Police are slowly winning the war against crime, says police commissioner
'Yesterday we took part in helping our community by giving away warm scarves and bennies to those in need. In support of Nelson Mandela Day. Some of our crafty employees spent the past month creating most of these scarves themselves by knitting and crocheting away. We’ve managed to craft close to 100 original scarves, and before lunchtime they were all gone. We made it easy for the community to hand pick their own scarves by hanging them on our office fence on Monument Road, creating the ultimate walk-in closet as people walk by. We are please to announced that the day truly was a success. We managed to almost double our scarves compared to last year, helping more people in our community than the previous year. We would love to be featured in the Kempton Express and show the community what we’ve been up to'
The Gauteng Provincial Police Commissioner, Lt Gen Elias Mawela, believes police are slowly winning the war against crime.
Mawela exclusively told this newspaper on Thursday, during his visit in the area where he participated in an operation to raid illegal business outlets, that his crime busting operation, Okae Molao, is yielding the desired results.
“I am happy with the way that this operation is going. We have just launched it in February just after resuming my responsibility as a provincial commissioner and I can already see the results,” he said.
“Yesterday we took part in helping our community by giving away warm scarves and bennies to those in need. In support of Nelson Mandela Day.
Some of our crafty employees spent the past month creating most of these scarves themselves by knitting and crocheting away. We’ve managed to craft close to 100 original scarves, and before lunchtime they were all gone. We made it easy for the community to hand pick their own scarves by hanging them on our office fence on Monument Road, creating the ultimate walk-in closet as people walk by.
We are please to announced that the day truly was a success. We managed to almost double our scarves compared to last year, helping more people in our community than the previous year.
We would love to be featured in the Kempton Express and show the community what we’ve been up to.
and it will stabilise the crime situation in the entire province.
“I want to assure the people of the Tembisa and the province as a whole that the space is getting gradually smaller and smaller for criminals and bigger for the law-abiding citizens of the province,” he committed.
He said through this ongoing operation police have already arrested about 460 wanted suspects, some facing serious crimes ranging from murder, rape and car hijacking.
“We have also arrested suspects who were on the most wanted list in KwaZulu-Natal province and confiscated firearms.
Furthermore, through this operation, we managed to arrest a serial rapist linked to over 18 rape cases against him, mostly committed in Pretoria West and Polokwane,” outlined Mawela.
Over the weekend roadblocks were mounted across the township where a number of unroadworthy vehicles were impounded and over 1000 ticket fines for traffic infringements issued.
Mawela said what makes this operation so unique is the fact that it has brought all the law enforcement agencies under one banner and are now learning to work together and complimenting each other very well.
“In terms of the reduction of crime I can boldly say that we are gradually turning the corner, especially with regards to serious and violent crime,” he concluded.
