Bellair police on a visible policing mission
Bellair SAPS officers recently met to plan social crime prevention methods for February.
MEMBERS of Bellair SAPS are working hard to keep the community crime-free.
With this in mind, police officers recently met to plan social crime prevention methods for February. Bellair SAPS visible policing (Vispol) commander Captain Braveman Dladla said members at the station manage the crime levels by making efforts to patrol the area and businesses.
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The role of members of Vispol is to prevent crime and gather intelligence information by patrolling the area, speaking with police informers, and ensuring the safety of the community.
“If we see that the community is experiencing a higher volume of crime, we plan our operations accordingly and deploy members to hotspot areas. Our priority is to educate members of the community through the involvement of the social crime prevention personnel,” said Captain Dladla.
He also noted that domestic violence remains rife in the area and that members of SAPS prioritise all issues related to gender-based violence.
“Domestic violence is a sore issue and it is hard for police officers to monitor it because it happens behind closed doors. We take this seriously. Bellair SAPS works well with the community and they help us gain information about any illegal activities in the community.”
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According to Captain Dladla each month, members analyze the types of problems there are in the community and plan their projects accordingly.
“There are six schools in the area and members visit each of them once a week as well as monitoring businesses daily.
We don’t want criminals in our area, businesses help reduce crime in the area by employing the youth. The community is fantastic and we work well with the community policing forum as well and embark on projects with community structures,” added Dladla.
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