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15March2011
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Police to clamp down on illegal parking
ANKE OLIVIER The Department of Security at the University of Pretoria is under severe pressure because of the large amount of cars that are parked in and around campus. According to Colonel Andrew Lesch, head of visible police at the Brooklyn Police station, they (along with Metro Police) are going to start towing cars that are parked in dangerous places like in front of gates and on official sidewalks. Fines are also going to be given to cars parked in other illegal places. Lesch said that around five to six thousand cars park in the vicinity of the university every day. Mr Colin Fouché, Head of Campus Security at UP, explains that there is a lot of collaboration between the
university, Brooklyn Police and Metro Police, to watch and protect cars, but unless students take responsibility for their own parking the local police are going to have to take action. “Their [the police’s] patience is beginning to dry up,” said Fouché, “We try working together and on a basis of mutual respect, but it is hard if students insist on committing serious parking violations.” Students are encouraged by the university to make use of the Park-and-Ride facilities between main campus and LC de Villiers. According to Fouché students are in a hurry and late and that causes them to be negligent. This creates prime opportunities for criminals to strike. According to him and Colonel Lesch there are not enough people to watch each and every car and students should start taking responsibility
for their property. Fouché also warns students against “parking partnership” between students and car guards, which is prevalent in the parking lots on the corner of Lynwood and Roper streets. Students give their keys to these car guards so that they can move cars in order to fill the parking lots to maximum capacity. “This is extremely dangerous,” Fouché says, “Not only do you create distance between you and your property, but you make insurance claims difficult.” Kolonel Lesch says that these car guards, or “lapswaaiers” as he calls them, are unaffiliated with any organisation and could potentially move in criminal circles. There have already been several arrests made after attempts to steal cars in the campus vicinity. Photo: Gerard Louw