Do you want to be a part of the CPF? Community Policing Forum

JOBURG NORTH – Police officers from across the cluster embarked on an information campaign to invite residents of Kya Sands and its surrounds to meet and even become members of the Community Policing Forum.

Officers from the police stations in Douglasdale, Honeydew, Randburg, Linden, Diepsloot and Florida take part in the operation.

Members of a number of South African Police Service stations spent 9 May out and about in the greater Kya Sands area, handing out flyers and interacting with the community as part of an information campaign.

The officers travelled around the Pipeline, Kya Sands and Msawawa informal settlements on 9 May. to hand out pamphlets.

Police officers from the stations in Douglasdale, Honeydew, Randburg, Linden, Diepsloot and Florida handed out an estimated 2 000 pamphlets in the Pipeline, Kya Sands and Msawawa informal settlements when they went door-to-door. The aim of the campaign was to invite residents of these areas to a planned meet-and-greet with the Community Policing Forum (CPF).

Police officers go door-to-door to hand out the pamphlets and explain the purpose of the meetings

It is also hoped that more members will join the CPF, which links ordinary residents to their local Saps through initiatives like neighbourhood watches and also improve communication between the police and their community.

Warrant Officer Roux explains the planned CPF meetings to a resident