The MMC for Public Safety, Cllr Michael Sun accepted delivery of 40 new high-performance vehicles which were handed over to the Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department’s Special Patrol Unit (JMPD SPU) at the Public Safety Department Headquarters in Martindale.
This follows the hand over of the new EMS vehicles that were handed over last month by Mayor Herman Mashaba as part of the City’s renewal programme.
Cllr Sun was joined by the Speaker of Council, Cllr Vasco Da Gama, the Chairperson of the Section 79 Committee, Cllr Hilton Masera, other councillors, and officials as the 40 new Volkswagen Golf GTIs were formally handed over to the JMPD SPU.
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The CLLR announced that the 40 new vehicles will be used by the JMPD SPU in their daily tasks, this includes: attending to accident scenes, rapid deployment to crime scenes, land invasions, dealing with road traffic offenses at identified hotspots, visible policing, patrols and events management, amongst others.
According to Cllr Sun, this new batch will be the first after five years that the JMPD SPU received replacements and the City is hoping that it will ensure safer roads for the residents.
“At many traffic management hotspots, like the corner of Witkoppen and Main Roads bordering Lonehill and Bryanston, we find brazen disregard for the rules of the road. In the past week, I joined the JMPD SPU’s traffic management operation at this hotspot where 15 minibus taxis were impounded for offences ranging from unroadworthiness to driving unlicensed vehicles.”
“Reckless and negligent driving is a serious safety hazard in Joburg, causing major traffic congestion and accident risks.”
“This is why the City is ensuring that our JMPD officers are fully equipped to deal adequately with any criminality it is faced with,” explained Cllr Sun.
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