eBlockwatch thinks Mxit rape accused will skip the country
Tara Meaney | 2 Hours Ago
Community crime fighting organisation eBlockwatch said on Friday it believes the man accused of raping a Benoni teenager he met on Mxit may be planning to skip t Click here for more info
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eblockwatch interiew on eNews 28/07/10 20:05. Read our incident page for an account of the events
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Beat the Blue Light Bullies - turn your cell phone into a 'black box'
Record your conversation with the police on your cellphone
We recently overheard an eblockwatch member telling someone about our new Policing the Police service. She likened it to having a 'black box', like the type found in aeroplanes, in your car. We thought that it was such a good analogy that we wanted to share it with you. Turn your cellphone into a 'black box' for your car now. For this to work you need 3 things:
a cellphone
be an eblockwatch member
Save 0822360003 to your contacts and dial it when you are confronted by 'would be' police
See who is bullying innocent people and what to do about it! eblockwatch has launched the Police the Police Campaign....
Policing the Police Campaign
In response to a rising number of reported incidents about bogus cops and police abusing their power Eblockwatch has launched the Police the Police campaign.
FREE to all registered eblockwatch members - please ensure that your 4 support member details are correct in the system (especially their email addresses!). Please note that normal cell phone rates apply for the call.
All members please save 0822360003 to your contacts. If you are pulled over by the police please dial this number, the conversation between you and the police is recorded and saved on our server. We ask that you try to provide as much detail as possible during the conversation:
Describe the police car (make, model, colour, the number painted on the side of the car along with the registration number)
Ask the police person for their name and badge number
Mention the number of police officers
Make it clear to the officer that you have just made a call to your friend to tell them where you are etc
Describe your location and surroundings
Try to let the phone remain in a position where the conversation can be recorded. When you hang up, a link to the voice recording is sent in an email to your four support members. An additional benefit for our members with the panic button service is that we immediately send an sms notification to them to check their email for your voice recording.
A note about the length of the call: as many people have been testing the service by simply dialling in and then hanging up we have set the system to only send out the email with the link to the recording if the call was longer than 5 seconds. This is to cut down on false alarm situations.
The purpose of this service is:
To have evidence of the bogus cop or cop abusing their power
To have your 4 support members get the details of your situation via the recording
The mere fact that the police officer is aware of being recorded will enoucourage the correct behaviour
Listen to this example recorded by a member 