Kameeldrift police encourage residents to report domestic violence
Residents' failure to report domestic violence makes it worse, say police.
A campaign, organised by Sport Against Crime (SAC) with Radio Hi 5 Stereo in co-operation with the Kameeldrift police, wants to encourage residents to report domestic violence.
Kameeldrift police called on Pretoria residents not to fear reporting domestic violence perpetrators to the police during the campaign in Derdepoort, north of Pretoria on Friday.
The campaign was also supported by the Kameeldrift CPF, Kameeldrift trauma centre, Advanced Paramedic Assist emergency services and Pretoria North Child Protection.
“We are calling on people to break the silence on domestic violence, sexual offences and children’s rights,” Kameeldrift police spokesperson Sergeant Mavis Sindane said.
She said that while some people were afraid of reporting domestic violence to police, not reporting it did not solve the problem but only it made it worse.
According to her, this was because the failure of victims to open cases of domestic violence prevented police from taking necessary actions to bring the culprits to book and effecting fight against the scourge of domestic violence.
Sindane said the campaign was important to the community as it provided the police an opportunity to empower and encourage residents to speak out.
“Most people are afraid to speak out about domestic violence, especially in cases when the suspect is a breadwinner.”
She said the event was one of their ongoing campaigns to fight the scourge.
“Police and community members both need to play their parts by working together to win the battle against domestic violence and other crimes.
“The aim of these events are victim empowerment, police visibility and the prevention of further crime,” SAC founder Chris Batts said.
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