On April 19 the Edenvale SAPS held a combined visible policing operation on Homestead Road. The operation saw members from Ekurhuleni's North Cluster and EMPD assist.
In recent weeks the Edenvale SAPS conducted numerous crime prevention and visible policing operations throughout the area.
On April 19 the Edenvale Police Station held a combined visible policing operation with other police stations in Ekurhuleni’s North Cluster and the EMPD.
The operation was conducted along Homestead Road.
Captain Jean Olckers, spokesperson of the Edenvale Police Station said during the operation police officers stopped motorists and searched their vehicles.
He said on the same day three suspects were arrested for business burglary, possession of stolen property and shoplifting.
The arrests were made separate of the operation.
A day after the visible policing operation, police officers from the SAPS Mounted Unit were seen riding their horses through the community.
Olckers said the mounted unit was asked to assist Edenvale SAPS to prevent residential burglaries, the theft of motor vehicles and theft out of motor vehicles.
The mounted unit conducted patrols in the Edenvale CBD, the Avenues and at the Stoneridge Shopping Centre.
“Officers on horseback can look over walls of residential properties to see if any suspects are in the property,” said Olckers.
“In parking lots, the mounted officers can also see if any suspects are tampering with cars.”
Edenvale’s Community Police Forum chairperson Sheryl Damerell and Edenvale Police Station’s, station commander, Colonel Sudesh Sookraj, standing with members of the SAPS Mounted Unit.
On April 19 the Edenvale SAPS held a combined visible policing operation on Homestead Road. The operation saw members from Ekurhuleni’s North Cluster and EMPD assist. Seen here is a police officer speaking to the occupants of a car he had stopped.
On April 19 the Edenvale SAPS held a combined visible policing operation on Homestead Road. The operation saw members from Ekurhuleni’s North Cluster and EMPD assist.
On April 19 the Edenvale SAPS held a combined visible policing operation on Homestead Road. The operation saw members from Ekurhuleni’s North Cluster and EMPD assist. On the right of the photograph Captain Andries Matume of Edenvale SAPS’ Visible Policing Unit can be seen talking to two EMPD officers about the operation.
Members of the SAPS Mounted Unit patrolling around a shopping centre in Edenvale.
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