Following Human Rights Day in South Africa, the Cape Flats Safety Forum welcomed the South African Police Services (SAPS) deploying extra bodies to fight against gang violence throughout Cape Town.
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Earlier this week, SAPS announced it had deployed additional members in gang-ridden areas. These are members comprised of the Anti-Gang Unit, Tactical Response Teams, Operation Lockdown II, Operation Restore and Public Order Police teams and will be expected to conduct operations to slow crime in the area.
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‘The intervention follows incidents where murder and attempted murder cases registered indicate a spike in shooting incidents that saw a significant number of individuals shot in Mitchell’s Plain, Bishop Lavis, Philippi, Ravensmead and Elsie’s River.’ SAPS spokesperson Malcolm Pojie said.
#sapsWC In light of recent shooting incidents that occurred in some parts of the Cape Flats, Western Cape police have bolstered deployments at identified hotspots. Several arrests have been made as a result of the ongoing interventions. NP https://t.co/0vNpjHw2qt pic.twitter.com/aWGyXWLaC4
— SA Police Service 🇿🇦 (@SAPoliceService) March 20, 2024
According to EWN, the Cape Flats Safety Forum has called on the government to adopt a new approach to fighting gang violence and welcomed the extra boots on the ground.
‘We are saying to the agencies they also need to have a multi-faceted approach to include community organisations and members of the community that have like-minded thinking to ensure that we have safer Cape Flats,’ said Cape Flats Safety Forum chairperson Abie Isaacs.
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