New committee for Marburg CPF
The core function of a CPF is to work with the Saps to bridge the gap between a community and the police, to ensure a safer and crime-free environment for everyone.
The Marburg Community Policing Forum (CPF) held its first meeting since 2019 at Port Shepstone Secondary last Wednesday evening.
This forum was initially formed in 2008 by Dinesh Pillay and Kavinder Manawer, which ran smoothly until the onset of Covid-19 which caused operations to come to a halt.
With certain restrictions now lifted, the forum invited members from the greater Marburg area which includes Marburg industrial area, Wimpey, Marburg extension 14, Lions Grove, Marburg Ridge and Umbango to attend the meeting.
The core function of a CPF is to work together with Saps in order to bridge the gap between a community and the police, to ensure a safer and crime-free environment for everyone.
As such, Mr Chetty encouraged community involvement in order to maintain a successful CPF.
Those in attendance included Selvan Chetty (chairman), members of Saps Port Shepstone, security personnel and community members.
A new sector commander was announced, Constable Divaash Gounder will be taking over from Warrant Officer Adrian Daniel.
“I look forward to working with all of you,” said Constable Gounder.
Warrant Officer Daniel presented a report of the crime trends within the greater Marburg area and urged the community to keep reporting crime no matter how minor or major it is.
The main order of business at the meeting was to elect a new executive of the Marburg CPF.
Duly elected members of Marburg CPF are Kavinder Manawer (chairperson), Dinesh Pillay (deputy chairperson), Fathima Moosa (secretary) and Dr Mala Appalraju (interim treasurer).
The forum’s additional elected members are Shane Soobramoney, Vikesh Jugmohan, Tabane Malishe, Koseelan Naicker and Chunderlal Lalmun.
Colonel Eric Ndwandwe, visible policing head of Saps Port Shepstone, delivered a few closing comments, where he thanked everyone for attending and highlighted the importance of citizen involvement.
“Without you, we cannot win. We need your involvement,” said Colonel Ndwandwe.
Meetings are to be called every month by the chairperson, which will be communicated to the public and all stakeholders in due course.
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