During a crime analysis imbizo presented in Virginia on 21 March, Virginia East, Saaiplaas and Merriespruit were identified as hotspots.
The problematic crimes in these areas are house breaking, both residential and business.
Residents attending the imbizo identified houses selling drugs, reported house breaking, and also tuck shops selling expired groceries.
At this imbizo, feedback on registered cases and crime pattern analysis were presented to residents in the packed Saaiplaas Primary School hall.
Col. Senobia Solomon, police station commander of Virginia, promised residents their concerns will be addressed.
“The crimes in these suburbs, including the issue of expired groceries, will be looked into. It is the police’s constitutional mandate to ensure that residents of Virginia are and feel safe,”she said.
Residents were encouraged to be part of sector meetings and community policing forum (CPF) meetings.
Solomon told the residents that the crime pattern analysis and crime hotspots are thoroughly addressed and discussed at these meetings.
“The residents of Virginia must be a reporting nation and never look away when crime is been committed in their respective residential areas,” said Solomon.
Capt. Stephen Thakeng, media liaison officer for the Lejweleputswa police, says the residents were satisfied with all of the information provided to them.
“They promised to work together with Virginia police to eradicate crime in the policing precinct,” says Thakeng.
Veronica Sothenjwa, the ward councillor, Matau Tsubane, chairperson of Virginia CPF, and prominent police and correctional services officials, attended the imbizo.
To report crime or suspicious activities in Virginia, call
the Virginia Community Service Centre on 082-465-3011 or 079-876-2346.
