The Western Cape Provincial Community Policing Forum (CPF) Board confirmed that a new Annual General Meeting for the Elsies River will now be arranged to elect new representatives.
This follows public outcry after a picture of a serving
Elsies River CPF Executive Committee member, posing with the son of an alleged
gang boss went viral.
The provincial CPF also found that some current elected
representatives on the Elsies River CPF Executive were found to be ineligible
to serve on that structure. The board said a verification for eligibility will
be done prior to the AGM. It has also amended certain rules, it says, in order
to prevent future occurrences of this nature.
The Western Cape’s Police Oversight and Community Safety
MEC, Anroux Marais, welcomed the intervention
‘’Community Policing Forums represent the interests of the
community in the policing environment and members of the CPF leadership have
access to potentially sensitive information related to crime prevention
operations. It is important that only individuals of the highest integrity
serve on such key community structures in order to protect the credibility of
Community Policing Forums as key partners in our fight against crime.’’
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