STAGE 1.5
Incident – Cold 360+ Days
As a leader, I always find a day like this tough. A day to own the failure and push forward to make sure we simply do not fail !!!
I went to bed wondering what more could be done about our SVS Cold Cases knowing that I would wake up today in the full knowledge that we are on the line of failure for Mrs Zakiyya Ahmedjan Ismail (26) and Unborn Baby Ismail (4 months), who had her throat cut in a Farm Murder, Weenen, KwaZulu-Natal.
Can you imagine how she must have fought whilst being dragged to the toilet, overpowered and what Baby Ismail must have gone through in suffocation and hearing the screams as they died one after the other. Whilst unthinkable, here we are forced to wonder and unpack this murder.
Yes, one year ago today, the brutal murder took place, meaning the case changes to Stage 1.5 Incident – Cold 360+ Days.
One thing that stands out the most is we need to overhaul and rethink our crime scene management, forensics, behavioural sciences, technology support and fully adopt the 72-hour Collaboration Response Plan. This aspect of teamwork policing is the weakest.
We know that no police agency in the world acts alone, and we need to get this right. It is even more pressing in South Africa. Our challenge in South Africa is not resources nearly as much as it is knowing who to trust and knowing who to embrace.
The longer we all take to infuse this into our heads, hearts, minds, and souls that collaboration and teamwork are everything and that no single agency or organization holds the success of these matters alone, we will continue to fail our victims.
By extension, it is, in fact, a war in the mirror as we fail ourselves. As leaders, we are the most significant failure for not driving collaboration harder as our number one priority; then, and only then can we take stock of missing resources.
I know I am speaking to the converted, although at times, I cannot help but wonder if we are all indeed converted; anyway, that discussion is for another day.
Let us give our hearts, souls and deep thought to the Weenen Station Commander, Detective Commander, Lead Investigating Officer – Sgt. S Maragwane, Family, friends, and the Weenen Farm Association.
In love, light, dreams and tunnel-vision passion!
Brian Jones (SA7)
Brian's Passionate Desk
https://togethersacan.org.za/zakiyyah-ahmedjan-ismail-murder/
Incident – Cold 360+ Days
As a leader, I always find a day like this tough. A day to own the failure and push forward to make sure we simply do not fail !!!
I went to bed wondering what more could be done about our SVS Cold Cases knowing that I would wake up today in the full knowledge that we are on the line of failure for Mrs Zakiyya Ahmedjan Ismail (26) and Unborn Baby Ismail (4 months), who had her throat cut in a Farm Murder, Weenen, KwaZulu-Natal.
Can you imagine how she must have fought whilst being dragged to the toilet, overpowered and what Baby Ismail must have gone through in suffocation and hearing the screams as they died one after the other. Whilst unthinkable, here we are forced to wonder and unpack this murder.
Yes, one year ago today, the brutal murder took place, meaning the case changes to Stage 1.5 Incident – Cold 360+ Days.
One thing that stands out the most is we need to overhaul and rethink our crime scene management, forensics, behavioural sciences, technology support and fully adopt the 72-hour Collaboration Response Plan. This aspect of teamwork policing is the weakest.
We know that no police agency in the world acts alone, and we need to get this right. It is even more pressing in South Africa. Our challenge in South Africa is not resources nearly as much as it is knowing who to trust and knowing who to embrace.
The longer we all take to infuse this into our heads, hearts, minds, and souls that collaboration and teamwork are everything and that no single agency or organization holds the success of these matters alone, we will continue to fail our victims.
By extension, it is, in fact, a war in the mirror as we fail ourselves. As leaders, we are the most significant failure for not driving collaboration harder as our number one priority; then, and only then can we take stock of missing resources.
I know I am speaking to the converted, although at times, I cannot help but wonder if we are all indeed converted; anyway, that discussion is for another day.
Let us give our hearts, souls and deep thought to the Weenen Station Commander, Detective Commander, Lead Investigating Officer – Sgt. S Maragwane, Family, friends, and the Weenen Farm Association.
In love, light, dreams and tunnel-vision passion!
Brian Jones (SA7)
Brian's Passionate Desk
https://togethersacan.org.za/zakiyyah-ahmedjan-ismail-murder/
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