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Original Post Date: 2007-12-04 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
[Oh please… I doubt it will help much. Jan]
All police leave has been postponed until next year, 64 new patrol vehicles have been deployed to 22 police stations and 7 000 volunteers have joined crime-fighting efforts as part of the police’s plans against crime this festive season.
While the public are urged to report all crimes, criminals are warned to stop (their activities) or face the wrath of the law, Community Safety MEC Leonard Ramatlakane said at the launch of the Safer Festive Season on Sunday in Paarl.
Running until February, the campaign will see neighbourhood watches out in force and 7 000 Bambanani volunteers, 2 000 trained as police reservists, assist police to protect people at malls, beaches, on trains and other public places.
Gangs and drugs will get special attention in 21 townships the province had identified as vulnerable. They include Nyanga, Delft, Khaylelitsha and Mitchells Plain.
| ‘Stop voluntarily because if you don’t, you will be stopped’ |
Ramatlakane said 3 943 law enforcement officers, including traffic officials, would work on the Alive Arrive road safety campaign and that driving while under the influence would be dealt with harshly.
“We have about 20 000 police personnel who are going to be working. This programme started four years ago and it has been improving. The first year contact crime reduced by 18 percent, the second year 2 percent, the following year 27 percent and last 12 percent. We hope to reduce again this period,” he said.
“We focus on 21 townships where you have a mixed bag of problems, including drugs and gangsterism, poverty and shebeens,” Ramatlakane said, adding that 26 stations regarded as crime hot spots would receive special attention.
“To criminals, the message is: ‘Stop voluntarily because if you don’t, you will be stopped.’
“We want peace-loving citizens to have peace of mind this festive season when they enjoy time with their families. We want them to work with us. Don’t remain quiet. Break the silence when you see something wrong or when you see a woman or child being abused. Don’t say, ‘It is their problem, not mine’. This is about us, it is about working together.”
Provincial Commissioner Mzwandile Petros said crime was fought throughout the year, but police efforts intensified during the festive season when the incidence of crime increased.
“We’ll have more vehicles on the roads, including the Flying Squad. We don’t want to displace crime from the metropolitan areas to the rural areas and we have a strategy to mobilise farmworkers on the farms.”
Petros said police were prepared to deal with gang-related crime.
“After the two recent gang-related murders (in Cape Town) there were quick arrests. This shows we are not going to tolerate any gang violence. To ordinary people we say police are going to be out there when they are at the beaches and on the road.
“We need co-operation from everyone. Those who think this province is a place to continue to commit crime, our message is for them to go elsewhere.”
Provincial board chairperson Rhoda Bazier said community policing forums also had a range of programmes planned.