Birchleigh community thanked by police for fighting crime
Madi appealed to the community and to other role players to work hand-in-hand with the police
The community and other law enforcers were thanked for their part in reducing crime on Saturday at a crime awareness campaign in Birchleigh.
Members of the community, security companies, patrollers and neighbourhood watchmen were welcomed at the corner of Cloete and Essenwood streets at 9am.
Here, station commander Col Tobias Strauss, head commander of Norkem Park sectors Oupa Mojapelo and MEC officer Samson Madi formed part of the campaign, spokesperson for Norkem Park SAPS, Capt Lesibana Molokomme, told Express.
“Madi appealed to the community and to other role players to work hand-in-hand with the police to achieve one goal; to fight crime as one,” Molokomme said.
He added that campaigns like this one would spread to other sectors in the near future.
