Launch of the 2022 Public Safety Festive Season campaign
MMC for public safety, Councillor David Tembe and metro police officials announce the steps which will be implemented to secure a safe festive season for all during the launch of the Public Safety Festive Season campaign at the N1 Buccleuch interchange.
As residents gear up for the festive season so are police and paramedics as they launched their Public Safety Season campaign.
Metro police together with the MMC for public safety, councillor David Tembe, and the MMC of transport, Funzi Ngobeni, publicly shared plans for making the roads of Gauteng safer this festive season.
The campaign which was held at the N1 Buccleuch interchange on November 15 had over 100 participants addressing questions related to the new and improved objectives designed to lower the fatality rate.
Spokesperson of the metropolitan police, Xolani Fihla, mentioned the organisation’s three core factors that they will be focusing on during the festive season, “We’re here to firstly ensure that our people are safe throughout the festive season. Our team will be focusing on three core functions; crime prevention, traffic management, and bylaw enforcement.”
Fihla added that through their traffic management operations the department will ensure that the vehicles are road worthy and that drivers are fit to use their vehicles.
During a panel discussion, the MMC for public safety urged residents to not drive under the influence after announcing the seven state-of-the-art Metro trucks that will be used for testing blood alcohol concentration on sight.
According to Tembe, the vehicles were donated by the South African Breweries (SAB) and feature two chambers where officials will conduct tests and instantly record alcohol levels which will speed up the process of conviction.
“I spoke with my officers, and we said that we are committed to bringing safety to our people. Our annual target of lower the fatality rate was 3% but changed to 20%. Together with our partners in the department of emergency services, we are strictly saving lives this year,” said Tembe.
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Participants of the event were given the green light to tour the new vehicles as well as to communicate with representatives from various emergency services.
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