Michael Waters MP writes:
THE fact that more and more people feel unsafe in their homes is a shocking reality and is totally unacceptable. Our homes are becoming fortresses and we are the prisoners.
One way of reducing break-ins and armed robberies is through visible policing. The more police we have patrolling our streets the more it acts as a deterrent to would-be criminals.
At the moment we only have a maximum of two police officers patrolling each section at any given time, which is clearly not enough. In order to get the number of visible police officers increased the DA has launched a petition for the three different police stations covering Kempton Park.
Residents are encouraged to go online and sign the different petitions.
Please support our visible policing petitions currently running in the East Rand by clicking on the relevant link and signing online:
If you live within the Norkem Park police precinct (Birch Acres, Norkem Park, Birchliegh North, Terenue, Kempton West (Terenure side), Birchleigh, Van Riebeeck Park and Edleen, please use this link https://www.petitions24.com/norkempark_visible_saps
If you live in Esther Park, Croydon, Cresslawn, and the China Town side of Kempton Park West please go to https://www.petitions24.com/sebenza_visible_saps
For the rest of Kempton Park please go to https://www.petitions24.com/kempton_visible_saps
I will be handing the petition into Parliament where the Portfolio Committee on Community Safety will call the relevant national police officers before them in order to put forward the residents’ demands.
