Unique awareness day for Capital Park
“The goal of the day will be to create awareness on the organisations present and the CPF.”
A date for the Capital Park sub-sector policing forum awareness day has been set for 3 August, the vice chairman has said.
Anthony Smith said the goal of the day was to create an awareness of the organisations present and the CPF.
He said this was the third such day they would host and it would include the sale of unwanted items.
“Anyone from Capital Park is welcome to set up a stall and sell anything that has become somewhat of a white elephant in their home,” he said.
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“There is no cost involved to set up a stall at the Capital Park
Community Centre in Myburgh Street.”
Smith said three organisations, who often work with the CPF, would also be present on the day.
These included, Care Babies, Wollies Animal Project and Moot Gestremdes.
“They will also have their own stalls,” he said.
“Anyone who will want to make a donation to any of the organisations, will be welcome to do so.”
Smith said the subsector policing forum also had other plans on the cards for the suburb.
“We are starting clean-up campaigns in Capital Park,” he said adding the latest was on Saturday and included the removal of “illegal posters” on lampposts and other poles in the area.
“These posters are illegal and are not supposed to be there,” he said.
“Strictly speaking, according to regulations, only municipal posters or announcements are allowed to be placed on lamp posts.”
He said they also planned a sidewalk clean-up in the future.
However, he added, plans were not yet finalised and a date had not yet been set.
“We not only want to make a change in the community, but also make the place look better,” he said.
Following Rekord’s previous report about the policing forum, a permanent management committee has been selected.
This follows after the tragic death of the previous chairperson, Mark Gray, earlier this year.
The sector police are now led by chairman Cor Snel.
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Apart from their general work as the sector police, they also report faulty street lights and water leaks.
“Every day we try to create a safe area for the residents of the area,” Smith said.
Smith says they also regularly launch awareness days to make residents aware of the sector police and how to get involved.
Local ward councilor, Elma Nel, thanked the sector police for their involvement in the community.
“I have been involved with Capital Park since 2014 and I can honestly say that the sector police are an example to others,” she said.
“Thanks to them, residents can now sleep safely in the evenings because they know the sector police will protect them.”
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