Parkview CPF AGM invites community to discuss how SAPS can reduce crime in the precinct
The CPF’s greatest concern is the growing numbers of unlawful occupants living in all the open spaces in our precinct.
The Parkview Community Policing Forum (CPF) hosted its latest annual general meeting at the Parkview Golf Club on September 20.
The AGM was attended by Parkview Police Station Commander, Colonel Devan Govender who invited the community for a discussion about how the CPF and SAPS can reduce crime in the area’s precinct.
The Parkview CPF’s chairperson, Geraldine Connell noted that from the beginning of the 2022 / 2023 financial year, the CPF experienced an excellent partnership between the community and SAPS and other role-players.
“This is due to the positive attitudes of our station commander and his leadership team. These leaders have ensured the CPF’s attendance at the Accountability and Station Crime Combatting Forum meetings, appointed two proactive sector commanders and engendered a good spirit of cooperation in the deployment of the CPF’s patrollers. They have also convened weekly stakeholders’ meetings.”
The CPF started its two sector crime forums last year with the first sector two forum meeting taking place in November and the first sector one forum meeting in March.
Connell added that the past year has necessitated the purchase of many items for SAPS, to keep the power on in the administrative building during load-shedding, the CPF bought and installed an inverter with batteries by raising over R20 000 from the community.
“We dug into our coffers for the additional R9 000 required to obtain a certificate of compliance. We also took out a cell phone contract to assist the community in reaching SAPS, since there has been no landline telephone connection to SAPS for nearly two years to date. We also recently purchased a breathalyser for SAPS to use at roadblocks.”
Apart from the crimes that were reported in the last year, the CPF’s greatest concern is the growing number of unlawful occupants living in all the open spaces in our precinct. The solution to this problem lies with the City of Johannesburg.
The chairperson said, that at the Town Hall meeting hosted by the CPF in September last year, the officials of the City of Johannesburg municipality promised to respond within three weeks, to the issues that were raised.
“Despite sending them our minutes and attendance register, as well as trying several times to get them to respond, it is now a year later and there has been zero response. The CPF continues to put pressure on the city’s officials to do their jobs and find suitable places for these people to stay.”
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