Wardens already hard at work fighting crime
A pass out parade of the second cohort of the Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens took place at Tsakane Stadium on June 4.
Local police stations in Benoni will welcome more crime prevention wardens in the next few weeks to bolster crime prevention.
Over 4 000 wardens were deployed to crime hotspots across the province on May 1 following their passing-out parade at the Soshanguve Giant Stadium on April 30.
A passing-out parade for the second group of the Gauteng crime prevention wardens took place at Tsakane Stadium on June 4. Gauteng Traffic Police spokesperson Sello Maremane said 1 300 wardens have so far been deployed to various police stations in the East Rand.
“Their scope of work includes general crime prevention duties, like stop and search, patrolling in malls and much more,” he said.
These wardens work within the respective communities alongside law enforcement agencies, such as the police and EMPD, to eliminate elements of crime, including lawlessness, vandalism and corruption
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