{"id":44561,"date":"2024-08-21T10:26:44","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T08:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/elsies-river-residents-take-action-against-rising-gang-violence-20240821-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T03:53:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:53:39","slug":"elsies-river-residents-take-action-against-rising-gang-violence-20240821-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/elsies-river-residents-take-action-against-rising-gang-violence-20240821-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Elsies River residents take action against rising gang violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Elsies River Community Policing Forum (ERCPF) has led a series of interventions to address the rise in gang violence in the area. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>These efforts include joint operations with local law enforcement, neighborhood watch groups, and community members. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The initiatives have been met with overwhelming support from the community, resulting in several arrests and increased safety.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can and we will take Elsies River back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are the words of Hamish Arries, chair of the Elsies River Community Policing forum (ERCPF) after they, with the help of other stakeholders, embarked on a series of interventions in response to the surge in gang violence that has turned the Cape Flats into a war zone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cElsies River has always been a remarkable community in the way we respond to challenges, and the most effective response to the surge of violence in our area is to unite our community. Despite inclement weather under the leadership of the ERCPF we have embarked on a number of very successful joint operations which included all our active NHW\u2019s, our Community in Blue patrollers, the police, law enforcement and metro police and on some operations even the Provincial Community Policing Board joined in,\u201d said Arries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-praise\">Praise<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Arries went further to praise the work done by newly appointed NHW coordinator Rico Farland and Community in Blue coordinator, Joshua Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Farland who was recently appointed said he is grateful for the welcome the community gave them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Blockquote\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_8097dfbc\">\n<div class=\"text\">\u201cI received numerous calls and was stopped by community members who expressed their heartfelt thanks for our visibility and efforts,\u201d <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>said Farland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jackson expressed similar sentiments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have had remarkable successes and the gratitude of the community has been so overwhelming. 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