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The Citizen reports that the Ekurhuleni police district management taking disciplinary action against officers who did nothing to stop cables from being stolen in Reiger Park.
Several videos circulating on social media showed suspects allegedly uprooting and stealing copper cables in Reiger Park, right in front of the local police station, on Wednesday. The non-action on the part of officers has caused outrage among the community, who urged the authorities to be proactive in their fight to stop the scourge of cable theft in the area. “The Station management has initiated a departmental disciplinary action against the members seen on one of the videos standing and watching while crime was being committed. The District Commissioner has deployed extra forces to Reiger Park Police Station following the incident,” Arrive Alive reported. Commenting on the incident, Gauteng police spokesperson Lieutenant-Colonel Mavela Masondo said the group of men ran in different directions when officers and Public Order Policing members arrived at the scene. However, Pastor Andrew Lee, a member of the Reiger Park steering committee, said officers did very little about the cable theft outside their station. He claimed: “They lie to you if they say the people ran away. The police stood on the spot while they were digging next to the station. They could have arrested at least the guys that were actually extracting the cable.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Faizel Patel at The Citizen
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