Metro Police visibility to be intensified over festive season
While the EMPD focuses on crime and traffic duties, the Ekurhuleni Emergency Services will be on high alert.
Ekurhuleni chief of police Bafana Mahlabe, together with mayor Clr Mondli Gungubele, launched Ekurhuleni’s festive season campaign under the theme Operation Bumper-to-Bumper: Escalated, on Wednesday.
The law enforcement campaign is intended to intensify police visibility, road safety, crime prevention, traffic and by-law enforcement.
Mahlabe indicated that police visibility will be intensified as many people fall victim to crime during this season.
“To ensure that police presence is felt, we will be deploying our Peace Corps, who will patrol around shopping malls. There will also be more Metro Police officers guarding townships, suburbs and various Central Business Districts,” said Mahlabe.
After the official launch, Gungubele took to the streets with a message of safety as he interacted with the motorists at a blitz operation on the M2 in Germiston.
Roadblocks, stop-and-search operations, drug peddling, drunken driving, illegal mining, armed robberies, hijackings and land invasions are amongst the areas that Operation Bumper-to-Bumper: Escalated will focus on.
These are all intended to ensure compliance with the law.
While the EMPD focuses on crime and traffic duties, the Ekurhuleni Emergency Services will be on high alert and will set up mini-roadside stations on all high-accident routes and major freeways, including the N3, N17, N12 and the Albertona Sisulu Corridor.
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