The police confirmed this morning that additional vehicles are being dispatched to our local stations. This result belongs to every resident who put their name behind the demand. Stay alert to ensure these patrols remain consistent on our streets.
July 4, 2017
Final supporters
Given the exceptionally high incident of serious crime in the Cleveland and Jeppe Police Station district, these stations need to be allocated more vehicles from the pool so that they may deliver the required number of shifts to patrol our neighbourhood.
Cllr Neuren Pietersen
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY
COUNCILLOR
Ward 118
Poor police patrolling in Joburg suburbs
by Jack Bloom MPL - DA Johannesburg East Constituency Head
Date: 01 May 2017
Release: Immediate
Type: Press Statement
"Crime is high in the eastern suburbs of Johannesburg, but none of four local police stations do proper sector policing patrols around the clock.
This is revealed by Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane in a written reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature.
The prescribed standard is two vehicles patrolling each sector for 24 hours, but according to the reply, which provides information on the Jeppe, Yeoville, Cleveland and Sandringham police stations,
The Sandringham police station performs best, with two vehicles patrolling the one sector round the clock, and one vehicle patrolling the other sector.
There is only one vehicle, and often nothing at all, patrolling in the four sectors that fall under the Jeppe station, the four Cleveland station sectors, and the three Yeoville station sectors.
Police blame the lack of 24-hour vehicle patrols on a shortage of personnel and/or vehicles at the four stations.
Jeppe is the worst affected station as it is short of seven vehicles and 44 staff. This is very concerning as it has the highest crime rate, with 2764 serious contact crimes which includes murder, assaults and robbery, and 1492 property related crimes in the period April 2016 to March this year.
Cleveland station is short of four vehicles and eight policemen, Sandringham is short of one vehicle but is otherwise fully staffed, and Yeoville is not short of any vehicles but is short of seven staff.
Crimes reported at these stations for April 2016 to March 2017 are as follows:
Cleveland - 1147 contact crimes and 884 property crimes
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Yeoville - 1737 contact crimes and 889 property crimes
Sandringham - 630 contact crimes and 556 property crimes.
My information is that the vehicle shortage is often because police vehicles spent weeks and sometimes months waiting for repairs in badly run workshops.
Speeding up vehicle repairs would help as well as filling all police vacancies and using existing staff more efficiently.
It is unacceptable that police vehicle patrols are so poor in these areas where people do not feel safe.
There needs to be a higher priority given to the provision of roadworthy police vehicles and personnel to ensure comprehensive patrols in all sectors to bring down the crime rate."
Updates
June 12, 2017
The lack of patrol vehicles in our sector continues to leave our residents vulnerable to crime. I am currently compiling the local testimonials I have received to present directly to the station commanders. Post this link on your Facebook page and email your ward representative to demand they prioritize this vehicle allocation.
June 12, 2017
The momentum behind this plea proves that residents are tired of waiting for basic safety services. Call your local station commander today and demand they account for the current lack of patrol vehicles in our sector.
Reached 100 supporters
June 12, 2017
49 Comments
The crime levels in Jeppe and Kensington and surrounds is very high. The police cannot do their job to protect the community if they don't have vehicles to respond and patrol. Please allocate them vehicles as a matter of urgency.
Although we should have 4 vehicles with a mobile phone in each we only have 1 operational vehicle and one phone number that gets answered. This is not acceptable!!!
We need more active, visible policing in both words 118 and 66. These wards cover one of the biggest and most high density populated suburbs in Johannesburg...Kensington. The crime in our historic suburb has increased day by day!
Lack of addiquite vehicles is hampering crime prevention in ward 118 and at time saps dont even arrive, example being i called the cleveland police station and sector van ine july last year @ 1230 pm on a saturday afternoon and still until today they have never arrived.
We need more staff and vehicles at Cleveland and Jeppe police stations. The police at these stations work extremely hard with very little equipment and transport
How can Cleveland police do much without sufficient vehicles and staff?
Sad day when the public have to protest or petition so our police are able to drive around to protect us. Wake up!!!
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The police confirmed this morning that additional vehicles are being dispatched to our local stations. This result belongs to every resident who put their name behind the demand. Stay alert to ensure these patrols remain consistent on our streets.
July 4, 2017
Final supporters
Given the exceptionally high incident of serious crime in the Cleveland and Jeppe Police Station district, these stations need to be allocated more vehicles from the pool so that they may deliver the required number of shifts to patrol our neighbourhood.
Cllr Neuren Pietersen
CITY OF JOHANNESBURG
METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY
COUNCILLOR
Ward 118
Poor police patrolling in Joburg suburbs
by Jack Bloom MPL - DA Johannesburg East Constituency Head
Date: 01 May 2017
Release: Immediate
Type: Press Statement
"Crime is high in the eastern suburbs of Johannesburg, but none of four local police stations do proper sector policing patrols around the clock.
This is revealed by Gauteng Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane in a written reply to my questions in the Gauteng Legislature.
The prescribed standard is two vehicles patrolling each sector for 24 hours, but according to the reply, which provides information on the Jeppe, Yeoville, Cleveland and Sandringham police stations,
The Sandringham police station performs best, with two vehicles patrolling the one sector round the clock, and one vehicle patrolling the other sector.
There is only one vehicle, and often nothing at all, patrolling in the four sectors that fall under the Jeppe station, the four Cleveland station sectors, and the three Yeoville station sectors.
Police blame the lack of 24-hour vehicle patrols on a shortage of personnel and/or vehicles at the four stations.
Jeppe is the worst affected station as it is short of seven vehicles and 44 staff. This is very concerning as it has the highest crime rate, with 2764 serious contact crimes which includes murder, assaults and robbery, and 1492 property related crimes in the period April 2016 to March this year.
Cleveland station is short of four vehicles and eight policemen, Sandringham is short of one vehicle but is otherwise fully staffed, and Yeoville is not short of any vehicles but is short of seven staff.
Crimes reported at these stations for April 2016 to March 2017 are as follows:
Cleveland - 1147 contact crimes and 884 property crimes
N''
Yeoville - 1737 contact crimes and 889 property crimes
Sandringham - 630 contact crimes and 556 property crimes.
My information is that the vehicle shortage is often because police vehicles spent weeks and sometimes months waiting for repairs in badly run workshops.
Speeding up vehicle repairs would help as well as filling all police vacancies and using existing staff more efficiently.
It is unacceptable that police vehicle patrols are so poor in these areas where people do not feel safe.
There needs to be a higher priority given to the provision of roadworthy police vehicles and personnel to ensure comprehensive patrols in all sectors to bring down the crime rate."
Updates
June 12, 2017
The lack of patrol vehicles in our sector continues to leave our residents vulnerable to crime. I am currently compiling the local testimonials I have received to present directly to the station commanders. Post this link on your Facebook page and email your ward representative to demand they prioritize this vehicle allocation.
June 12, 2017
The momentum behind this plea proves that residents are tired of waiting for basic safety services. Call your local station commander today and demand they account for the current lack of patrol vehicles in our sector.
Reached 100 supporters
June 12, 2017
49 Comments
We've broken into and since moving to Kensington almost 6 months ago I have never seen a police van patrolling out streets.
The crime levels in Jeppe and Kensington and surrounds is very high. The police cannot do their job to protect the community if they don't have vehicles to respond and patrol. Please allocate them vehicles as a matter of urgency.
Although we should have 4 vehicles with a mobile phone in each we only have 1 operational vehicle and one phone number that gets answered. This is not acceptable!!!
We need more active, visible policing in both words 118 and 66. These wards cover one of the biggest and most high density populated suburbs in Johannesburg...Kensington. The crime in our historic suburb has increased day by day!
Lack of addiquite vehicles is hampering crime prevention in ward 118 and at time saps dont even arrive, example being i called the cleveland police station and sector van ine july last year @ 1230 pm on a saturday afternoon and still until today they have never arrived.
We need more staff and vehicles at Cleveland and Jeppe police stations. The police at these stations work extremely hard with very little equipment and transport
How can Cleveland police do much without sufficient vehicles and staff?
Sad day when the public have to protest or petition so our police are able to drive around to protect us. Wake up!!!
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We've broken into and since moving to Kensington almost 6 months ago I have never seen a police van patrolling out streets.