CPF must lead fight against crime: MEC

The newly elected Community Policing Forum Provincial Executive Council in the North West must take the lead in fighting crime, Community Safety MEC Gaoage Molapisi said.

Rustenburg – The newly elected Community Policing Forum Provincial Executive Council in the North West must mobilise communities and take the lead in the fight against crime, Community Safety and Transport Management MEC Gaoage Molapisi said on Friday.

“The first order of business is the development of a programme of action, taking into consideration your own resolutions from this conference, as well as the issues we have put forward to consider,” he said.

“At the core of your work is to rebuild the structures, provide leadership, and ensure projects implementation. If we work hard and mobilise everyone in our communities and have CPFs structures in every police station to support and fight crime, we would not need guns to fight crime,” he said

The provincial executive council was elected on Thursday in Rustenburg.

He called on the provincial police commissioner Lt General Baile Motswenyane to provide support to the CPF structures.

“It is important for the SAPS to understand that their support to the CPF’s should not be viewed as a favour. Once the mindset of many of the SAPS station commanders understand the important role the CPF could play in stabilising communities, I believe that a new culture and order could prevail,” he said.

The newly elected CPF provincial chairperson, Dixon Ngamlane said their first mandate was to revive the visibility of the CPF and enhance its relations with the police and the provincial government.

“Our first mandate is to strengthen relations between the community, SAPS and our government. We need to rebuild the trust of our communities to police and revive our visibility. We are going to claim back our streets,” he said.

African News Agency

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