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Daar is geblaf en baie gelag Ethan Vollenhoven van Kuilsrivier dra sy hondjie, Zack, terwyl Zeke maar moes swem by die eerste Muddy Puppy-hindernisbaan-pretdraf wat Sondag op die volstruisplaas langs die N7-snelwag plaasgevind het. Die 2 km-uitdaging het uit verskeie hindernisse bestaan en daar moes gekruip, gespring, gegly en geswem word, met ’n bietjie modder tussendeur. Daar is gesweet, geblaf en baie gelag. FOTO: CARINA ROUX
COMMUNITY SAFETY: LOCAL STRUCTURES GATHER FOR DISCUSSION
Safety in the spotlight C
ommunity safety took centre stage on 23 October when local safety structures gathered at the Western Cape Sports School in Kuils River to discuss crime concerns. Among the attendees at the meeting were local residents, special advisor to the police minister Advocate Lennit Max, Blue Downs cluster commander Major-General Vincent Beaton, Kuils River Police Station commander Colonel Jayce Naidoo, as well as
members of the local Community Policing Forum (CPF) and neighbourhood watches. The meeting was called as a means of providing a platform for communities to engage directly with the top structures within the South African Police Service, as well as for police to receive feedback from local residents about their pressing crime concerns. Police also took the opportunity to introduce the residents to the Anti-Gang Unit initiative which was launched on 1 November.
According to Kuils River CPF deputy chairperson, Claudio Daniels, various crime concerns were raised, among them being police response time, police visibility, police who drink and abuse their positions within the community, and police brutality. “The community has the perception that police response times are too slow and police visibility too low. We are also concerned about unprofessional stop-and-search activities as well as nothing being done about so-
called gangsters walking the streets with concealed and unconcealed weapons,” says Daniels. Another issue raised was that when residents report crime, they feel they are not taken seriously and the arrested person is often out doing the same thing soon after. “People are fearful that there is no protection for those who speak up and report crime,” explains Daniels. V To page 4.
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