GAUTENG. – General Fannie Masemola, the national police commissioner, handed over 1 087 new vehicles to the police this morning to strengthen grassroots policing.
Major General Nonkululeko Phokane, police spokesperson, says the fleet consists of sedans and double-cab bakkies and is aimed at increasing police visibility, improving response times and strengthening the police's capacity to fight crime. The handover takes place at the SAPD academy in Benoni.
According to Phokane, the vehicles will be allocated to 140 high-risk police stations, detectives, visible policing, the family violence, child protection and sexual crimes (FCS) units, 10111 call centres and rapid response patrols.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
