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Good night Cape Town This photo of a picturesque winter sunset over Table Mountain in Cape Town, in what is most likely the last few days of the cold months, was taken on Tuesday 29 August by local Milnerton photographer, Colin Brown. PHOTO: COLIN BROWN
MILNERTON CPF: CHAIRPERSON RESIGNS, CITING NONEXISTENT RELATIONSHIP WITH POLICE
CPF chair is empty RICHARD ROBERTS @richardjohn_rj
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new chairperson for the Milnerton Community Policing Forum (CPF) will have to be elected following the sudden resignation of the current chairperson and two others. Lianne Lippert, outgoing chairperson, shared the news of her resignation with residents on social media on Monday last week – a decision that has been brewing for months, she says. Lippert, who is also a member of the Tygerhof Neighbourhood Watch, did however indicate that she will be continuing with safety and security work in the community.
“Three of us resigned – myself as chairperson, the public relations officer Mike Lippert, and our secretary Carreen Muller. “This is a decision that has been brewing for about six months now,” she says. Their decision is apparently as a result of the poor to non-existent relationship they have with the local police, she says. “The brigadier at Milnerton police and I do not see eye-to-eye. We have had almost a non-speaking relationship since I took over. When I said we have to keep the police accountable for their actions, I was branded as untrustworthy,” she explains. The CPF always asked about its role and how it fitted in, but according to Lippert they never received answers from the police.
“My role, if the police are not doing their job, is to find out why and report back to the community. The brigadier said no word to me in the past three months and we cannot function like that. I would rather walk away,” she says. Brigadier Marius Stander, commander of Milnerton police station, says in response that steps have been taken to address the issue. “Following certain tensions that arose within the Milnerton CPF, a meeting was held with the chairperson and vice-chairperson on 19 April in an attempt to resolve the issues and find a workable way forward. “A CFP executive committee meeting on 6 July ended on a positive note and the chairperson noted that a number of differences
had been settled and she committed to finding a workable way forward. “However, despite maintaining an open door policy in respect of the CPF, no communication has been received from Ms Lippert regarding her continued dissatisfaction since that time, and it is thus difficult to comment on the specifics thereof. I am similarly unable to comment on her perception of her relationship with Milnerton police management, except to say that we have at all times strived to maintain a healthy and active CPF, which contributes in a real way to assist us in fulfilling our constitutional mandate to address crime,” Stander says. Lippert resigned on Monday 28 August. V To page 3.