The MMC for Public Safety Michael Sun has applauded the newly launched Integrated Intelligence Operations Centre Reaction Unit (IOC) for reducing crime in the inner-city.
The MMC said since the launch of the IOC on 14 May this year there had been a notable crime reduction in the Joburg inner-city.
“The IOC Reaction Unit, which started with 80 officers, has since grown to 100 officers working undercover in the various parts of the inner-city, 24 hours a day,” said Sun.
“The synergy between the Integrated Intelligence Operations Centre where the city-owned CCTV cameras are monitored, and the strategic deployment and quick reaction time, muggers, armed robbers and hijackers are finding themselves in handcuffs and behind bars.
“Notable successes by the unit range from the arrest of three cable thieves caught red-handed in Hillbrow, to muggers apprehended in Newtown. Another eight suspects were caught red-handed in Fordsburg whilst loading stolen goods to the value of R 128 000.”
Sun said a large portion of these incidents were armed robberies, street muggings, pick-pocketing, hi-jacking, theft, and drug dealing. He added that working with the private sector would continue to bolster the unit and expand the CCTV camera network to other parts of the city.
“JMPD, and especially the IOC and the IOC Reaction Unit, will continue to serve our residents and ensure their safety. I applaud these brave men and women who risk their own safety in order to protect our residents.”
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