Between 29 January and 3 March 2024, Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) officers have arrested 1 155 individuals for various crimes, and confiscating 10 firearms, while being deployed in areas classified as crime hotspots, according to a recently released media statement by the Western Cape government.
Between 29 January and 3 March 2024, Law Enforcement Advancement Plan officers arrested 1 155 individuals for various crimes and confiscated 10 firearms while being deployed in crime hotspots across the province, according toLEAP, part of the Western Cape Safety Plan , is a collaboration between the Western Cape Government , the City of Cape Town , and multiple law enforcement agencies, including SAPS, neighbourhood watches, community policing forums, and other stakeholders.
LEAP is only deployed in areas that are most affected by crime and that have the highest murder rates in the Western Cape. Delft, Gugulethu, Harare, Khayelitsha , Kraaifontein, Mfuleni, Mitchells Plain, Nyanga, Philippi East, and Samora Machel fall on this list. ‘As the WCG, we initiated the WCSP and by extension LEAP, to achieve greater safety in our hotspot areas and ultimately the whole of the Western Cape,’ said Reagen Allen, Western Cape minister of police oversight and community safety.8 for the possession of illegal firearms53 for the possession of dangerous weapons