{"id":420402,"date":"2020-07-28T15:03:09","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T13:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=420402"},"modified":"2020-07-28T15:26:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T13:26:39","slug":"police-are-seeing-a-reduction-in-these-3-types-of-crime-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/420402\/police-are-seeing-a-reduction-in-these-3-types-of-crime-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Police are seeing a reduction in these 3 types of crime in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police minister Bheki Cele says that there have been several areas where a notable decrease in crime has been reported.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an eNCA interview, Cele said that the South African Police Service (SAPS) crime statistics will be published soon, but that specific reductions have been noted in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cash-in-transit heists;<\/li>\n<li>Bank robberies;<\/li>\n<li>House robberies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, he admitted that the country&#8217;s crime statistics are not reflective of how ordinary citizens feel and that many people do not feel safe living in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Cele said it was the job of the police to work with these people, and to address issues in the community. He added that there has been a breakdown of trust between the police and citizens in some areas, but stressed that this not the case in all areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fact that the prisons are 37% overpopulated means that the police are doing their job to send people there for a very long time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Of course there will be bad apples among the police family which are giving us a bad name, but there also very good police who are doing a very good job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TNDF-AJQ0ek\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cele indicated that SAPS were also limited in reacting to crimes which are perpetrated by members of the public in the privacy of their homes.<\/p>\n<p>He highlighted the fact that more than 38,000 women were raped in South Africa last year &#8211; often in their own homes and other areas where they are meant to be &#8216;safe&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tell me what police will do in your own home, by your own husband, your boyfriend, your own uncle, your own father? Hence the call is a societal matter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This problem, to say that law enforcement will only deal with the matter, is really a matter that we really need to relook at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He called on community members to report any abuse or violent behaviour before a crime is committed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, the police come at the tail end, react, and arrest you &#8211; but someone is already gone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said that officers will also receive special training towork with citizens who have dealt with rape and other violent crimes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lockdown measures\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cele has said that enforcement <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/419701\/roadblocks-random-stop-searches-and-other-ways-lockdown-enforcement-will-be-intensified-police-minister\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">operations<\/a> <\/strong>by the SAPS would be intensified during the country\u2019s national state of disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Presenting his departmental budget speech in a parliamentary meeting on Friday (24 July), Cele said that this would include specific measures such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The conducting of static roadblocks on all national routes and major routes in order to monitor, control &amp; ensure adherence to the regulations;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The conducting of vehicle checkpoints, on provincial routes, regional routes, rail routes, main streets in order to monitor, control &amp; ensure adherence to the regulations;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The conducting of high visibility patrols to monitor, control and ensure adherence to the regulations;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Designated investigation capacity and case management;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Implementation of objects of policing, in accordance with S 205(3) of the constitution of the Republic of South Africa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to call upon communities and all our strategic partners to support the police in the fight against crime moreover during this pandemic,\u201d Cele said in his presentation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current state of policing needs no political gymnastics but it requires cooperation and working together for a common goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/420328\/imf-money-will-be-well-spent-by-government-treasury\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">IMF money will be well-spent by government: Treasury<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police minister Bheki Cele says that there have been several areas where a notable decrease in crime has reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":93308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-420402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420402"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420402\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":420452,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420402\/revisions\/420452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}