In their quest to enforce law and order in the communities, the Gauteng police launched a Divine Crime Intervention Programme with local churches.
The programme, which will see churches partnering with the police to help deal with the high level of crime in the province, was launched by the deputy provincial commissioner, Major General Max Masha.
The launch was held at the Alleluia Ministries International in Sandton. Various senior police officials and pastors from different churches attended the launch.
The ceremony was attended by four policing clusters that forms part of the Johannesburg region, including the Johannesburg East, West, North and Central police stations to launch the program.
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According to the acting Johannesburg East Cluster spokesperson, Captain Richard Munyayi, the programme was also attended by cluster commanders and station commanders from various stations.
Munyayi said the programme will be based on the four pillars citing repair of injured human and spiritual values, spiritual prevention concept, collaborations on drugs and spiritual prevention link to drug master plan intervention. He added that the stations under these clusters will embark on crime prevention campaigns. “They will visit schools, churches, taxi ranks, shopping centres, liquor outlets and other community places to address issues relating to domestic violence, prostitution, substance abuse, rape, crime against women and children, human trafficking and murder.
“Churches will be invited to visit police stations to have prayer sessions and police officers will also visit churches in their policing precinct to attend their services.”
Police are encouraging the community at large to participate in this programme to help them win the fight against crime.
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Munyayi said they can visit their respective stations to get more information from the social crime prevention, corporate communication and community policing forums (CPF).
Details: Richard Munyayi 011 624 6042.
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