ON Saturday February 8 the DA Boroang branch in Ward 56 in the City of Johannesburg (CoJ), together with the DA JHB South constituency, presented a DA petition at The Glen Shopping Centre. The petition is to address various problems facing Moffatview Police Station.
DA Boroang branch secretary Michael Crichton said: “Moffatview Police Station is still facing severe staff shortages, as they are currently unable to have two patrol vehicles per policing sector, which is a concern. Since Moffatview Police Station became independent, they have not received new recruits from the academy and the current staff members have been depleted by deaths, retirements and resignations. This certainly needs to be rectified!”
DA Boroang Branch Deputy Chair Phillip Venter said: “Moffatview Police station currently does not have an adequate infrastructure to function properly, for instance, there are currently no holding cell facilities to lock up suspects. It is also concerning that the morale among the officers appears to be low as they are understaffed,” said Venter.
There was also a DA information table at the event. Ward Councillor Dennis Jane said: “In addition to our petition, we were able to inform the public of an upcoming meeting on property rates that the CoJ is going to hold.”
Cllr Jane added that he was pleased that more than 560 people signed the petition as the police stations problem needed to be addressed as soon as possible. People were also able to sign up as DA members at the table.
