Western Cape MEC of Community Safety Dan
Plato said that police are failing to arrest criminals.
This follows an incident whereby a group
supporting the 183 individuals arrested for illegal protests stole from and
assaulted a business vendor on the Grand Parade.
During the incident police failed to make
any arrests.
MEC
Plato said that the complaint is about the fact that police told people them
they must first go and lay a charge at the nearest police station before the
police can take the necessary action.
“That is wrong my taking is if a crime is
happening right there on the spot, in the presence of SAPS members they have an
obligation to act and they have an obligation to assist the public and to make
an immediate arrest,” Plato added.
He furthermore said that he hopes that if
that can happen that more criminals could then be arrested and be brought to
book.
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