VIDEO: Aerial survey points out north crime hot spots
Local councilor and stakeholders take hands to curb crime in Pretoria north.
Councillor Lenise Breytenbach has launched her 100-day awareness campaign at the Wonderboom airport in the north of Pretoria with a helicopter ride to identify the crime hot spots in ward 36 and 37.
“The 100-day campaign will focus on crime prevention by applying various security measures and taking hands with major role players in the area as well as the community. In the next 100 days, we will identify problems in the area and give feedback weekly, about the outcome,” she said.
On Tuesday, Breytenbach met with Waheed Muhammad (airport manager), Gerda Jansen van Rensburg (commander of the metro region 2), Senior Superintendent Willie Makuvelo (metro), Henk Rood (owner of PSZ Unified Security) and media to talk about the high-risk crime zones in the ward and around the airport.
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During the helicopter ride, the field behind the airport was identified as the biggest crime hot spot in the area.
The field has become a hot spot due to the waste pickers squatting in the field.
There are also a lot of developments in the area.
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“Because the open fields are unmanned, waste pickers have free range to squat there which contributes to crimes such as cable theft and house break-ins,” Breytenbach said.
Airport manager Muhammed also said two cars were stolen from the airport in the last six months.
Superintendent Makuvelo said metro police had started patrolling inside and outside the airport in an attempt to curb crime.
“I want to invite the community to take hands with CPF, neighbourhood watch or local security companies to help make the area a safer place,” Breytenbach said.
She said this was the first of many campaigns to follow to make the community safe.
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