Police stations in areas worst affected by crime in the Western Cape have police-to-population ratios more than twice the national average of one officer for every 358 people, community safety MEC Dan Plato said on Thursday. Stations with the worst ratios include Harare (Khayelitsha) with 1:878; Nyanga (1:777); Delft (1:693);[…]
The Department of Community Safety has offered a R50 000 reward in a bid to catch cop killers in the Western Cape. “Let this reward be a stern warning for anyone considering to take lethal action against the brave men and women who serve our communities,” said Community Safety MEC[…]
Lone off-duty police officers who carry service pistols are easy targets for gangs, Mitchells Plain Community Police Forum chairperson Hanif Loonat said on Thursday. “A lone policeman is an easy target for criminals on the hunt for guns. In gang infested communities like this one, lawbreakers know who the officers[…]
Hot on the heels of the release of the annual crime statistics that showed an increase in violent crimes, police commissioner Riah Phiyega has announced mass promotions within the SA Police Service. About 7 000 constables and sergeants would be promoted this financial year, while another 7 000 in the[…]
A Western Cape police officer, who allegedly prevented her colleagues from arresting a suspect and then helped him escape, has been arrested. The 43-year-old woman is a captain from the Table View police station. Captain FC van Wyk said police had been in the process of arresting a man in[…]
Overwhelming policing priorities coupled with a lack of any clear crime fighting strategies could be to blame for the poor 2014/2015 crime statistics released on Tuesday, according to a criminology expert. Police commissioner, Riah Phiyega and the national minister of police, Nathi Nhleko unveiled the annual crime stats for the[…]
Police Minister Nathi Nhleko and national police commissioner General Riah Phiyega on Tuesday released crime statistics for 2014/2015. Here are some interesting figures provided by Phiyega: 1. Approximately 5.3 million firearms are accounted for by around 2.4 million owners. “These figures include 61 162 naturalised foreign nationals in possession of[…]
The number of private security officers has more than tripled that of police officers since 1997, the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) said on Wednesday. “The private industry has more boots on the ground than the police and the military combined,” SAIRR CEO Frans Cronje told reporters in[…]
Western Cape citizens are being asked to share their 10111 police call centre experiences after a recent oversight visit raised concerns. The province’s standing committee on community safety visited the call centre in Cape Town last month. It found a scanner that is supposed to track the number of calls[…]
Israeli police said Monday that thousands of officers would be deployed in occupied East Jerusalem ahead of the Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha holidays after three days of clashes rocked the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound last week. Authorities also said 21 Palestinians were detained overnight in East Jerusalem linked to last[…]
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