Police launch crime awareness campaign in Montclair

The ongoing crime awareness campaigns in Montclair will continue throughout the festive season to ensure public safety.

November 28, 2024

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Ajay Pretorius (Sub-forum chairperson of Yellowwood Park), Sergeant Noma Mnguni and Rave Naidoo (Montclair CPF chairperson), distributed pamphlets to the community to raise awareness on public safety. Photo: Supplied.

AS the December holidays are around the corner, the police in Montclair have formed a strong partnership with the Community Police Forum to devise plans on how to root out criminal activity in the neighbourhood.

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The members of the Social Crime Prevention unit together with the Vispol Commander, Captain Vernon Naidoo held a crime awareness campaign about safety tips on November 24.

The safety tips included the following:

Carjackings
Street robberies
Theft of and from motor vehicles
ATM scammers

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Joining in the awareness campaign were the Montclair CPF representatives and Yellowwood Park sub-forum members.

The main objective of this awareness is to forge strong relations between the police and the communities

Sergeant Noma Mnguni of the Montclair Police Station said, “The aim is to caution the public about criminal activities that tend to increase during the December holidays.

“The campaign continued with snake patrols, where E2 Security also joined with blue lights. It was a successful awareness campaign and 150 pamphlets were distributed to the community.”

To report crime call, the CrimeStop Number on 08600 10111 or SMS the Crime Line at 32211

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November 28, 2024

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Andile Sithole

He has been covering a variety of news beats for over 10 years. As a journalist working for community newspapers, he has covered politics, court reporting, municipal stories, crime, and news features over the years. Andile is also a multimedia journalist for Southlands Sun. He started his career in journalism as a freelance reporter in 2005 while studying Communication Science at UNISA. Prior to joining Caxton Newspapers, he worked for both community and commercial newspapers in Durban, where he won the Journalist of the Year Award in 2020 and 2021.