JUST IN: Edenvale CPF disbanded, residents launch petition to ‘save forum’

The acting Provincial Police Commissioner for Gauteng Major General Napo has disbanded the Edenvale CPF, stating that the committee had become “dysfunctional due to a total breakdown of relations between elected members and the police”.

The NEWS has a copy of a letter addressed to the chairperson for the Gauteng Provincial CPF Board and the cluster commander for the SAPS’ Ekurhuleni North Region. In the letter Napo stated that “in light of the irreparable breakdown of relations regarding the board (CPF)” he invoked section 19 and 21 of the SAPS Act regarding the establishment of CPFs and boards.

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He noted that the provincial commissioner is legally obliged to establish the boards and CPFs and is equally obliged to disband these with a view of re-establishing a structure that will be functional.

“I declare the forum as disbanded and instruct the relevant parties under the leadership of the SAPS Cluster and station commander of Edenvale with the assistance of the offices of the HOD and MEC including the provincial board to put measures in place that will culminate in the establishment of the new structure within 30 days,” Napo’s letter stated.

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The Edenvale CPF has made contact with the National Civilian Secretariat and Gauteng Board for Community Police Forums to find a way forward.

On the Edenvale CPF Facebook page, it is stated that the following structures are unaffected:
• CPF Youth Forum
• Neighbourhood Watch
• CPF Patroller Programme

Since the announcement residents were called on to sign a “Save our CPF” petition at https://gopetition.com/petitions/save-our-cpf.html

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