{"id":915398,"date":"2022-01-11T17:37:53","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T17:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/11\/cape-flats-community-leaders-demand-more-police-visibility\/"},"modified":"2022-01-11T17:37:53","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T17:37:53","slug":"cape-flats-community-leaders-demand-more-police-visibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/11\/cape-flats-community-leaders-demand-more-police-visibility\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Flats community leaders demand more police visibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/89b03052-e87a-5fad-abee-b36580fbcf47&#038;operation=CROP&#038;offset=0x186&#038;resize=3540x1991.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div><!--sse--><\/p>\n<p>Cape Town &#8211; Community leaders in Cape Town are demanding more police visibility this year, claiming this to be the only real solution to assist Cape Flats crime prevention efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Hanover Park community leader Yaseen Johaar said even though police visibility could help crime prevention efforts, it might not be enough at this point.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cFor years we\u2019ve been calling for police visibility as a key factor. To have them present and visible so that crime would drop.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith our experience of last year in the community, we also collect our own independent statistics and I\u2019m realising that maybe even visible policing wouldn\u2019t be enough if you look at the type of policing we get,\u201d Johaar said.<\/p>\n<p>Manenberg community leader Amina Abrahams said: \u201cPeople need to stand together. What we\u2019ve found out is that when we see gang activity starting up then we need to interact. We can\u2019t turn a blind eye and with that comes mediation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RelatedArticlescss__StyledRelatedArticles-sc-10g88yu-0 ezIKFV\">\n<h2><span>MORE ON THIS<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe also need the support of all the community people in the area because in most cases people are covering up for gangsters instead of reporting them. It is really hard work in our community to mediate with gangsters and ask them not to cause crime,\u201d Abrahams said.<\/p>\n<p>Grassy Park CPF chairperson Melvyn Jonkers said: \u201cVisible policing is the only method of eradicating and fighting crime. There must be police visibility; police must stop and search people. Our expectation is that the police need to get rid of known drug outlets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steenberg CPF chairperson Gavin Walbrugh said: \u201cWe are asking for more feet on the ground and more visibility in our area, but we always get met with the same response \u2013 there\u2019s a shortage of manpower. When a crime happens, we get different squads who come into the area to quell the violence, but we are asking why can\u2019t they be here before it happens to prevent crime from happening?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Gatesville Neighbourhood watch chairperson Fowzie Versamie said: \u201cWhat we want is more active patrolling, not just with vehicles but foot patrolling. If there is visibility in our area, we wouldn\u2019t see all these crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[email&nbsp;protected]<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-2faab4f62e838690655eb4e8d6cbbdcb\">Cape Argus<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town &#8211; Community leaders in Cape Town are demanding more police visibility this year, claiming this to be the only real solution to assist Cape Flats crime prevention efforts. Hanover Park community leader Yaseen Johaar said even though police visibility could help crime prevention efforts, it might not be enough at this point. \u201cFor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-915398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=915398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/915398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=915398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=915398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=915398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}