About Us

The Bluff CPF (Community Policing Forum) facilitates a partnership between the community and the SAPS with the intention of minimising crime on the Bluff.

Public meetings are normally held in the lecture room at Brighton Beach SAPS at 18h30 on the second Tuesday of every month.

The CPF is made up of volunteers who also undertake projects for the upliftment of the Bluff. For more information, contact the relevant persons on our Contact Us page.

Suspected criminal activities can also be reported to the CPF. A Crime Report form is provided here.

The CPF is an organisation constituted as per Chapter 7 of the South African Police Service Act No. 68 of 1995 and is, as such, not an "activist" organisation. This is reflected in the focus of the web-site, which provides anti-crime tips, contact details for various authorities, CPF details and various other items of interest which may be of assistance to members of the community. The web-site is not focused on news articles but may provide occasional news items where they are deemed to be of interest to the community.

The Bluff CPF constitution is available here.

Message from the Chairman

The CPF follows a rather conservative road without a lot of publicity on its activities. This also includes our website, which falls outside the social gossip framework. We align ourselves with the regulations and guidelines of the SAPS.

A reflection on the recent Anti-Crime Expo organised by the CPF and SAPS indicates that the Bluff people are still not that serious about crime prevention. Thank you to all the exhibitors that participated in this Expo. You might have not obtained the desired response from the Bluff public, but you made use of the exposure opportunity. It is about doing something for one self, refraining from criticism and supporting all active community bodies. By posting a problem onto a blog one only highlights the problem and does not necessarily solve it. The Bluff CPF has had various successes over the years by forming alliances with various role players such as Metro and SAPS.

By continuous networking with the various role players, results can be obtained. It takes various role players to combine forces. Simple items like rate adjustments on home businesses or unlicensed B&B’s to inadequate compliance of safety regulations sometimes solves the problem. This is also applicable to the use of fireworks at various occasions.

During this year the Sector Policing System will be upgraded and street committees re-commissioned. One should at least know the people in the street as that forms part of the security safety net. Public participation in crime fighting is of the utmost importance.

Be a part of the solution

Community progress is a team sport. Whether it is crime prevention, by-law violation, trucks and vacant houses, beaches and environmental issues, if the community does not take a collective stand, progress will be slow.

We all have a role to play. Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do little. We are all responsible for the direct environment around us, being crime, environmental, streets and our association with our neighbours and in particular abidance with the municipal by-laws.

One has to look only at all the strike actions on the absence of service delivery all over the country. It is this collective action that enforces delivery.

One may not always like the person driving the campaign, but one has to look past the person and focus on the goal. Most of the organisations and people trying to improve the quality of life in our community receive a lot of criticism but not adequate support. Fighting crime and injustice is a total team sport.

Reporting crime and leads from the public initiates the winning goal. SAPS and Metro Police rely on our participation. Do something about your roads, street lamps, overgrown verges and trees and healthy domestic upkeep. Look after the frail.

It is not about personal kudos. Community progress is the goal. We cannot allow the Bluff to move backwards. We all live here. The beach project started a few years ago by the community is a example of what can be achieved. We now have boom gates in festive seasons. We are in the process of addressing problem housing and other issues. However, the legal back-up from the Metro is not always available.