Concern over attacks

THE portfolio committee on police is very concerned about the attacks on three police stations during the last five days. The committee says the killing of two police officers at the police station in Koffiefontein in the Free State and the gun attack on a police officer at a Cape Town police station cannot be tolerated.

The committee is of the view that the budget recommendations of the committee of 2017 should be implemented as a matter of urgency. These include:

The installation of CCTV cameras at the community centres of SAPS stations country wide.

The allocation of body cameras and security technology to all front-line visible policing staff at stations.

The committee will ask the SAPS management to brief it on the implementation of security measures at police stations at the end of July during the committee’s oversight visit to KwaZulu-Natal. Temba Gubula Parliamentary Communication Services