Festive season is in full swing as Police Minister Bheki Cele launched the Western Cape’s safer season and country in blue initiative over the weekend in Khayelitsha.
This forms part of the City of Cape Town’s readiness plan an intiaitve dedicated to ensuring that Cape Town residents and tourists visiting the City during the festive season remain safe.
According to EWN, more than 150 new vehicles were handed over to 16 clusters in the Western Cape, along with a long-promised mobile police station for the Makhaza precint.
“Law enforcement agencies showcased their capabilities and state of readiness for the looming festive season period,” the police’s Novela Potelwa indicated.
#sapsWC Western Cape #SaferFestiveSeason Launch in Khayelitsha. A total of 155 new vehicles were handed over to the 16 clusters. A mobile police station for Makhaza policing precinct was unveiled at the event. NPhttps://t.co/FyxWisWR7y pic.twitter.com/Gf9DmKZ5q1
— SA Police Service ?? (@SAPoliceService) October 24, 2021
However, mere hours after the launch of this safe season, a police satellite station in Sir Lowry’s Pass near Somerset West was robbed. Three suspects brazenly walked off with two pistols, three cellphones and a laptop computer after two officers were disarmed and held at gunpoint.
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