Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) officers arrested 428 suspects in the past two weeks, for various crimes.
LEAP officers work alongside other law enforcement
agencies, such as City of Cape Town, Metro police and SAPS. Officers are
deployed in crime hotspot areas in the metro, including, Delft, Gugulethu,
Harare, Khayelitsha, amongst others.
Of the 428 suspects arrested, 249 were for the possession
of drugs, 43 for the possession of dangerous weapons, 12 for the possession of
illegal ammunition, 9 for the possession of an imitation firearm, 4 were for
the possession of an illegal firearm. The Western Cape’s Police Oversight &
community Safety Department said confiscations occurred in the various areas
where LEAP is deployed.
MEC, Reagen Allen, has called on communities to work with
SAPS to combat crime
“LEAP continues to make life uncomfortable for criminals,
which is exactly what we want. Criminal elements do not belong in our
communities, as their sole purpose is to bring harm to law-abiding citizens. As
the Western Cape Government, we want our residents to live in a safe and
dignified manner, where they don’t have to fear any criminal.”
“I urge communities to work with and support all law
enforcement agencies, including LEAP, other City of Cape Town law enforcement
entities and SAPS. We have to work together if we are to be effective in our
fight against crime,” added Allen.
PICTURED: MEC Reagen Allen with Bush Radio's Mitchum GeorgeDone By: Mitchum George
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