPS with vehicle details and arrests were made in the Estcourt area later that day.

13 November 2020 23:49 Winstead Road (Hilton) The KSS Control Room were contacted by another security company requesting assisting with a break-in. KSS Response units were dispatched. The KSS Officers reported that a computer room had been broken into. The door had been forced open. SAPS were formally advised. A case was opened.

14 November 2020 16:00 N3 (Tweedie / Howick North) An alert patrolling KSS Security Guard reported that a truck was being looted on the N3 near the Tweedie / Howick North off-ramp. KSS Response units, SAPS and Aliwal security responded and assisted. Some of the stolen items were recovered and the truck was escorted to Lion’s River for repairs to be made.

Thank you to our KSS Team who are always prepared to go the extra mile for our community.

KSS – you are safer with us!

Kind regards
Gary and the KSS Team