{"id":56525,"date":"2018-11-22T12:29:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T10:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/police-are-on-point-20181122-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-19T19:14:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:14:37","slug":"police-are-on-point-20181122-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/tygerburger\/police-are-on-point-20181122-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Police are on point"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"p\" id=\"U30312593684Nr\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">Criminals are going to have a hard time operating their devious schemes as local police are committed to reduce crime over the festive season.<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">\n<p>At the recently hosted multidisciplinary economic stability operation in Wesbank for the Blue Downs cluster, Mfuleni Police Station commander, Brigadier Pieter Galant, said they were acting on the request of the national policing office. The operation was focused on informing and reminding officers of the importance of discipline when out working in the field.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">\u201cWe are approaching the festive season and the important thing is to ensure that we do everything in our power to reduce crime,\u201d Galant said. Mfuleni Police Station, which services a great deal of the sector, was this year ranked among the top 30 police stations for incidents of murder within the country. In an interview with <em>TygerBurger <\/em>regarding the statistics in September, Galant expressed the importance of focusing on reducing all forms of crime. <p><\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">\n<p>At the stability operation Galant said the cluster will mainly be focusing on all 17 community-reported crimes throughout the festive season, such as armed robberies and housebreakings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"p\" xml_lang=\"en-uk\">\n<p>\u201cAs per the provincial commissioner\u2019s instructions of 2016, we will also need to focus on the generators of crime, which include the illegal selling and abuse of alcohol, as well as drugs and illegal firearms, among others. 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