Cape Town mayor Dan Plato on Monday welcomed 18 new law enforcement officers being deployed across the city CBD as part of the safety and security directorate’s focus on filling vacancies and promoting public safety across the metropole.
Plato said: “We have noted concerns about safety within the CBD and we want people to feel safer, so what you see today is part of our direct attempts to address crime and will hopefully result in an improvement in responding to incidents of crime in the CBD. We believe the extra officers will help bolster efforts to address crime in the CBD.”
“The South African Police Service remains the primary law enforcement agency responsible for safety, but has been under-resourced for a number of years. We are taking proactive steps to address crime in the CBD, and work with the Saps and all safety partners to address safety concerns,” Plato said.