The Dawn Park CPF held their election meetings recently where a new executive committee and sector chairpersons were elected, respectively.
The new executive committee was elected on November 30 at Dawn Park Police Station.
All selected committee members will serve in their respective positions for the next five years.
The newly elected committee is Thandi Ntjoko (chairperson), Ken Thobosi (deputy chairperson), Zinhle Madonsela (secretary), Qoshile Zungu (deputy secretary), Abongile Base (treasurer) and Golfrey Matshipa (public relations officer).
Sector chairpersons and their committees were also elected in November, but on different dates.
Hendry Mohlala was elected as a chairperson for Sector One, which comprises areas such as Windmill Park, Van Dyk Park and Carnival Green. He may be contacted on 071 554 1831.
Ken Thobosi heads up Sector Two, which comprises Dawn Park, Groeneweide and Klipportjie. He may be contacted on 064 092 9403.
Mafika Ndlovu heads up Sector Three, which covers Villa Liza and Mapleton Extension One.
Golfrey Matshipa is the chairperson for Sector Four, which covers Somalia Park and Mapleton Ext 10. He may be reached on 082 466 4015.
These structures that have one common goal – fighting crime – have been established for street committees, block committees, sub-forums and sector crime forums.
Ntjoko, who has been steering the ship for three terms since she joined the CPF in 2003, said the chosen committee and chairpersons where elected by the community.
Ntjoko said the role and responsibility of the CPF is to strengthen and maintain the strong partnerships between the community and the police, thus promoting communication between SAPS and the community, improving the rendering of police services through mobilisation, crime awareness campaigns and the deployment of patrollers in hot spots at provincial, cluster and in the sectors at station level.
Ntjoko said since she’s been a chairperson for three terms, some of the challenges she encounters in her line of work are limited resources.
“Our patrollers don’t have uniform or unified reflective gear. The office that we are using is too small to accommodate everyone.
“When we want to type the minutes or anything that has to do with a computer we must use the SAPS computer and if they are busy we must wait until they finish,” Ntjoko.
She said the CPF has received numerous complaints from residents who live in Mapleton and Somalia Park who have to walk long distances to the police station because there’s no satellite police station to cater for them.
Ntjoko highlighted they have about 40 patrollers who monitor various parks, hot spots, malls and at schools when there is a need.
