BETHAL – Members of the Bethal Community Policing Forum (CPF) held a meeting on Friday, 6 April to discuss new crime tendencies.
The chairman, Mr Jaap Pretorius, presented the crime statistics for March.
There were 16 cases of burglary at residential premises, one murder, two robberies, three burglaries at business premises, two cases for theft of vehicles, three cases for theft out of vehicles and two cases of burglaries at farms.
Mr Pretorius urged people to be extra vigilant as house burglaries have increased.
He said the community is the eyes and ears of the police. They can identify suspicious people and vehicles and they must know their area and test their alarm systems regularly.
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Mr Wihan Fourie, vice chairman, said according to observations made by the CPF’s proto team, they saw many unlocked vehicles, valuables inside vehicles, open garage doors with tools and garden equipment visible inside and open gates, doors and windows.
Const Thomas Mogadime, spokesman for Bethal Police, also attended the meeting and said an information session for domestic workers will be held on Friday, 20 April at 10am.
He asked employees to allow their domestic workers to attend.
Mr Pretorius urged people to join Bethal CPF and said they do not charge monthly fees for joining or to become part of the CPF.
Bethal CPF’s next meeting will be in the first week of July.
For more information, send an email to Mr Pretorius at chairmanbethalcpf@gmail.com.
