{"id":269217,"date":"2025-09-05T12:50:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/?p=269217"},"modified":"2025-09-05T12:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:50:45","slug":"gesoek-weskus-se-netste-polisiestasie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/gesoek-weskus-se-netste-polisiestasie\/","title":{"rendered":"Gesoek: Weskus se netste polisiestasie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Die Weskus-polisiedistrik is groot en strek van Langebaan tot in Vredendal. Om die mees netjiese polisiekantoor te kies, gaan vir Jakkie van Litsenborgh, veiligheidsko\u00f6rdineerder van die Weskus-distriksmunisipaliteit, en sy span &#8216;n uitdaging wees, maar een wat hulle met sorg gaan aanpak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jakkie-2_25825.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Daar word gekyk vir slagoffervriendelike ruimtes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Die projek het in Augustus begin en betrek verskeie rolspelers aan die Weskus, soos die rampbestuursentrum, die polisie, die gemeenskapspolisi\u00ebringsraad, Besigheid teen Misdaad (BAC), die departement van polisie-oorsig en gemeenskapsveiligheid (Pocs) en die internasionale polisievereniging (IPA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volgens Van Litsenborgh is die inisiatief &#8216;n eerste van sy soort, ontwerp om die beeld van plaaslike polisiekantore en die gees van dienslewering in gemeenskappe te verbeter.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die projek word vanuit die Weskus-rampbestuursentrum bestuur.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die eerste evaluasies is reeds in die Swartland- munisipale gebied gedoen by kantore in Malmesbury, Darling, Moorreesburg en Riebeek-Wes. Dit het &#8216;n reeks inspeksies en betrokkenheidsgeleenthede in al vyf munisipaliteite in die distrik ingelei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Litsenborgh meen dit is meer as &#8216;n kompetisie. &#8220;Dit is &#8216;n visie vir veiliger, gesonder gemeenskappe. Die netste-polisiekantoor-kompetisie gaan nie net oor voorkoms nie.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jakkie-3_25769.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">dummy text<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In die kern l\u00ea &#8216;n groter missie:\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Om &#8216;n veilige en gesonde omgewing binne ons polisi\u00ebringsfasiliteite te bevorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Om die moraal van polisielede te verhoog en hulle daaraan te herinner dat hul werkruimtes net soveel saak maak as die gemeenskappe wat hulle beskerm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Om vertroue tussen die polisie en die publiek te herbou deur verwelkomende, slagoffervriendelike ruimtes te skep wat waardigheid en respek weerspie\u00ebl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Om deure oop te maak vir gemeenskaps- en sakevennootskappe, en te verseker dat die werk om die polisiekantore funksioneel, skoon en mensgerig te hou &#8216;n gedeelde verantwoordelikheid is.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Litsenborgh is die projek- inisieerder wat met &#8216;n netwerk van vennote saamwerk. Uit die Weskus-distriksmunisipaliteit se geledere neem Leone Venter, die burgemeesterskomiteelid en portefeuljevoorsitter vir korporatiewe en gemeenskapsdienste, en die speaker, Kallie Louw, deel. Vir die rampbestuur het Sashin Septoo en Zidane Matthyse hul tyd beskikbaar gestel. Nog deelnemers is lt.kol. Mziwethemba Ernest Keti (Weskus-polisiedistrik), Jeanne Mouton (gemeenskapspolisi\u00ebringstrukture), Lucky Njozela, Herman van der Westhuizen en Adamalize Williams (Pocs), Billy Loubser (BAC) en die IPA.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Netjiese, veilige en goed instand gehoude kantore is simbole van geregtigheid, orde en sorg,&#8221; meen Van Litsenborgh.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die kompetisie fokus op die evaluasie van administrasiekantore, aanhoudingselle en slagofferondersteuningskamers tot tuine, parkeerplekke, voertuie en selfs die netheid van beamptes self. Dit toets die uitnemendheid in polisi\u00ebring wat begin met dissipline, orde en sorg in en weg van die uniform.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teen Desember vanjaar, wanneer die wenners by &#8216;n prestige-toekenningseremonie aangekondig word, sal die Weskus-distriksmunisipaliteit die netste polisiekantoor-kroon \u00e9n &#8216;n gesamentlike tree na trots, professionaliteit en gemeenskapspolisi\u00ebring neem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die tweede ronde se evaluasies vind in Oktober plaas en sal die munisipale gebiede in Saldanhabaai, Bergrivier, Cederberg en Matzikama dek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van Litsenborgh meen die kleinste daad, soos om &#8216;n muur te verf, &#8216;n tuin te versorg of papierwerk netjies in te dien, kan &#8216;n groot verandering teweeg bring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Ons neem die voortou om te wys dat trots in &#8216;n mens se werkplek trots in &#8216;n mens se gemeenskap bou. 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