By Khanyisa Tabata
02 October 2009
The South African Police Service is to deploy Special Task Force and Tactical Response Team members to give operational support to police stations across the country.
In a media statement Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said the deployment of these units to residential and business areas will be piloted in Pretoria and is hoped to see a significant drop in the level of crime.
Mthethwa had expressed great concern recently with the increase in house robberies which had during the last financial year increased by 27.3%. He said this was one of the issues that would receive government’s “most serious attention”
Crime statistics released for the period 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 also showed that the number of reported business robbery cases increased when compared to the previous year.
Mthethwa said it was important for police from all units to combine forces in the fight against crime.
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