The Western
Cape’s Police Oversight & Community Safety MEC, Reagen Allen has condemned
the recent attack on Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LAP) officers in Hanover
Park when residents allegedly tried to help free a suspect. It is understood the suspect was arrested on a
charge of illegal possession of a firearm. The suspect, says Allen, was
however, rearrested.
The MEC
said this attack will have a setback for communities in need, as the vehicles
are out of commission, after it was stoned.
‘’This is unacceptable behaviour
and I condemn it in the strongest terms. The community members who allegedly
participated in this lawless act should know that they have made themselves
guilty of interference and obstructed officers of the law in executing their
duties. Investigations are currently underway and where a case can be made
against anyone complicit, the law will have to take its course,’’ said Reagen
Allen, Western Cape’s Police Oversight & Community Safety MEC.
‘’I urge law-abiding community
members to provide us with information about who allegedly participated in this
lawless act, so that they can be arrested. Like all other communities, as the
Western Cape Government, we want to rid our areas of gangs and crime, to offer
our residents safer and more dignified neighbourhoods,’’ he added.
Done By: Mitchum George
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