SA lockdown: Bheki Cele accused of having 'lackadaisical attitude' about neighbourhood watches | Day22ofLockdown
Pretoria – Civil rights group AfriForum on Friday criticised Police Minister Bheki Cele’s stance on the resumption of local safety structures like neighbourhood watches and community policing forums during South Africa's Covid-19 lockdown.
“Neighbourhood, farm and plot watches have never hesitated to support the police and are essential support functions in the successful curbing of crime in communities. Yet the police minister turns his back on these structures and therefore on communities and local police members who rely on these structures.”
On Thursday, Cele told reporters that he was not convinced community patrollers should get back on the streets during the national lockdown, now entering an extended period. “When the soldiers and the police do things wrong, you know where to go. I don’t think you know where to go when neighbourhood watch does things wrong [or what their accountability structure is]. That is the problem,” said Cele.
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