Criminals are now stealing the recordings of surveillance footage, which is hampering police investigations.
According to the Bedfordview SAPS communications officer, Sergeant Mduduzi Nhlabathi, investigating officers are facing a new challenge when investigating house burglaries in the Bedfordview area.
“Residents who have surveillance videos should place the modem recording the footage in a safe area which is inaccessible to criminals.
Investigating officers are finding that in some house burglaries, the modems containing the footage from the surveillance cameras is being stolen as well,” said Sgt Nhlabathi.
“Stolen data footage creates a setback for the investigating officers because it is possible evidence for the police investigation. It is advisable for residents to keep the recorded surveillance footage in a safe place, or have a backup modem that saves the footage,” said Sgt Nhlabati. @BedfordJourno
“Criminals are now stealing the recordings of surveillance footage, which is hampering police investigations.”
What a lot of Crap,
I got video footage of my hijacking on the 15th of August 2010,At the Engine Petrol Station in Linksfield Road Edenvale. There are 6 different camera angels, Two of the hijackers are clearly visible on the footage. To date, nearly 4 years later, I have not heard a thing from the investigating officer, I received one sms to state that he was in charge of my case but never heard a word from him.
The only one that contacted me was a Sketch Artist wanting to get details of the hijackers, after telling him that i had a color video of the whole incident he tried to convince me to still do sketches, RIGHT, so that he can get paid for doing unnecessary sketches, Colonel Robbie Robert could have a look at improving the Edenvale SAPS service to the public