Greater Protea CPF pledge to protect the community
As the new sub-structure of the CPF they are going to be relentless, they won’t get tired in educating the community because that is the most important aspect.
The newly elected Greater Protea Community Policing Forum has pledged to serve and ensure effective protection of the Protea Glen community as a whole.
The new CPF sub-structure was elected on February 17 during the Annual General Meeting (AGM).
According to the chairperson of the Greater Protea CPF, Sipho Kubheka, the sub-structure has identified a few aspects that require improvement.
These includes their goal to fully interact with the community, as this is the most important component, as well as making sure that they have adequate resources for the SAPS and CPF so as to effectively combat crime.
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“Our top priority is community safety and making sure that we have adequate resources and patrol officers to be present and visible in the neighbourhood.
“This is not to say that we didn’t have patrol officers, we did but their numbers were insufficient. So our aim is to begin by making improvements to these most important aspects,” said Kubheka.
Kubheka added that their current challenge is that the community still does not understand the significance of having CPF officials. Therefore they still need to do more work in educating the community about their job and the changes they hope to bring.
Speaking to Urban News, the secretary of the Greater Protea CPF, Tshepo Mabaso said the main drive of the CPF is to create a relationship between the community and the SAPS.
As the new sub-structure of the CPF they are going to be relentless, they won’t get tired in educating the community because that is the most important aspect.
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“Educating the community about the various crimes that occur in their area is a crucial step in fighting crime. For example we know that there is a lot of violence and gangsterism in schools these days, which is where parents come in.
“We live in a democratic country and teachers have little control over these children because corporal punishment is no longer used, that is where we come in. Educating the community equally means speaking to the parents,” said Mabaso.
Mabaso added that as the Greater Protea CPF they want to take part in the SGB annual meetings because they believe that attending those meetings will give them a great opportunity to inform parents about crimes that occur at schools as well as in their communities.
“We intend to improve our youth desk because we want to involve young people in our objective to stop crime. We also want to strengthen our centre crime forum as it is where we typically obtain information,” concluded the PRO of Protea CPF, Trudy Jabuvu.
