PICS: Brooklyn police lead joint crime prevention and clean-up operation
The goal of the operation was to find suspicious people in the open fields and abandoned homes in the Pretoria East areas.
Hi-Risk security officers brief eachother before starting the patrol in an open piece of land running along the N1 highway, the area is plagued by robberies and burglaries and criminals often hide out in the field. Picture: Jacques Nelles
The Brooklyn SA Police Service (SAPS) lead a joint crime prevention and clean-up operation in the early morning hours of Friday morning, July 28.
More than 90 SAPS members, Tshwane metro police officers and security officers from various companies – Inter Active, Hi-Risk, CSI, Fidelity ADT and Tactical Edge – reported for duty at the Brooklyn police station.
The operation was carried out in high-risk areas where there are high numbers of burglaries, robberies and drug-related crimes. The goal of the operation was to find suspicious people in the open fields and abandoned homes in the Pretoria East areas.
During the search, more than 80 people had their fingerprints scanned with the Morpho Touch device to check for any wanted suspects. The operation moved to an abandoned home where several homeless people were found among drug paraphernalia.
The visibility of police in these areas gives residents a sense of safety and is important to keep criminals at bay. The Brooklyn SAPS promise to continue these operations throughout the rest of the year.
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- Hi-Risk security officers brief eachother before starting the patrol in an open piece of land running along the N1 highway, the area is plagued by robberies and burglaries and criminals often hide out in the field. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- Security officers start their patrol shortly before 4am. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- A man who ran as soon as he saw the security officers was caught, security officers searched his belongings for drugs but found nothing. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- Hi-Risk security personal prepare to search an abamdoned house, where vagrants and drug usersd often hide out. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- Several men were found tresspasing in a park near the N1 highway, they were searched and had their finger prints scanned to check if they may be wanted criminals. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- A CSI security officer searches a one of the men found tresspassing in the park. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- A CSI security officer checks the pupils of one of the men found tresspassing. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- A homeless man found tresspassing in a park waits in the field while security personel searches his belongings during a crime prevention and clean-up operation. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- Hi-Risk security officers detain vagrants found sleeping in the open land next to the N1 highway in Waterkloof Ridge. Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- Two men are seen sleeping while police and security officers search an abandoned home in Nieuw Muckleneuk for drugs during a crime prevention and clean-up operation. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- A security officer wakes up a suspect inside an abandoned home in Nieuw Muckleneuk, police were searching the home for drugs during a crime prevention and clean-up operation. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- A Police officer wakes up a man found among drug paraphernalia in an abandoned home in Nieuw Muckleneuk. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- A police officer is seen searching an abandoned home in Nieuw Muckleneuk, police were searching the home for drugs during a crime prevention and clean-up operation. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- A man wakes up startled by police searching an abandoned home in Nieuw Muckleneuk. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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- Police are seen outside an abandoned home in Nieuw Muckleneuk after searching the home for drugs. Picture: Jacques Nelles
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