A community engagement meeting was held in Bergsig on October 28.
Bergsig’s sector commander, Constable Doris Nkosi from the Heidelberg SAPS, Heidelberg CPF chairperson Flip Minnaar, Bergsig CPF chairperson George Booker and Clr Georgia Naidoo were all present.
The purpose was to address challenges in the Bergsig community.
An increase and a concern are burglaries in the area.
The main objective of the meeting was to formalise a strategy to curb the crimes and to establish a working model to tackle the crisis.
In the meeting, the discussions were house burglaries, safety tips against burglaries, routine patrols, police visibility, new CPF communication and establishment structure, scams and online shopping and hitchhiking.
“Is it a coincidence or just how we as South Africans are?” Minnaar said after the meeting.
“Stronger together, like the Springboks on the same day, a community decided together to face our challenges as a team.
“It inspires us to see how you are setting up measures to protect each other by taking initiatives that will make Bergsig a community where we all take up a role in the team.”
