Policing Needs and Priorities meetings launched

Mbasa Gqokoma
20 May 2015

Western Cape MEC of Community Safety Dan Plato has launched the 2015/2016 Policing Needs and Priorities meetings which will start this weekend in Paarl.

The essence of the meetings held in various communities is to address policing and priorities needs of each community, which then a report will be complied and handed to National Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko.

MEC Plato said safety remains everyone’s responsibility.

Ministerial Spokesperson Ewald Botha says for the first time since it was conceived, the newly structured two day PNP consultation will result in a practical and implementable safety plan that is aligned to the safety and priorities in every community across the Western Cape.

Botha said to support these new safety plans the Department of Community Safety is almost making R15 million rand available to support local Community Policing Forums and to facilitate programmes such as training of Neighbourhood Watch members and the Youth Safety Work Programme which programmes are responsive to the safety needs and priorities within communities.