About Us

There was a huge emphasis placed by government on community involvement with the police. There is no doubt that crime is affecting all of us and the SAPS are facing serious challenges.

The Bedfordview Community Police Forum (BCPF) has been established for 10 years commencing in the Meadowdale area and now covering Bedfordview, St. Andrews, Essexwold, Morninghill, Senderwood as well as Meadowdale, Klopperpark and Elandsfontein.

The success of the Bedfordview Community Policing Forum lies in our strong partnership with the Police, the local businesses and community in the area.

Our primary aim is to raise sponsorship to provide support and back up services to assist the police in decreasing crime and increasing the free flow of information between key players.

 The forum is a non-profit Section 21 company, a financially transparent audited concern. This is funded by local businesses, as well as by members of the community who give their time freely to facilitate and manage projects in their sector. We therefore are appealing to businesses and individuals within the Bedfordview community to assist us financially.

Chairperson

Marina Constas – Chairperson

Marina is a specialist Sectional Title attorney, and a Director at Biccari Bollo Mariano Attorneys. The firm has branches in Houghton, Bedfordview, Pretoria, Umhlanga Rocks and most recently in Cape Town. She has co-authored the highly successful book, named Demistifying Sectional Title, which seeks to guide any lay person who lives in a sectional title complex, or who deals with sectional title in any manner. She has lectured at the University of the Witwatersrand and has published more than 30 articles dealing with specific sectional title issues. She has given public lectures on sectional title and apartment ownership in South Africa, and hosted a radio show called “Sectionally Speaking”. Marina is a qualified arbitrator, and is a Fellow of the Association of Arbitrators. She trains Estate Agents around the country on Sectional Title sales, and her firm has secured business from a substantial percentage of the Managing Agents in Gauteng. She is currently involved strategically with key players in the Industry, and her main focus is regulation and upliftment of standards in this highly specialized arena. She will be commencing a Masters Degree in International Comparative Law on apartment living. Marina believes strongly in community involvement and is the Chairperson of the Bedfordview Community Police Forum. She has a close family and her little girl, Alexi is 11 years old. Her home and office is situated in Bedfordview.

Bubble Representatives

The aim of our Bubble system is to ensure that all areas of the community are continuously informed of what is happening in the community, specifically regarding crime. To this end we have identified sectors within the community, called bubbles, which we use as a network to provide information. Each bubble has a representative, who is tasked with compiling a database for their group, i.e. schools or estate agents etc

Please click here to view our Bubble Chart

Victim Support Group

With the help of volunteers, the BCPF offer the community free counseling sessions should they have been a victim of crime or domestic violence. We are extremely fortunate to host one of the most successful teams in Gauteng. The Victim Support is also proud to have a newly formed support group in Elandsfontein. This well qualified team does this work pro bono.



Domestic Workers Forum

The DWF is an initiative which has been successfully launched all over Johannesburg. The forum provides an environment where the domestic workers and gardeners meet on a monthly basis to be educated about crime. They are encouraged to participate and are made aware of how vital they are in the fight against crime. The domestics have loads of fun and laughter, while developing sound relationships with their peers, neighbours, community and the police.

They will also take these lessons learnt to their homes, families and friends which will educate more and more people in crime prevention. A key part of this initiative is that the senior management of the police attend the forum, and directly liaise with the grapevine of domestic workers and gardeners.

Date for these meetings in 2012 are:

  • 22 February 2012

  • 14 March 2012

  • 18 April 2012

  • 23 May 2012

  • 20 June 2012

  • 18 July 2012

  • 22 August 2012

  • 19 September 2012

  • 24 October 2012

  • November 2012 TBA

Held at Bedford Chapel, 4 Bradford Rd, Bedfordview, registration 13:45 start 14:00.

A new Domestic Workers Forum has been set up for Upper Bedfordview at the Methodist Church, De Wet Street, Bedfordview, registration 13:45 start 14:00.

Dates for these meetings are:-

  • 30 May 2012
  • 27 June 2012
  • 25 July 2012
  • 29 August 2012
  • 26 September 2012
  • 31 October 2012
  • 28 November 2012

BCPF Operational Meeting

The BCPF host a monthly operational meeting, where members of the CPF, SAPS, businesses, security companies and members of the community attend. Updates are given as to what the CPF are doing, police statistics and any issue or concern that needs to be raised.

Dates for these meeting in 2012 are:

  • 18 February 2012

  • 24 March 2012

  • 21 April 2012

  • 19 May 2012

  • 23 June 2012

  • 21 July 2012

  • 18 August 2012

  • 15 September 2012

  • 20 October 2012

  • 17 November 2012

Held at Bedfordview Police Station, 60 van Buuren Rd, Bedfordview, Room 5, from 15:00.

BCPF Office

The Bedfordview CPF is quite fortunate to be able to have its own office. This office at the heart of the police station ensures that communication between the SAPS and community is on-going and transparent at all times. The daily operational functioning of the forum takes place here.