At the 2018 AGM of HPP, held on 4 Dec 2018, an Advisory “HPP Safety & Security Committee”, initiated by property rate payers present, was established. This was to provide that the greater community is represented and ensure more transparency and inclusion of ratepayers in the HPP special rates zone, and could advise the HPP on their matters of concern.

The recent spate of unrest, as well as the raging veld fires in the Overstrand, has necessitated greater community involvement in order to strengthen the hand of Law enforcement agencies and Emergency services. The cooperation of the various parties was in many instances hampered by the absence of a nodal centre to where information could be sent to, and from where the necessary resources could be dispatched from. A need for joint planning- and command and control centre was identified by all role players.