{"id":43971,"date":"2024-09-18T10:28:52","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T08:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/improved-access-for-disabled-victims-at-brackenfell-police-station-20240918-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T04:39:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T02:39:21","slug":"improved-access-for-disabled-victims-at-brackenfell-police-station-20240918-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/improved-access-for-disabled-victims-at-brackenfell-police-station-20240918-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Improved access for disabled victims at Brackenfell Police Station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Provincial minister Anroux Marais handed over a portable ramp to Brackenfell Police Station. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>This initiative addresses the long-standing need for better accessibility for disabled victims of crime. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The department aims to install similar ramps at other police stations across the province.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Provincial minister for police oversight and community safety Anroux Marais on Monday visited Brackenfell Police Station to hand over a portable ramp for the entrance to the victim friendly room at the station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the first time, this facility that provides a safe space for victims of crime to be debriefed and counselled will be accessible to people in wheelchairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aid had been on the station\u2019s wish list for several years, says Norman Landry, chair of the Brackenfell Community Policing Forum (CPF).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ |&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/tygerburger\/find-your-latest-edition-of-tygerburger-here-20240527\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The latest print edition of&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/tygerburger\/find-your-latest-edition-of-tygerburger-here-20240527\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>TygerBurger<\/strong><\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/news24\/community-newspaper\/tygerburger\/find-your-latest-edition-of-tygerburger-here-20240527\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>&nbsp;here<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe access for the disabled community to service delivery by Brackenfell police was under discussion for a while and thanks to the efforts and generosity of the department, it now became a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-accessibility\">Accessibility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>People in wheelchairs formerly had to be attended to by volunteer counsellors elsewhere on the grounds. 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