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“Thanks for the good wishes, but we have to face the real festive season”

Date: 20 November 2014   Read: 268

Thank you, Col Francis Ramovha, for the good wishes for the approaching festive season.

I am afraid it is a sugar-coated letter or you don’t live in the real world. No one is fooled by the letter and saying your mandate is clear at all times - to create a safe environment for everyone?

A lot of people will go on holiday with trepidation as crime has been on the increase and the police seem to be powerless to curb the rising crime waves or even to open a docket because it is too much work! I can only imagine how many houses will be burgled this festive season. The criminals are not concerned about the police as they rarely get caught and, if they do get caught, they have a good chance of escaping from custody.
The general public does not seem to be scared of the police with their apathetic attitude. There are, of course, exceptions, but they are in the minority, I’m afraid to say. They also overtake on an unbroken white line on a blind rise, setting an excellent example to other motorists who then also have the attitude of “if the police can do it, surely we are also allowed”.
A favourite pastime lately for the police is to also stop cars along the road, harassing the drivers for a bribe in order to make some pocket money. They go shopping at Checkers or Pick ‘n Pay in a police vehicle with wives or girlfriends and sometimes park in disabled parking spaces. We, the taxpayers, are paying for the petrol and salaries too, for that matter.
It is going to take a lot more than a letter like this trying to mislead the public. Through experience up to now, we know better and it’s going to take a lot more than a letter with empty promises to get your staff to do what is expected of them.
This is also written in the spirit of Ubuntu, but we have to be realistic.
I sincerely hope that you will be able to create a safe environment for all who live in our beautiful town!

- An anonymous, but concerned citizen (Louis Trichardt)

 

 

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