Introduction
Crime continues to affect every part of South African society, leaving behind financial loss, emotional trauma, and long-term consequences for families, businesses, schools, and communities. Yet, in many cases, the warning signs and vulnerabilities already existed long before the crime took place. An independent security risk assessment helps identify risks before criminals do. At Alwinco, we believe effective security starts with understanding how criminals think, create opportunities, and exploit weaknesses. Through years of practical experience and crime scene assessments, we have seen that crime can often be prevented when security is approached correctly. This article highlights the reality of crime in South Africa and the importance of understanding security from a criminal’s perspective to reduce risk, prevent loss, and protect lives.
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Like many previous Decembers in South Africa, December 2019 met the expectations of crime, violence, and murder. No surprises there. The devastation of crime equally affects all businesses, homes, schools, government facilities, corporate companies, estates, shopping centers, and so on. So many people came home after their well-deserved holiday to discover their house completely ransacked. I know of a family who came home to an empty home; even their beds had been taken.
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Businesses opened to discover that their computers, software, and data were stolen. Computers can surely be replaced, but can the same be said for the data? Families are torn apart, people’s lives are ruined, and businesses are crippled by the devastating effects of crimes like rape, murder, theft, assault, drugs, kidnapping, and the like. The sad thing is that 97% of all these crimes could have been prevented if people understood security and crime. Yes, it’s easy to do a post-mortem of the happenings over the past few years; however, it is heartbreaking to see the effects of crime when it could have been prevented.
Stubborn South Africans
. Thus, December 2019 lived up to expectations.
Note: This analysis looks at crime and security from the perspective of homeowners and business owners. Will not suffice in this day and age in the fight against crime. This is the approach that has been taken for the last 50 years. It has had no effect on crime.
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