Solly Msimanga MPL
DA Gauteng Constituency Head – Centurion:
This morning Councillor Clive Napier of Ward 57 (Lyttelton-Centurion)
and I visited the Lyttelton Police Station which remains under-resourced almost
a year after the Community Safety MEC Sizakele Nkosi-Malubane was made aware of
the problem.
Residents of the greater Centurion area have for months been victim of
sustained criminal activities, ranging from hijackings, to armed robberies and
burglaries, while the Lyttelton Police Station has simply not had the necessary
manpower and resources to protect the community.
Despite a number of dedicated police officers at the station, they are
hampered in their work through understaffing, a shortage of vehicles and the
lack of safe holding cells.
The reconstruction of the gate house and charge office has been on hold
for years, further hampering the effective operation of the police station.
The DA has received a petition with hundreds of signatures from
Centurion residents requesting a thorough and urgent investigation into the
staffing and equipment shortages of the police station as well as the condition
of its infrastructure.
The DA will hand over the petition to MEC Nkosi-Malobane and Provincial
Police Commissioner Lesiba Mothiba, and demand that the shortfalls are
addressed with utmost urgency, and for the police station to be upgraded
Centurion’s residents need
an effective and well-resourced police station to combat rapidly spiralling
crime levels in the area.
